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GLOSSARY aitvaras: a mythological being similar to a brownie that often carried around wealth damavikas: a word of Slavic origin meaning "house spirit" more or less equivalent in nature to the Lithuanian aitvaras Dundu1is: see Perkunas Giltine: a mythological being that brings death either in the form of a skeleton carrying a scythe (a female Grim Reaper) or a woman dressed in black or yellow who stings her victims gorcius: a unit of capacity for measuring liquids or grain used in former times equel to about three liters kaukas: a mythological being similar to a goblin that often carried around wealth klystzvake: a deceptive light or flame that would lead people a stray or have powers of transformation laime: a goddess of fate or luck laume: a female mythological being; laumes are often depicted rocking children, doing laundry, and weaving; laumes are similar to pixies and witches laumiukas: a young male mythological being kin to a laume pavietas: a district of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Perkunas: the god of thunder and lightning Puscias: a mythological being that "puffs" and winnows grain Samogitia: ("Zemaitija". In Lith.) the northwestern region of Lithuania siena: a measure of homespun cloth slogute. a female personified nightmare slogutis: a male personified nightmare spyga: a swear made by placing the thumb between the forefinger and middle finger of a fist velnias: the or a devil verba: a branch of grasses or flowers used instead of palms on Palm Sunday in Lithuania Ziburinis: see klystzvake
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