Baltic Mythology: Spring Equanox And The Ancestral Faith

The way Latvians and Lithuanians respected their ancestors was something very precious. The respect of the spirits was an essential part of the Baltic world view. It was expressed in many different ways. Beside of the special remembrance days, there were multitude of ways that the people paid respect for their ancestors. The connection to the ancestors lived within songs, the customs and the language itself. After passing, the ancestor maintained their ties to the family, in several different rites. Often the worship of nature was intertwined together with the worship of ancestors.