Ugis Nastevics

University of Latvia | LU · Department of Latvian and Baltic Studies

The article analyses a writing system of the Latvian language that has been scarcely researched before. The evidence of the usage of the knot script and song clews is present in the Latvian folklore, although it has been commonly considered as a metaphor. At the beginning of the 20th century there were individuals still using it prior to the conven...

The breakthrough of the newly built sacred structures of European autochthonous religions activated in recent decades indicates the topicality of the sacred space studies in these emerging places of worship as well as the historical background. While focusing particularly on Latvians and Dievturība, the paper encompasses the sanctification of trees...

Assuming that Dievturība is commonly denominated as Latvian religion, could the given term “Latvian religion” be understood vice versa as Dievturība, or as something else? The purpose of this paper is to obtain insight into the contemporary perception of the term “Latvian religion” in 2018, the year of Latvia’s centenary. The following tasks were s...

ラトビア神道とも称されるDievturība（ディエヴトゥリーバ）は、自然と太陽年の移ろいと自他とも協和し、民への帰属意識、祖霊と 神々の恩頼への気付き、そして梵語と同源の印欧語族バルト語派に属すラトビア語を培う「 ラトビアらしき人生知」（Latviskā dzīvesziņa）、即ち情操・価値観・世界観・徳教を形にしながら、神典とする 数万篇のラトビア民謡（Latvju dainas）を始め民俗を修め、敬神崇祖を心がけ、継承された伝統を中今に活かして年中神事と冠婚葬祭を斎行する、つながり型の性善説的・生態系中心的な万有内在交替神教（panen-katheno-theism）である。 // "ラトビア神道とは" by Ugis Nastevics (ウギス・ナステビッチ) in "Dievt...

Regardless of globalization, consumerism, and the spread of universal religions, which dilute the borders of nations and their peculiarity, there are still communities committed to the preservation of their identity. The spirituality, manifesting as the most compelling factor of the originality of a nation in intercultural communication, comes to t...

The transcription of Japanese script into Latvian and vice versa has formerly been influenced by such intermediary foreign languages as Russian and English, thus considerably altering the outcome. This study attempts to compare several transcription systems and their approaches, to compare the source and target language phonemes employing the acous...

Propaedeutic article on Dievturība in English

The breakthrough of the newly built sacred structures of European autochtho- nous religions activated in recent decades indicates the topicality of the sacred space studies in these emerging places of worship as well as the historical background. While focusing particularly on Latvians and Dievturība, the paper encompasses the sanctification of tre...

As Japanese tourists to Latvia have quintupled during the last seven years, polarized information regarding Latvians in Japanese on Twitter used by 45 million Japanese has likewise increased and keeps shaping the image of Latvia, affecting the further inbound tourist dynamics. The purpose of this study is to analyze Japanese tweets published from 2...

Uģis NASTEVIČS, Ph.D. in Theory of Culture, Mg. paed., jpn@inbox.lv University of Latvia / Latvian Academy of Culture // The study compares the esoteric aspects of the spiritual leader induction ritual directionality in Dievturība and Shintō by fieldwork, content analysis and comparison of historical data in archives and publications. Historical ba...

Sirds sūtra latviešu valodā. The Heart Sutra in Latvian. 般若心経のラトビア語訳

Amidst the increasing of opportunities to come in contact with values and worldviews of various religions, this textbook is a useful reference for students and scholars of Comparative Religion, and other readers who would like to deepen the understanding of the attitude of believers of Abrahamic religions to the Sacred in other religions, yet do no...

Neraugoties uz globalizācijas procesiem, patērnieciskumam un universālo reliģiju izplatību, kas nivelē kultūru robežas un savatnību, joprojām pastāv kopienas, kam ir aktuāla identitātes saglabāšana. Garīgās dimensijas, kas starpkultūru saskarsmē atklājas kā saistošākais tautas oriģinalitātes uzturēšanas faktors, izvirzīšanās priekšplānā un dažādu n...

世界各地の文化の個性を均質化していくグローバル化、消費主義及び普遍宗教の蔓延にも関わらず、アイデンティティの保持を心がける共同体が今なお存続している。異文化間交流で民族の独自性を保持する主要因として顕現する霊性が表面化することと、ラトビア神道と日本神道にこそ類似点が多くの分野の人から指摘されていることは、「ラトビア神道と日本神道という二つの土着宗教における神聖さの顕現の類似性の根底にある関連要因は何か」という疑問点を提起する。本博士論文『ラトビア神道と日本神道：諸祭式、その神聖空間と詞章の比較研究』の目的は、ラトビア神道と日本神道という二つの土着宗教の諸祭式、その神聖空間と詞章の比較研究をすることである。研究課題は、両方の専門用語集と類型を構造化すること、その歴史的経緯と象徴言語の共通点を識...

As Japanese tourists to Latvia have quintupled during the last seven years, polarized information regarding Latvians in Japanese on Twitter used by 45 million Japanese has likewise increased and keeps shaping the image of Latvia, affecting the further inbound tourist dynamics. The purpose of this study is to analyze Japanese tweets published from 2...

Šī grāmata sastādīta gan tiem, kuri vēl nav tuvu pazīstami ar vienas no trim pasaules lielākajām un daudzviet ar prāvu ticīgo skaitu pārstāvētajām reliģijām — kristietības mācību, gan tiem, kuri vēlas padziļināt izpratni par kristiešu Svētajos Rakstos pausto attieksmi pret citām reliģijām un to svētumiem. Jo īpaši šobrīd, kad arvien biežāk iespējam...

This book consists of scripture verses from the Old Testament and the New Testament written in both the Meiji Version in Japanese and the King James Version in English. It is compiled as essential excerpts from the Holy Scriptures for everyone not yet familiar with the teachings of Christianity — one of the three major religions of the World that h...

The coexistence of Christianity and the ancient Latvian religion (dievturība, dievestība) is studied. Dievturība is a national religion, with its roots in Latvian traditional culture and folklore, inspired by romanticism from the second half of the 19th c., and in the 1920s systematized by the Latvijas Dievturu sadraudze. A sociological survey reve...

Mērķis: veikt iestrādes tvitera folkloras pētniecībā, šoreiz pētot Daugavpils tēlu tviterī 2017. gada pirmajos astoņos mēnešos. Uzdevumi: izstrādāt metodiku tvītu un ar tiem saistīto datu izgūšanai, apkopot un kategorizēt tvītus, kā arī veikt kontentanalīzi Daugavpils tēlu atspoguļojošajiem tvītiem.

The topicality of increase of multiculturalism and religious pluralism in the 21st century defined the aim of this research – to explore the religious identity and virtues in the society of Latvia. The religious identity is an individual’s self-acknowledged affiliation to a certain religion, being an essential component in the personality’s self-id...

The aim of the Master’s thesis “System of Virtue Education in the Scriptures of Japanese and Latvian Religion” is to research how the system of virtue education is reflected in the scriptures of Japanese and Latvian religion. Thesis consists of analysis of theoretical literature and the scriptures of both religions. Translation of primary sources,...

The aim of the Bachelor’s thesis "Reflection of Japanese Culture in Education Content for grades 7-12 in Latvia" is to research the reflection of Japanese culture in school textbooks from year 1991 to 2014. Thesis consists of analysis of theoretical literature and education content in 13 subjects. Survey for teachers and Japanese respondents was co...