Gintaras Beresnevičius was a Lithuania

Lithuania

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n historian of religions specializing in Baltic mythology

Baltic mythology

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. He together with Norbertas Vėlius

Norbertas Velius

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 is considered to be the best specialist in Lithuanian mythology

Lithuanian mythology

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In 1984 he graduated from Vilnius University

Vilnius University

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, Faculty of History. Since 1986 he worked at various universities. In 1993 he received his Ph.D. He published over 100 scientific articles. Beresnevičius worked with journal "Naujasis Židinys" (English:The New Fireplace) and weekly "Šiaurės Atėnai" (English: Northern Athens). In 2001 he received an award from the President of Lithuania for his collection of essays on history of Lithuania

History of Lithuania

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 called "Ant laiko ašmenų." In 2003 he published textbooks on religious studies for high schools.

Besides scientific work, Beresnevičius was also a writer and a publicist. He published novels, several poems, and numerous essays (many of them under various pseudonyms such as Antanas Sereda). His short stories were influenced by Daniil Kharms

Daniil Kharms

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In 2004 he rallied for Kazimira Prunskienė

Kazimira Prunskiene

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 when she ran in the Presidential elections.

Major works

• Dausos: pomirtinio gyvenimo samprata senojoje lietuvių pasaulėžiūroje (Dausos: Concept of Afterlife in Ancient Lithuanian Worldview) (1990).
• Baltų religinės reformos (Reforms of Baltic Religions) (1995).
• Religijų istorijos metmenys (Outline of History of Religions) (1997).
• Religijotyros įvadas (Introduction to Religious Studies) (1997).
• Trumpas lietuvių ir prūsų religijos žodynas (Short Dictionary of Lithuanian and Prussian Religion) (2001).
• Ant laiko ašmenų (eseistika). Vilnius: Aidai, 2002. ISBN 9955-445-41-6
• Imperijos darymas: Lietuviškos ideologijos metmenys (Making Empire: Outline of Lithuanian Ideology) (2003).
• Eglė žalčių karalienė ir lietuvių teogoninis mitas (Eglė The Queen of Grass-Snakes and Lituanian Theogonic Myth) (2003).
• Palemono mazgas. Palemono legendos periferinis turinys (Palemonas' Knot. Periferal Content of Palemonas Legend) (2003).
• Lietuvių religija ir mitologija: sisteminė studija (Lithuanian Religion and Mythology: Systematic Study) (2004).