Patrimpo (God of Waters and Grain)
Old Prussian · deity · old prussian pagan · Recorded classification
Patrimpo (Potrimpo), depicted as a smiling youth wreathed in grain, is the Old Prussian god of running water, corn and fortune; his emblem is a serpent fed on milk and kept under sheaves.
Domains
- running water and grain
- fortune and fertility
Powers
- to grant grain, running water and good fortune
Relations
- companion: Patollo (the Underworld God)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)
- 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)
Sources
- Patrimpo (Potrimpo) is the Old Prussian youthful god of running water, grain and fortune, one of the Romuva triad, attended by a sacred serpent.: 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)