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JŪRATĖ AND KASTYTIS :

Discover the similarities between Jūratė and Kastytis with Homer’s classic legend through themes of love, vengeance, and the wrath of Gods. Dive into the tragic love story of the sea Goddess Jūratė and the mortal hero Kastytis. Explore the connection of these myths to the powerful forces of nature and human emotions. Uncover how these tales have inspired art and folklore across generations.

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JŪRATĖ AND KASTYTIS :

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  1. JŪRATĖ AND KASTYTIS: Similarities with Homer’s legend

  2. Keywords Placeoflegends: • Thesea Nymph Calipso and mermaid Jūratė: • Loved mortal hero passionately • Were the sea Goddesses • Underwent fatal love Odysseus and Kastytis: • Endurance, courageous, mortal Gods were: • Vengeance, jealousy,powerful

  3. The Goddess Jūratė lived in a beautiful amber palace in the bottom of the Baltic sea. Jūratė ruledtheseaandallofthesea-life.

  4. The immortal GoddessJūratė fell in love with thehandsome youngfisherman Kastytis Sculpture by Nijolė Gaigalaitė, 1961, Palanga, Lithuania

  5. The father of all Gods – Thunder-god Perkūnas became furious and punished lovers. Kastytis was killed by Perkūnas and Jūratė mourns him to this day.

  6. To Lithuanians, the small, tear – shaped pieces of amber are the tears of Jūratė, as clear and pure as her fatal love.

  7. In 1937, at the International Graphic Art Exhibition in Paris, artist Vaclovas Rataiskis-Ratas was awarded the prix d'honeur for his woodcut illustrations of Jūratė ir Kastytis

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