Re: [tied] Re: Baltic Slav rebellion

> The name of the diety of that shrine was Swantewit (Swan-white). This is

said to be an ancient Teutonic diety > worshiped in an area that had been
sacred since pre -Teutonic times.

I always thought that Svantovit came from a Baltic root *svant-, a suffixed
form of PIE *kwen- "holy"

-Chris Gwinn