Anafielas
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It is catalogued under topics including Afterlife, Lithuanian mythology and Mythological mountains.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- In popular culture
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- References
Anapilis is a fictional mountain, allegedly the place of the afterlife in the pagan mythology of ancient Lithuanians.
== Etymology == Anapilis is Lithuanized from Polish Anafielas, and "back-etymologized" in Lithuanian as "ana" (that) + "pilis" (castle). Anafielas was recorded or invented by Theodor Narbutt in his 1835 volume of Dzieje starożytne narodu litewskiego. Narbutt is the only independent source of the term. Since he is known to invent a large number of pseudo-pagan deities, in modern times Anapilis/Anafielas is considered pseudo-mythological as well. Still, it is well entrenched in the modern Lithuanian culture. As Bronys Savukynas put it, "one of the most frequently used Narbutas’s false names is the name of ancient Lithuanian paradise – Anapilis." One of Lithuanian euphemisms for "to die" is "to go to Anapilis" or "to travel to Anapilis" ().
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