A short animated film about the mythology of pagan Lithuania and the founding of Medieval Lithuanian capital Vilnius. According to the legend: "Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania killed a proud and powerful aurochs while hunting and afterwards dreamed a howling iron wolf. The pagan priest Lizdeika prophesied: "A capital will arise here, power and beauty of which will be legendary throughout the world. It's glory will be as mighty as the howl of the iron wolf..." 03:16 Traditional polyphonic war melody / Karinės sutartinės melodija: "Išjoja Joja, Sodauto" 05:05 Traditional polyphonic chant about the oak tree / Sutartinė "Ąžuolėlis ta ta ta" 14:14 Traditional polyphonic hill chant / Sutartinė "Kalnutali" 17:01 Southern Lithuanian War Folk song / Karinė dzūkų liaudies daina, pilni žodžiai: Oi ant kalno ant aukštojo - Oh, on the hill, on the tall one Stovi balta karūnėlė - A white crown is standing Po tai baltai karūnėlei - Underneath that white crown Guli pilkas akmenėlis - A gray stone is lying Ant to pilko akmenėlio - On that gray stone Sėdzi tėvas mocinėlė - Father & dear mother are sitting Sėdėdami gailiai verkia - They're crying sorrowfully whilst sitting Są sūnelį karan rengia - They're seeing off their son to the war - Oi, sūneli, oi raiteli, - Oh, dear son, you knight Oi kuo tu tį pasiklosi? - What will you lie on? Oi kuo tu tį pasiklosi, - What will you lie on, Oi kuo tu tį užsiklosi? - What will you cover yourself with? - Šaltu rasu pasiklosiu - I will lie on the cold dew O miglalį užsiklosiu - And the fog will cover me - Oi, sūneli, oi raiteli, - Oh, dear son, you knight Tu nujoki Vilniaus miestan - Go to Vilnius city Ir nuspirkie tris triūbelas: - By yourself three horns Pirmų triūbų užtriūbysi - When you'll blow the first horn Tėvų motkų pravirkdzysi, - You'll make your father & mother cry Antrų triūbų užtriubysi - When you'll blow the second horn Visų svietų pabudzysi, - You will wake the whole world up Tracių triūbų užtriūbysi - When you'll blow the third horn Vilniaus miestų sujudzysi - You will stir up Vilnius city Lithuania's pagan ruler Grand Duke Gediminas, was on a hunting trip in the forests of Šventaragis valley around the mouth of the River Vilnia. When night fell, the party, feeling tired after a long and successful hunt, decided to set up camp and spend the night there. While he was asleep, Gediminas had an unusual dream in which he saw an iron wolf at the top of the mountain where he had killed an auroch (European bison) that day. The iron wolf was standing on the top of a hill with its head raised proudly towards the moon, howling as loud as a hundred wolves. Awakened by the rays of the rising sun, Gediminas remembered his strange dream and consulted the pagan priest Lizdeika about it. The latter interpreted the dream as follows: ‘Let that happen to the Ruler and the Lithuanian State what was fated to happen!’ He told the Duke that the dream was a direction to found a city among these hills. The priest explained that the howling of the wolf represented the fame of the future city: that city will be the capital of Lithuanian lands, and its reputation would spread far and wide, as far as the howling of the mysterious wolf…’ So the Grand Duke of Lithuania, obeying the will of gods, immediately started to build the future capital, and took it the name – Vilnius – from the stream of the rapid Vilnia.

• published: 13 Nov 2014
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