Anapilis
Anapilis is a fictional mountain, allegedly the place of the afterlife in the Lithuanian mythology, pagan mythology of ancient Lithuanians. Etymology Anapilis is Lithuanized from Polish ''Anafielas'', and "back-etymologized" in Lithuanian as "wikt:ana, ana" (that) + "wikt:polis, pilis" (castle).Justyna Prusinowska"Anafielas i Walhalla przeglądają się w Niemnie. Wędrówka w zaświaty litewskie i skandynawskie" ''Science Journals . Folk Architecture Museum and Ethnographic Park in Olwsztynek'', vol. 1, no. 1, 2010, pp. 47-63 Anafielas was recorded or invented by Theodor Narbutt in his 1835 volume of ''Dzieje starożytne narodu litewskiego''. Narbutt is the only independent source of the term. Since he is known to List of Lithuanian gods and mythological figures#Theodor Narbutt, invent a large number of pseudo-pagan deities, in modern times Anapilis/Anafielas is considered pseudo-mythological as well. Still, it is well entrenched in the modern Lithuanian culture. As Bronys Savuk ...
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