1. Lithuanian legend
The name Jūratė (Yourate) comes from the
Lithuanian jūra (youra). It means the sea.

2. After a storm at the Baltic sea you can find some amber in
the sand. Children collect these little yellow stones and
remember the story of Jūratė and Kastytis.

3. Long long ago a young fisherman Kastytis lived together
with his mother Motule.

23.  Meanwhile, the old nanny
fish says to Kastytis, “The
gulls said your mother is
very sad. Stop dancing!”
Kastytis runs out of the
castle. “I’m going to the
land. Where’s Jūratė?”

 “She’s singing to
Perkūnas”, says the nanny
fish. “Hurry up!” The fish
points to the shell with
seahorses. Kastytis jumps
into the shell and hurries
to the shore.

31. Photos by Marina Lutsenko, Raisa Shapiro, Daniel Milner
This is the legend of the
origin of amber.
According to the
legend, amber stones are
pieces of Jūratė‘s castle.

32. Scuplture
Jūratė and Kastytis
in Palanga, Lithuanian resort
by the Baltic sea

33. YEAR 3:
Ann Litvin,
Eva Koucherova, Valerie
Verbelyte, Aliona
Gritsan, Martin Bodrikov, Zlata
Semionova, Ilya
Orlovich, Amina Vilbik, Artur
Nikitin, Kate YEAR 4:
Loukyanova, Konstantin Mark Makarovsky,
Loutsenko, Nikita Liza Yemelyanova, Karolina
Kolpachenko, Kseniya Karandei, Daniil
Siniova, Neliya Samuilov, Ernest
Griaznova, Milan Lila, Daniil Rudenas, Neonila
Yefremenkov, Arina Ivanovskaya, Patricia
Belous, Arina Stepanenko, Liza Adamovich, Dasha Siniovaite
Rolichute

34. This is a part of Comenius project Legends of
Our Regions 2012-2014 activities