Vėjopatis¶

Tautosakos šaltiniai [Istoriniai duomenys]¶

Vėjopatis („lord of the wind“, vėjas + patis, as in Žemėpatis) is the Lithuanian wind god. The only early witness is Matthäus Prätorius (1690s); he is not in the medieval chronicles. Later writers add that he is master of Dausos, the afterlife meadow, and that he blows wicked souls into oblivion; those details lack early sources, and Bangpūtys is sometimes made his father or double. The -patis form („lord of…“) recurs in Łasicki’s Zemopacios and is a pattern some scholars suspect of being artificial. His role as carrier of souls along the Birds‘ Way is the saga’s synthesis, not a recorded belief.

Vėjopatis


Tipas	dievybė
Pastaba	Lord of winds and breezes; master of sea-winds and storm paths.

Sagoje¶

Domain: the four winds, messenger between worlds. Element: Wind („Vėjas tau neš“), zenith Vėlinės and storms. Force-face: none. He carries the vėlės along the Birds‘ Way, and speech with the dead goes through him: a fed vėlė can be asked for help through him (veles).

Book I ch. 3: Birutė’s Sutartis promises that „the winds in Vėjopatis’s lips will whisper betrayals“ to Vytautas. Ch. 11: „Vėjopati, let the fog become his shield.“ Ch. 15: the Five-Voice cry in the swamp is answered, the fog thickens until he is unseen. Ch. 25: the fog is „visibly weaker“, Birutė’s last mortal strength. The Krėva fog (ch. 14) is real fog (Law of Truth), cast from Palanga through the amber anchor at his zenith, since the escape falls on Vėlinės. Costs: vertigo for a minor working, loss of voice (only whistling) for days for a major one, permanent with repeated use. Limits: doubled in caves or still air; the White Silence smothers Wind altogether.

Aukos ir draudimai¶

The vėlės are fed at Vėlinės (late October to 2 November in later folk custom): food left out overnight, the bathhouse heated, graves visited with fire, quiet kept in the house. A fed vėlė can be asked for help through him.

Tarimas¶

vay-YOH-pah-tis (IPA [vʲeːˈjoːpɐtʲɪs]), stress vė-JO-pa-tis.

Ryšiai

Element: Vėjas (Wind)

Servants: Vėlės (the fed dead) — A fed vėlė can be asked for help through Vėjopatis.

Vėjopatis

Lord of the wind · attested late (Prätorius, 1690s); soul-carrier role is the saga's synthesis

Domain The four winds; messenger between worlds

Layer God (Layer I) · the Birds' Way, the bridge of souls

Element Wind, Vėjas tau neš · zenith storms and Vėlinės

Force-face None

Offerings The vėlės fed at Vėlinės: food left out overnight, the pirtis heated, graves visited with fire, quiet kept in the house

Taboos Casting in a cave or still air (the cost doubles); none other attested

Signs Fog that thickens at a Wind cry; a bird knocking at the window; the vėlės passing along the Milky Way

Answers

Shadow Speed and far-speech. Real fog, swiftness and carried words. With an amber anchor distance is free.

The dead. Speech with the dead goes through him. A fed vėlė can be asked for help.

Refuses

Illusion. The fog is real fog, never a glamour (Law of Truth).

The White Silence. Smothers Wind altogether.

Costs

Vertigo. For a minor working.

Voice. A major working costs the voice: only whistling for days, and permanently with repeated use. Birutė's voice failed after the Krėva fog (Book I ch. 14-25).

Source: Cosmology §1, §3.1 · Magic rules §3.3, §4.1 · Bestiary §15 · Book I ch. 3, 11, 14, 15, 25

Sąsajos¶

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  el_wind["Vėjas (Wind)"]
  vejopatis["Vėjopatis"]
  veles["Vėlės (the fed dead)"]
  vejopatis -->|Element| el_wind
  veles -->|Servant of| vejopatis
  style vejopatis stroke-width:3px