The Baltic shelf gathers the public texts, source dossiers, and support pages currently held under this tradition room. Use this page as a doorway into the shelf rather than as a complete history of the tradition.

Texts at This Shelf Level

• Wonder Tales from Baltic Wizards

Latvian

• Lāčplēsis — Andrejs Pumpurs — the complete 1888 national epic in its original Latvian, preserved as six cantos.

Lithuanian

• Metai — Kristijonas Donelaitis — the complete foundational poem of spring, summer, autumn, and winter in its original Lithuanian.
• Anykščių šilelis — Antanas Baranauskas — the complete original-language forest poem, moving from remembered abundance through destruction and cultural dispossession.

Suggested Use

Begin with the introduction if one is present, then move into the rooms or individual texts listed above. For technical terms, names, and recurring concepts, use the local glossary on this shelf together with the central Good Works Glossary.