Mythological sakme
The Laumės’ Gifts
A sakme about a woman who left hot water and bath whisks for Laumės in the bathhouse, and was repaid with fine woven goods.
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Tales about laumės
Gifts, weaving, children and encounters with laumės. Explore distinct recorded plots; a laumė and the fate-giving Laimė are not the same figure.
Mythological sakme
The Laumės’ Changeling
A sakme about a baby stolen by Laumės and a bundle of straw left in its place, which would have turned into a little Laumė-being if the trick had not been noticed in time.
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The Laumės’ Cloth
A sakme about a poor woman who finds a Laumės’ cloth that would never have run out if she had not wanted to see its end.
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The Laumės’ Washing Paddles
A sakme about Laumės who wash by a lake footbridge on Thursday evenings, and brave Jakamas who takes away their washing paddles.
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The Laumė at the Loom
A laumė takes a woman’s place at the loom and demands that she guess her name to reclaim the cloth. While weaving, she gives the secret away in song.
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The Laumė’s Cakes
A traveller questions a laumė about a flax field on the way to a wedding. After offering to carry her cakes, he uses the secrets she has told him.
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The Laumė’s Changeling
A changeling who has remained silent for twenty years sees a strange arrangement of fire and eggs. Its first words reveal an extraordinary age.
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The Laumės and the Infant
A mother rushing to gather hay before the rain forgets her baby in a meadow. The laumės give it gifts, but a wealthy neighbour’s imitation ends in tragedy.
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The Laumės and the Weavers
Two laumės ask the weaver Braškakoja for her shuttle. Accepting their help makes her an unrivalled craftswoman, while another weaver refuses the visitors.
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