Romuva (temple)

According to his account, Kriwe-Kriwajto, the chief priest or "pagan pope", lived at Romuva and ruled over the religion of all the Balts.

For example, the Treaty of Christburg prohibits converted Prussians from having Tulissones vel Ligaschones at funerals to see into the journey of the deceased's soul.

Another document by the Teutonic Knights speaks of the blûtekirl who collected a third of the booty from Samogitian warriors as an offering to the gods.

S. C. Rowell suggests that Peter von Dusburg invented the place to make the Baltic religion appear like a "counter-church".

There are many similarities between Romuva and the Christian church: in a place called after Rome lived a man treated like a pope with his own messengers and insignia.

[3] There have been attempts to link the Kriwe with Lizdeika, a semi-legendary pagan priest and advisor to Grand Duke Gediminas.

It is believed that the term derives from a crooked stick (krivulė in Lithuanian) that according to Peter von Dusburg was the most important symbol of his power.