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"A Lithuanian amber myth tells about the story of lost love. Perkunas, God of Thunder, was the father God and his daughter was Jurate, a mermaid who lived in an amber palace in the Baltic. One day a fisherman named Kastytis would cast his nets to catch fish from Jurate's kingdom. The goddess sent her mermaids to warn him to stop fishing in her domain. He did not stop, so Jurate went herself to demand he stop. Once she saw him she fell in love and brought him back to her amber palace. Perkunas, knowing Jurate was promised to Patrimpas, God of Water, was angered to find his daughter in love with a mortal. Perkunas destroyed the amber palace with a bolt of lightning to kill her mortal lover. Her palace was destroyed and Jurate was chained to the ruins for eternity. When storms in the Baltic stir the sea, fragments from the amber palace wash up on shore. Pieces in the shape of tears are particularly treasured, as they are the tears from the grieving goddess, as she weeps tears of amber for her tragic love." [link]Related content
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Beautiful piece love the colours and it goes well with the story
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Thank you so much, dear Donna!
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Beautiful fractal!!! Dramatic story, thanks for sharing!!
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Thank you so much, dear! Glad you liked it!
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I have never heard the myth before. I love it when you tag stories onto you fractals. I learn new stuff when you do.
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It's my homeland mythology. Most of it is very sad...
Thank you, dear! Glad you liked it!
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Oh this is beautiful and so is the story. And what is even more: I am going to the baltic sea next week to the island of RΓΌgen in Germany, I will look out for the pieces of the amber palace
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Thank you, dear! Glad you liked it!
I used to find lots of those on the coast of the Baltic sea when I was little. But it was on the Curonian split, close to Sambian Peninsula, which holds around 90% of all European amber deposits. Good luck!
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Oh not sure where that is...I have no idea really whether it can be found in Rugen too. I have been on a trip to the Baltic states in I think 1992 and I remember that they told us that if we find something that looks like amber we should not put it in our pocket as the russians had dropped some evil stuff into the sea that looked like amber but that would burn holes in your clothes and skin if you took it...scary, do you think that is still the case?
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Not any more. I remember that instance, but it was a long time ago. Amber is getting scarce. You can find tiny bits of it only after the storm, since there's no such thing as tides there.
Curonian split is partly in Russia, partly in Lithuania, while Sambian peninsula belongs to Kaliningrad region of Russia.
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Thank you very much, dear! Glad you like it!
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I've featured this in my journal... 
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Thank you very much, dear! I'm honoured!
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A beautiful work - nice forms and colours!
Michael
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Thank you very much, dear Michael! Glad you like it!
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How sad a story... and mythology is quite full of such endings to loves between a god/goddess and a human.
The fractal in itself is however lively - the amber orange is so nice! Even the grey parts look as if they were the waves that bring the amber remnants ashore.
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Thank you very much, my dear! Glad you like it!
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Thank you very much, dear! Glad you like it!
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