[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Dakas ‡ [@Dakasr2](/creator/twitter/Dakasr2) on x 1095 followers Created: 2025-07-23 11:57:15 UTC 📚 In ancient Greece, “humans” were considered only those who spoke Greek and lived in civilized, Greek-controlled lands. Everyone else were “barbarians” - people whose language sounded like gibberish and who were seen as semi-wild. Similar thinking appeared elsewhere: Slavs called Germans niemcy (“mute”), and Belarusians called Lithuanians gargatun, implying they didn’t speak a “human” language. Christianity adopted this view by branding pagans as barbarians. In Lithuania, the Christianization that came with Polish influence equated being Lithuanian with being a backward pagan. Even the Lithuanian language was long called język pogański (“the pagan tongue”). In the 19th century, two schools studied Lithuanian mythology. The positivists (often identifying with Poland) mocked and dismissed it as primitive. The romantics (often Lithuanians) idealized it as proof of a deep national spirit. Religious scholar and mythologist Gintaras Beresnevičius insightfully compared this clash to colonialism: positivism reflects the colonizer’s gaze, while romanticism expresses the longing for liberation.🌿  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [lithuania](/topic/lithuania) [greece](/topic/greece) [Post Link](https://x.com/Dakasr2/status/1947989383904432405)
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Dakas ‡ @Dakasr2 on x 1095 followers
Created: 2025-07-23 11:57:15 UTC
📚 In ancient Greece, “humans” were considered only those who spoke Greek and lived in civilized, Greek-controlled lands. Everyone else were “barbarians” - people whose language sounded like gibberish and who were seen as semi-wild. Similar thinking appeared elsewhere: Slavs called Germans niemcy (“mute”), and Belarusians called Lithuanians gargatun, implying they didn’t speak a “human” language.
Christianity adopted this view by branding pagans as barbarians. In Lithuania, the Christianization that came with Polish influence equated being Lithuanian with being a backward pagan. Even the Lithuanian language was long called język pogański (“the pagan tongue”).
In the 19th century, two schools studied Lithuanian mythology. The positivists (often identifying with Poland) mocked and dismissed it as primitive. The romantics (often Lithuanians) idealized it as proof of a deep national spirit. Religious scholar and mythologist Gintaras Beresnevičius insightfully compared this clash to colonialism: positivism reflects the colonizer’s gaze, while romanticism expresses the longing for liberation.🌿
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