Hey, kinda weird question but, do the Romuva and Suomenusko pantheon of gods have an actual name to their pantheon? Like Germanic has the Aesir and Vanir, did the Baltic and Finish paganism refer to their gods as anything other than "the gods"?

by TheLeomac

Just for context here, i am currently trying to write a fantasy novel with most polytheistic beliefs (that have an actual consistency) found throughout history having a massive fantasy influence in today's world, so stuff like the greek-roman pantheon, the Celtic pantheon (mostly the Ulster cycle) Norse/Germanic pantheon, and so on, and i was having a hard time looking for a word to refer to the Romuvan and Suomenusko pantheon, i was wondering if they ever had a name for their Deities other than simply "The gods"

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