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30. The Laume (to be precisely correct, Laumė)

Laumė (unknown) Your guess is as good as mine on this—possibly even better. I say lah·oo·MAE.
Laumes (or Laimes) are Lithuanian faeries. (You may see a couple of stories about them at Lithuanian Mythological Tales. The Laume of the Oracle is not just any Lithuanian faery, though, and is described here and in the book.


© Copyright, Brian Froud in Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, 1998, all rights reserved.
In Latvia, the Laume, a household faery, presides over the three major events of life: birth, marriage, and death.

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