Norbertas Vėlius (1 January 1938 in Gulbės, near

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– 23 June 1996 in

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, buried in the

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) was a

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n folklorist specializing in Lithuanian mythology.

Major works

*''Mitinės lietuvių sakmių būtybės'' (1977) *''Laumių dovanos'' (1979) (translated into Russian as ''Цветок папоротника: литовские мифологические сказания'' in 1989, into English as ''Lithuanian mythological tales'' in 1998) *''Senovės baltų pasaulėžiūra'' (1983) (translated into English as ''The World Outlook of the Ancient Balts'' in 1989) *''Chtoniškasis lietuvių mitologijos pasaulis'' (1987) *''Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai'', 4 volumes (1996–2005). 1938 births 1996 deaths Lithuanian mythology researchers 20th-century Lithuanian historians People from Tauragė County Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery {{Lithuania-historian-stub