Daiva Vaitkevičienė-Astramskaitė Explained
Daiva Vaitkevičienė-Astramskaitė[1] (born 1969, Panevėžys District, Lithuania[2]) is Lithuanian folklorist, Senior Researcher, Department of Oral Folklore of the [3]
During 1987-1992 she studied Lithuanistics at the Vilnius University. Since 1991 she works at the Lithuanian Institute of Literature and Folklore. Her main interests are in Lithuanian mythology[2] In 1999 she earned Ph.D. in humanitarian sciences, thesis Ugnies raiškos lietuvių ir latvių mitologijoje [Fire Expressions in Lithuanian and Latvian Mythology].
Member of the editorial board of : An International Journal on Charms, Charmers and Charming.
She also teaches at the Vilnius University and is a member of the editorial team of its journal Semiotika.[4]
Books
- 2019: Žydinti taurė: alus ir midus baltų kultūroje [Flowering Mug: Beer and Mead in Baltic Culture]
- 2011: (with Vykintas Vaitkevičius) Lietuva: 101 legendinė vieta [Lithuania: 101 Legendary Places]
- 2008: Lietuvių užkalbėjimai: gydymo formulės [Lithuanian Incantations: Healing Formulas] —over 1,700 texts of Lithuanian healing incantations, with English translations, for a wider audience[5]
- 2001: Ugnies metaforos: lietuvių ir latvių mitologijos studija [Fire Metaphors: A Study in Lithuanian and Latvian Mythology ] [6]
- 1998: (prepared together with J. Ūsaitytė) Lietuvių liaudies dainynas [Lithuanian Folk Songs], vol. XIV: Šeimos dainos [Family Songs], book 3,
Notes and References
- http://tautosmenta.lt/daiva-vaitkeviciene "Daiva Vaitkevičienė-Astramskaitė"
- Ugnies metaforos, back cover, "About author"
- http://www.llti.lt/lt/daiva_vaitkeviciene/ "Daiva Vaitkevičienė"
- https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/Semiotika/about/editorialTeam Semiotika, Editorial Team
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39794104-lietuvi-u-kalb-jimai Lithuanian Incantations: Treatment Formulas
- http://tautosmenta.lt/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Vaitkeviciene_Daiva/Vaitkeviciene_2001_Ugnies_metaforos.pdf Ugnies metaforos, text online
