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Rūpintojėlis

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The Pensive Christ of Lithuanian folk culture, carved by wandering woodcarvers and representing a God who identifies with human suffering.

Mentions (1)
"As Christianity spread throughout Lithuania in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, so did images of Rūpintojėlis, as the wandering woodcarvers (dievdirbiai) of native folk culture carved him into hollowed-out tree trunks wherever they went. Today, he is found not only at crossroads and in fores"
The Pensive Christ (Rūpintojėlis) of Lithuania · u/[deleted] · ↑73 · 2022-11-25
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