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Žaltys
The Žaltys is a Baltic spirit that is a guardian of the home. It was kept as a pet, and in modern Baltic tradition it lives by the stove, and is a sacred animal of the sun goddess Saulė, who would weep when she saw a dead Žaltys.
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