Bearslayer: The Latvian Legend

19th Century Aizkrauklis Andrejs Pumpurs Auseklis Balt Baltic Bearslayer Bishop Black Knight Burtnieks Burtnieks's Canto Christianity Chronicle of Henry clear cried Crooked Cap dark deed deep demon Devil Dietrich Dog-Snouts Estonian evil fate father fear fight forest Gauja gave German gods golden greet hand Hellhole Henry of Livonia hero heroic Hill Ikšķile isle Kalapuisis Kangars Kaupa knew Koknesis Lāčplēsis Laima Laimdota land Latgallians Latvian folklore Latvian language Latvian mythology Latvian nation Lautenbahs legends Lielvārde Ligo Liivs literary Lithuanian live maidens metre mighty motifs mythology National Awakening national epic National Romanticism night North Wind's Daughter once Pērkons poem poet poetry Pumpurs's epic Rainis Rainis's Riga sacred sail sailors ship shore songs soon sought Souls Spīdala spirits spoke Staburadze Staburadze's Staburags stood Strangers Sunken Castle syllables symbols took tradition trees Turaida University of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Vīķe-Freiberga warriors witch young Zālīte