entities: ENT_BALT_MEDEINA

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_BALT_MEDEINA Medeina   Baltic forest deity Nature Deity forests; hunting; wild animals; trees       A           Forest deity; Lithuanian Medeina (from medis, tree, forest), Latvian Meža māte (Forest Mother). Patron of forests and hunting; depicted as a woman accompanied by a wolf, or as a deity who must be appeased before entering the forest or cutting trees. Medeina is attested in the chronicle of Jan Lasicki (De diis Samagitarum, 1615 CE), which lists Lithuanian forest and grove deities. The Romowe sanctuary (Romuva) was a sacred oak grove; the veneration of sacred groves (alka) is widely attested in Baltic tradition. Gimbutas (1963) pp. 200, 206. deity

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