Mythological legend
Hay in the Well
A kaukas asks where to put its load. A farmhand answers without thinking, and in the morning the well is packed with hay.
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Tales about kaukai
Befriending kaukai, their clothing, gifts and the consequences of offence. Compare particular versions: kaukas and aitvaras names sometimes overlap in regional tradition.
Mythological legend
Little People by the Fire
Men guarding horses at night receive mischievous little visitors. They throw a hatchet into the fire but move aside when a man rises to retrieve it.
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The Kaukai Burned in the Wheel
Three kaukai plan to burn a barn after finding their food spoiled. A shepherd overhears them and learns where they intend to shelter from the fire.
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The Kaukas’s Estate
A farmhand tries to discover whose house shelters a kaukas. His mocking challenge ends in a fire that reveals the spirit’s home.
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The Traneliai
Two little helpers feed a poor farmer’s horses at night. New clothes made in gratitude become, to the helpers, wages that end their service.
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