Dainius Razauskas

Razauskas graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Vilnius University. Later he studied at the Russian Academy of Sciences, where his teacher was Vladimir Toporov, a famous linguist and mythologist. In 2005 Razauskas finished his habilitation presenting his work "lexical-semantic analysis of mythological concepts of fish symbolism in Baltic-Slavic tradition (with reference to Indoiranian data)". Since 2007 he works at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. He also teaches a course on Lithuanian religion and mythology at Vilnius University. Razauskas is an editor of the magazine Liaudies kultūra ("Folk culture"). In addition to his scientific works, he has also published a collection of short stories (Pro langą: Novelės, 1990). In 2016 The Jonas Basanavičius award was awarded to Dainius Razauskas. His son Domantas Razauskas is a singer-songwriter, poet.

• Birth Name — Dainius Razauskas • Born — 1960 • Birthplace — Vilnius, Lithuania • Citizenship — Lithuania • Other Names — Dainius Razauskas-Daukintas • Known for — Baltic mythology, Indo-European mythology • Education — PhD (Russian Academy of Sciences) • Alma Mater — Vilnius University • Employer — Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Center of Lithuanian Folk Culture • Occupation — Editor • Parents — Romualdas Razauskas (father) Birutė Razauskienė-Daukintaitė, 1929–2009 (mother)

• Ryto ratų ritimai: Pagrindinio kosmologinio modelio rekonstrukcija su etimologiniais priedainiais (Ritimai of Morning Wheels: Reconstruction of the Main Cosmological Model with Etymological Choirs) (2000) • Vėjūkas: Lietuvių vėjo demono vardo ir įvaizdžio rekonstrukcija, atsižvelgiant į vieną skitų atitikmenį (osetinų wæjug / wæjyg) (Vėjūkas: Reconstruction of Name and Image of the Lithuanian Wind Damon with Regard to the one Scythian Example (Osetin wæjug / wæjyg)) (2004) • Vytis simbolikos požiūriu: Baltas raitelis su iškeltu kalaviju raudoname lauke (Vytis in a Symbolical View: a White Rider with a Rose Sword in a Red Background) (2008) • Pavasario daina (Vernal Song, 2010) • Krosnis mitologijoje (Stove in Mythology) (2011) • Visi dievai: „panteono“ sąvokos kilmė, pirminis turinys ir lietuviškas atitikmuo (All Gods: Origin of the term "Pantheon", original its meaning and Lithuanian counterpart") (2016) • Maironis: Praamžės tradicijos dainius (Maironis. The Bard of the Perennial Tradition) (2016) • Mitiniai vaizdiniai Donelaičio „Metuose“: Pastabos paraštėse ("Mythical images in The Seasons by Kristijonas Donelaitis: Note in the Margins") (2016)