Daiva Vaitkevičienė-Astramskaitė

Daiva Vaitkevičienė-Astramskaitė[1] (born 1969, Panevėžys District, Lithuania[2]) is a Lithuanian folklorist, Senior Researcher, Department of Oral Folklore of the Lithuanian Institute of Literature and Folklore [lt] [3]

During 1987-1992 she studied Lithuanistics at the Vilnius University. Since 1991 she works at the Lithuanian Institute of Literature and Folklore. Her main interests are in Lithuanian mythology[2] In 1999 she earned Ph.D. in humanitarian sciences, thesis Ugnies raiškos lietuvių ir latvių mitologijoje [Fire Expressions in Lithuanian and Latvian Mythology].

Member of the editorial board of Incantacio [et]: An International Journal on Charms, Charmers and Charming.

She also teaches at the Vilnius University and is a member of the editorial team of its journal Semiotika.[4]

Books

• 2019: Žydinti taurė: alus ir midus baltų kultūroje [Flowering Mug: Beer and Mead in Baltic Culture]
• 2011: (with Vykintas Vaitkevičius) Lietuva: 101 legendinė vieta [Lithuania: 101 Legendary Places]
• 2008: Lietuvių užkalbėjimai: gydymo formulės [Lithuanian Incantations: Healing Formulas] ISBN 9789955698944—over 1,700 texts of Lithuanian healing incantations, with English translations, for a wider audience[5]
• 2001: Ugnies metaforos: lietuvių ir latvių mitologijos studija [Fire Metaphors: A Study in Lithuanian and Latvian Mythology ] [6]
• 1998: (prepared together with J. Ūsaitytė) Lietuvių liaudies dainynas [Lithuanian Folk Songs], vol. XIV: Šeimos dainos [Family Songs], book 3, ISBN 9986-513-07-3

References

1. "Daiva Vaitkevičienė-Astramskaitė", full bibliography
2. Ugnies metaforos, back cover, "About author"
3. "Daiva Vaitkevičienė"
4. Semiotika, Editorial Team
5. Lithuanian Incantations: Treatment Formulas, book review
6. Ugnies metaforos, text online at tautosmenta.lt