Prussian mythology ("krivė krivaitis") and female "waidelinns" (similar to Roman vestales). Various later authors simply copied information from Grunau and the "Sudovian Book" adding no or very little new information. The 1249 Treaty of Christburg mentioned Curche, an idol worshiped during harvest festivals. Scholars were unable to positively determine its gender, function, or etymology. Various suggested functions include god of food (Simon Grunau), smithing god (similar to Slavic Svarog and Greek Hephaestus), god creator (derived from related Lithuanian word "kurti" – to create), god of harvest and grain, evil spirit, god of fire. Some even doubted whether it was a god at
Sintians Sintians The Sintians (; ), "the Raiders, the Plunderers", from Ancient Greek "sinteis", "destructive") were known to the Greeks as pirates and raiders; they are also referred to as a Thracian people who once inhabited the area of Sintice and the island of Lemnos which was also called in ancient times "Sinteis". The Sintians worshipped Hephaestus. They are mentioned in Homer: in the "Iliad" as the folk who had tended Hephaestus in Lemnos after the lame smith god was let fall to earth; the Sintians “of wild speech” (ἀγριόφωνοι "agriophonoi") also appear in the "Odyssey"; in the tradition reported by