Bangpūtysor “bryanē is the name of a masculine deity
[Straižys, Vytautas; Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Balts, Lietuvos Dangus (Sky of Lithuania), Vilnius, p.115, 1990.] in
Lithuanian mythology
Lithuanian mythology ( lt, Lietuvių mitologija) is the mythology of Lithuanian polytheism, the religion of pre-Christian Lithuanians. Like other Indo-Europeans, ancient Lithuanians maintained a polytheistic mythology and religious structure. ...
. Basing on very scanty sources, some mythologists have reconstructed him as a god of sea and storm. According to the reconstructions, he is austere and unrelenting. He has a beard, wings and two faces. He is commonly portrayed as having a fish in his left hand, a utensil in his right hand, and a rooster on the head.
His sons are the gods of wind:
Rytys,
Pietys,
Šiaurys and
Vakaris (easterly, southern, northern and westerly).
Bangpūtys is considered a very vindictive god, for example, one story talks of how
Auštaras
The list of Lithuanian gods is reconstructed based on scarce written sources and late folklore. Lithuania converted to Christianity in 1387, but elements of Lithuanian mythology survived into the 19th century. The earliest written sources, author ...
(son of
Aušrinė and
Mėnuo, the other god of easterly wind) was swimming in the sea and made a storm. Bangpūtys wanted to drown him.
Sometimes Bangpūtys is referred to as associating with
Vėjopatis.
See also
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Bangu māte
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Latvia
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Janus
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, a god with two faces in Roman mythology
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Anpao dances with Han, a primordial spirit of darkness, to ensu ...
, another god with two faces in Lakota mythology
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Varuna
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, another god of the sea and storms in Hindu mythology
References
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Lithuanian gods
Sea and river gods