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alkakalnis

English translation: sacrificial mound or altar mound

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Lithuanian term or phrase:alkakalnis
English translation:sacrificial mound or altar mound
Entered by: Ugne Vitkute (X)

13:36 Aug 5, 2009
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
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Lithuanian term or phrase: alkakalnis
LKŽ: alkakalnis sm. alkos (aukos) kalnas: Prie alkakalnio supilti senkapiai rš.
Ugne Vitkute (X)
Lithuania
Local time: 16:11
sacrificial mound or altar mound
Explanation:
Ten, kur gyvuliai (arba žmonės) buvo aukojami dievams.
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Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 23:11
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Summary of answers provided
5sacrificial mound or altar mound
Gintautas Kaminskas
3sacred hill
Elfegas Sinushas


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
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.

Elfegas Sinushas
Lithuania
Local time: 16:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Lithuanian
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
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
Australia
Local time: 23:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
PRO pts in category: 11
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