Lauma
Sign in to save250px|thumb|right|"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 or Yotvingian mythology. Originally a sky spirit, her compassion for human suffering brought her to earth to share our fate.
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- In Lithuanian mythology
- Laumės (fairies) and the baby
- The Fairies foretell a newborn's future
- In Latvian mythology
- In Yotvingian mythology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
250px|thumb|right|"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 or Yotvingian mythology. Originally a sky spirit, her compassion for human suffering brought her to earth to share our fate.
==In Lithuanian mythology==