Lauma

"Laumė/The Good Witch", 1980 wooden sculpture by Romas Venckus at the Hill of Witches

Latvian Lauma or Lithuanian Laumė, or Yotvingian Łauma is a fairy-like woodland spirit, and guardian spirit of orphans in Eastern Baltic mythology[1] or Yotvingian mythology. Originally a sky spirit, her compassion for human suffering brought her to earth to share our fate.[2]

  1. ^ "Lauma". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
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