Dainas– Wit and Wisdom of Ancient Latvian Poetry

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Dainas– Wit and Wisdom of Ancient Latvian Poetry

 

 

Volume I  (2nd edition 2018)

The dainas and their translation are organized thematically:

The Gift of Work and Song, Love and Marriage, The Role of Fathers,

The Misery of Serfdom, Love of Homeland, Ancient Wisdom, Virtues– or

the Lack of Thereof and more

Volume II (2021)

Orphans, Voices of Men, Festivals– Brew, Brother, Barley Beer, Girl Talk

and more

Volume III (2023)

Growing Grain, Producing Hay for the Winter, The Linen Shirt, Mittens,

Hope Chest, Beekeeping, Sources of Power and more