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Romuva (temple)
Romuva or Romowe (known as ''Rickoyoto'' in writings of Simon Grunau)〔 was an alleged pagan worship place (a temple or a sacred area) in western part of Sambia, one of the regions of the pagan Prussia. In contemporary sources the temple was mentioned only once by Peter von Dusburg in 1326. According to his account, Kriwe, the chief priest or "pagan pope", lived at Romuva and ruled over the religion of all the Balts. According to Simon Grunau the temple was central to Prussian mythology. Even though there are considerable doubts whether such a place actually existed, the Lithuanian neo-pagan movement ''Romuva'' borrowed its name from the temple.
==Historical accounts==
According to Peter von Dusburg, the name ''Romuva'' is derived from the word Rome. He further describes the Kriwe as a powerful priest who was held in high regard by the Prussians, Lithuanians, and Balts of Livonia. His messengers were recognized from a certain rod or other insignia. He guarded the sacred flame and could look into the destiny of the deceased followers. He received one third of any booty taken by pagan warriors. This early account was further enhanced by Simon Grunau in the 16th century. He described eternal sacred fire, an eternally green oak with idols representing pagan "trinity": Patrimpas (god of spring), Perkūnas (god of thunder) and Patulas (god of the underworld). The place was guarded by priests and vestales. Images appeared based on this description and became very popular with romantic historians. Grunau also changed the name for the place to Rickoyoto (from Prussian ''rikijs'' - ruler and ''-ote'' - place name derivator)〔 and invented the term Kriwe of Kriwes (Lithuanian: ''krivių krivaitis'', Latvian: ''krīvu krīvs'').〔
However, no other sources support such statements. The author suggests that pagan cult had hierarchy and internal organization, which is known not to be true. If the Kriwe was such an influential person he must have been mentioned in some political accounts of the region. The supposed location was never found either by the Teutonic Knights, who controlled the entire Nadruvia, or by modern archaeologists.〔 Some details in the descriptions have similarities with other sources. For example, the Treaty of Christburg prohibits converted Prussians from having ''Tulissones vel Ligaschones'' at the funerals to see into the journey of the deceased's soul. Another document by the Teutonic Knights speaks of the ''blûtekirl'' who collected a third of the booty from Samogitian warriors as an offering to the gods.〔
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