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The result of the debate was move. —Nightst a llion (?) 13:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article name

Shouldn't this article be at the English name Samogitians? Olessi 21:00, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should. Renata 23:08, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Žemaičiai → Samogitians – Samogitians is the English translation of the Lithuanian name of this ethnic group.

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Support usage of clear English name. Olessi 01:38, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support - this en wiki uses Samogitia so let's use it through out. Renata 03:06, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nomination. LuiKhuntek 09:42, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yes, it is the English name. Septentrionalis 06:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support that is the English name. Gryffindor 17:16, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Please, samogitians, instead of some misleading, then how explain this samogitian language and nation's table? Please, write normal article about yourself, about your culture, about your character, about your type of wooden churches, about your chapels and so on. --82.135.217.207 13:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is too hard to write about us as Lithuanians will delete it. We saw it in Samogita or Samogitian language. 213.226.134.74 (talk) 18:51, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

UrusHyBy's map

Could you explain, please, what value brings this piece of 17th-century map with mentioning that “In 16-17ct Samogetia covered a large part of today's Lithuania” (as it is still now, but to a lesser extent) to the article about Samogitians? — Glebchik (talk) 13:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see little point of this maps as it shows a part of land. So I have no objection removing that picture. On anther hand the cap of the picture was indeed bad, as to some it may seem not a "large"but "small", therefore unnecessary POV. M.K. (talk) 17:09, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Religion

The Samogitians were famous for resisting the Northern Crusades and being the last group of Europeans to convert to Christianity. But the article doesn't say anything about their pre-Catholic religion. Does anyone know anything about it? (Besides it being "pagan".) Nosferattus (talk) 19:17, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pofka: Do you know? Nosferattus (talk) 19:18, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nosferattus: First of all, thanks for being interested in Lithuanian history (Balts: Aukštaitians, Samogitians = Lithuanians; confirmation). Before Catholicism the Samogitians were practicing mostly the same pagan Lithuanian mythology with its list of Lithuanian gods and mythological figures. There is a reconstructed example of pagan Samogitian Sanctuary. However, according to Polish historian and theologian Jan Łasicki, the Samogitians also possibly had some of their own pagan gods (see: J. Łasicki's list of Samogitian gods in the article of Lithuanian Wikipedia; there also are scientific publications in Lithuanian about it: 1, 2, etc.). Anyway, the supreme god of all Lithuanians was and still is Dievas (we still use this word to describe the supreme Catholic god). Second most important god was Perkūnas, the god of thunder, and it is similar to Greek Zeus. I hope this is helpful. Best regards, -- Pofka (talk) 10:11, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]