Odinian Sources of Simonas Daukantas

• Published in: Knygotyra
• Main Author: Bončkutė, Roma
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla / Vilnius University Press 2022
• Subjects: Odin (Óðinn); Daukantas; sources; Asgard by Daugava; Western Dvina; (Asgard am Düna); history; Odinas; šaltiniai; Asgardas prie Dauguvos; Asgard am Düna; istorija; Lombard; dvina
• Online Access: https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/article/view/30489; https://doi.org/10.15388/Knygotyra.2022.79.120

The article discusses the sources used by the national Lithuanian historian Simonas Daukantas (1793–1864) which determined the inclusion of Odin in the ranks of Lithuanian/Baltic cultural heroes in the work BUDĄ Senowęs-Lëtuwiû Kalnienû ĩr Ƶámajtiû (en. The Character of the Ancient Lithuanians–Highl...