Lizdeika
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thumb|Lizdeika interpreting the dream of Gediminas, by Michał Elwiro Andriolli, 1882
Lizdeika was a semi-legendary pagan priest (krivis) in the 14th-century Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is associated with the legend of founding of Vilnius recorded in the 16th-century Lithuanian Chronicles. The legend was popularized by 19th-century romantic nationalism.
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