Inija Trinkūnienė
{{Short description|Lithuanian Romuva priest & psychologist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Inija Trinkūnienė
| image = Romuvan priestesses.PNG
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|10|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kelmė, Lithuania
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| alma_mater = Vilnius University
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| occupation = Ethnologist, folklorist, sociologist, psychologist
| spouse = Jonas Trinkūnas
| children = Rimgailė, Vėtra, Ugnė and Indrė
| known_for =
| title = High priestess (krivė) of Romuva
| term = 2014–present
| predecessor = Jonas Trinkūnas (2002–2014)
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Inija Trinkūnienė (born 25 October 1951) is a Lithuanian ethnologist, folklorist, sociologist, psychologist, head of folk music group Kūlgrinda and the high priestess (krivė) of the Romuva community of the old Lithuanian faith. She became the high priestess after the death of the previous high priest (krivis), her husband Jonas Trinkūnas, in 2014.{{Cite web |date=31 May 2015 |title=15min: Vilniaus Gedimino kalne įšventinta Lietuvos Romuvos Krivė. |url=http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/lietuva/vilniaus-gedimino-kalne-isventinta-lietuvos-romuvos-krive-56-506607 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311220408/http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/lietuva/vilniaus-gedimino-kalne-isventinta-lietuvos-romuvos-krive-56-506607 |archive-date=2016-03-11 |access-date=2018-05-21 |website=15min.lt |language=lt}} She is a founding member of the European Congress of Ethnic Religions.{{Cite web |title=Inija Trinkuniene |url=https://parliamentofreligions.org/speaker/inija-trinkuniene |access-date=2020-02-08 |website=Parliament of the World's Religions}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She holds a master's degree in psychology from Vilnius University. She was a featured speaker in the Indigenous Plenary Session at the Parliament of the World Religions in Toronto in 2015.{{Cite web |title=Parliament Presenters |url=https://parliamentofreligions.org/presenters |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618124631/https://parliamentofreligions.org/presenters |archive-date=2020-06-18 |access-date=2020-02-08 |website=Parliament of the World's Religions}}
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See also
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0pXMOVLC6A 2015 Address to 2015 Parliament of World Religions on YouTube.]{{Baltic neopaganism}}
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Category:Lithuanian ethnologists
Category:Lithuanian psychologists
Category:Lithuanian women psychologists
Category:Lithuanian sociologists
Category:Lithuanian women sociologists
Category:Lithuanian folklorists
Category:Lithuanian women folklorists
Category:Lithuanian modern pagans
Category:Vilnius University alumni
Category:Performers of modern pagan music
Category:Modern pagan religious leaders
Category:Kūlgrinda (band) members
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