Eglė
single tradition · 1
A young maiden who discovers a grass snake coiled around her sleeve after bathing in a lake. She pledges herself to the grass snake for the return of her clothing and agrees to marry him.
Relationships
- consort of
- grass snake, serpent king of the sea, Žilvinas, Mercury
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“When Eglė hears her dead husband's voice and discovers how her beloved has died, as a punishment for betrayal she whispers an enchantment, which turns her fragile, fearful daughter into a quaking aspen. She then turns her sons into sturdy trees - an oak, an ash and a birch. Finally, Eglė herself turns into a spruce (or fir).”
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