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Cryptids of Lithuania
What cryptids are in Lithuania? The best-known is Aitvaras.
The aitvaras is a household spirit that hatches from an old rooster’s egg and arrives as a black or white cock or a fiery dragon streaking through the night sky. It brings wealth, grain and gold, but they are stolen from others, and a neglected aitvaras may set a house afire.
- 1 cryptid
Cryptids reported in Lithuania
The legends of Lithuania
The tradition is closely shared with Latvia, where the creature is called pūķis, and it features in Lithuanian tales, children’s books and dragon parades.
Hotspots
- Lithuanian countryside
Farmsteads where the household-spirit traditions were collected.