Austi Lapeliai · Lesson 4
Mythic grapheme sources
How graphemes draw their visual identity from Lithuanian mythical figures and folkloric associations.
Grapheme Sources
Sound-symbols with mythic ancestry
sacred place; tree-derived shape
mythic being
grain protector; wheat-derived shape
thunder deity
grain-drying kiln fire and guarded harvest flame
cattle and herder association
mischievous devil; horn-derived shape
folkloric being
fire and hearth association
sun goddess
fate spinner and spinning association
giant
land goddess; sun over land
folkloric being