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The Characters of Lith uan ian Mythological and Ethiological Legends

The Characters of Lith uan ian Mythological and Ethiological Legends. Mythological legends. Laumės (The Hags). In ancient times they were pictured as women with hen‘s legs. In some cases it was believed that Hags are pretty, young women who live by lakes or rivers .

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The Characters of Lith uan ian Mythological and Ethiological Legends

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  1. The Characters of LithuanianMythological and Ethiological Legends

  2. Mythological legends

  3. Laumės (The Hags) • In ancient times they were pictured as women with hen‘s legs. • In some cases it was believed that Hags are pretty, young women who live by lakesor rivers. • They can also appear as ugly creatures which eat men or babies as cannibals.

  4. Aitvaras (The Kite) • The Kite is a household spirit. • It lives in the farmsteads and makespeople wealthy. • People imaginedthem as like a flying (shining) long sleeve, grass-snake, towel or lizard.

  5. Žaltys (The Grassnake) • Grassnakes used to live in people‘s houses. • It was believed that they are immortal supernatural beings, which patronize families.

  6. Perkūnas (The Thunder) • The Thunder is the most important Lithuanian god. • In the taleshe is usually being depicted as a militant, quick-tempered, armed with an axe, knife and arrows. • The Thunder is usually seen chasing The Devil and trying to strike it.

  7. Velnias (The Devil) • The Devil lives in wet locations: by ponds or lakes. • Italways hides himself in the ground from Thunder.

  8. Ethiological legends

  9. The Old Man-God • Heis often being depicted on the background of daily life as a peasant. • He has an enormous creativity power and he creates the world and all useful things around.

  10. The Devil The other main character of the tales is a devil. Unlike its mythological counterpart, this one is not dangerous. It is rather a comical figure

  11. The Devil creates the world in the company of the God, but always does that unsuccessfully: Everything God creates is useful and nice. The devil imitates the God, but all of its creations are useless and ugly. Devil‘s creation: a toad. God‘s creation: a lark.

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