LAIMA is one of the few goddesses of the Baltic peoples who can be said to personify a number of elemental concepts. She incorporates a wide variety of both individual and societal functions, of which two are particularly noteworthy: architect of...

Latvian goddess of fate and good fortune, who also takes a sympathetic interest in women in childbirth. She is the creator of men, and takes a hand in their birth, their marriages and their deaths. No household can hope for things to go well unless...

Laima (also Laime, Laimas māte in Latvian) was the personification of fate and of luck in Latvian and Lithuanian mythology. She was associated with childbirth, marriage, death, proliferation, and domesticity; she was also the patron of pregnant women....

JOSHUA L. WEINSTEIN Staff Writer Portland Press Herald (Maine) 08-19-2003 Translator of prose recognized with grant ; Laima Sruoginis will use her endowment to convert several Lithuanian works into English. Byline: JOSHUA L. WEINSTEIN Staff Writer Edition: Final Section: Local & State ...