Patollo (the Underworld God)
Old Prussian · deity · old prussian pagan · Recorded classification
Patollo (Pikuolis, latinised Peckols), pictured as a wrathful, pale old man, is the Old Prussian god of death and the underworld, the third of the gods of the holy oak; the skulls of a man, a horse and a cow are named as his tokens.
Domains
- death and the underworld
Powers
- to rule the dead and the underworld
Relations
- companion: Perkūns (the Thunder God)Perkūns, Patrimpo and Patollo are the three gods of the holy oak of Romuva.Simon Grunau, Preussische Chronik (c. 1517-1526), ed. M. Perlbach et al. (Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1876). (secondary)
- companion: Patrimpo (God of Waters and Grain)Patrimpo and Patollo are gods of the Romuva oak; the young grain-god is contrasted with the old death-god.Simon Grunau, Preussische Chronik (c. 1517-1526), ed. M. Perlbach et al. (Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1876). (secondary)
Sources
- Patollo (Pikuolis/Peckols) is the Old Prussian white-bearded god of death and the underworld, one of the Romuva triad.: Simon Grunau, Preussische Chronik (c. 1517-1526), ed. M. Perlbach et al. (Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1876). (secondary); Wilhelm Mannhardt, Letto-Preussische Götterlehre (Riga: Lettisch-Literärische Gesellschaft, 1936). (secondary)