Who was Jurata? The genesis of the name and the legend of Jurata, the Baltic Queen and Perkun's revenge.

Jurata was a Samogitian goddess-mermaid of the Baltic Sea and a caring ruler of all sea creatures, known from the fairy tale "The Queen of the Baltic", popular in Poland and Lithuania. We owe her the name of the town. Name of the city ...

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