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
How The First Helandman of God Was Maid piece is attributed to no author. The poem opens with God and Saint Peter walking "High up in Argyll, where their path lay." Peter asks The Lord "Can you not make a Highland man out of this horse turd?" With a touch of his staff God creates a Highlander from the piece of dung and asks him "Where do you want to go?" The highlander replies that he will go to the lowlands to steal livestock. When God points out to the highlander that he will be hanged for this crime the man claims to be indifferent. "I must die