Romuva
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English
Etymology
From Lithuanian Romuva, a Baltic pagan temple known in mediaeval records as Romowe. The term "Romuva" means "sanctuary" or "adobe of inner peace", from the Baltic root ram-/rām- (peaceful, quiet), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-.
Proper noun
Romuva
- (religion) a neopagan religion from Lithuania that practices reconstructions of the ancient Baltic polytheistic religion.
Coordinate terms
- alkas, a Romuva temple
- darna, the concept of harmony
- vaidila and vaidilute, a Romuva priest and priestess
See also
- (religions) religion; agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion)
- Dievturi, Latvian neopaganism
- Asatru, Norse or Germanic neopaganism
- Rodnovery, Slavic neopaganism