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Lithuanian term or phrase: alkakalnis
LKŽ: alkakalnis sm. alkos (aukos) kalnas: Prie alkakalnio supilti senkapiai rš.
Ugne Vitkute
Lithuania
Local time: 12:31


Summary of answers provided
5sacrificial mound or altar mound
Gintautas Kaminskas
3sacred hillButinge


  

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sacred hill


Explanation:
šventas kalnas
angl. Sacred hill
Worship. Iš Britannica CD 2000 Delux Edition (10th Edition); DOWEN, K. European Paganism. The realities of cult from antiquity to the Middle Ages. London: Routledge, 1999, p. 78–82; SŁUPECKI, L. P. Slavonic Pagan Sanctuaries. Warszaw: IAE, 1994, p. 172–184; VAITKEVIČIUS, V. Alkai: baltų šventviečių studija. Vilnius: Diemedis, 2003, p. 260–261; VAITKEVIČIUS, V. Studies into the Balts' Sacred Places. Oxford: J. & E. Hedges Ltd., 2004, p. 9–14.

Butinge
Lithuania
Local time: 12:31
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sacrificial mound or altar mound


Explanation:
Ten, kur gyvuliai (arba žmonės) buvo aukojami dievams.

Example sentence(s):
  • "According to some antiquarians, these mounds would be called sacrificial mounds or altar mounds..."

    Reference: http://www.archive.org/stream/moundbuilderswor00smuc/moundbu...
Gintautas Kaminskas
United States
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