Legend about love and amber

Jūratė and Kastytis is one of the most famous and popular Lithuanian legends and tales. For the first time it was recorded in 1842. The plot greatly varies between the different versions. However, the basic facts remain the same.

Goddess Jūratė (from the noun jūra meaning the sea) lived under the Baltic sea in a beautiful amber castle. Imagine that :))

Probably everyone in Lithuania has a photo near this statue                       

(Palanga, Lithuania)

She ruled the sea and all of the sea-life. A young fisherman named Kastytis was disturbing the peace as he was catching a lot of fish. 

Jūratė decided to punish him and restore the peace, but she fell in love with the handsome young fisherman.  

Perkūnas, the thunder-god, found out that the immortal goddess had fallen in love with a mortal man. He became furious and struck the amber castle. It exploded into millions of pieces.  

According to lithuanian legend, that is why pieces of amber come ashore after a storm on the Baltic Sea.