Žaltys - a Grass Snake

A good spirit of the house

Grass – Snake looks like a snake, with shiny skin and a yellow band running along its entire length.
Enchanting and frightening at the same time.
Grass- Snake crawls out of its skin.

Grass Snakes are very wise and all-knowing. They are friendly with kids, enact justice.

Once a grass snake enraged missing its eggs poisoned fresh milk. As soon as the eggs were returned, it turned the pitcher with misl upside down so noone would drink it.

It can live in water, under ground and in the grass.

Grass Snakes used to live in people’s houses, in clay pots or in a nest under the bed.
Protected the house from disasters – so that lightning did not strike.
Befriended children, slept with them in the same bed, ate together from the same plate.
Grass Snake didn’t get angry if the little ones pulled its tail or hit it on the head with a spoon.

Grass-Snake Monai Creations | Baltic sign of grass-snake

Grass Snakes were highly respected – they could not be harmed or killed.
And if a person saved the Grass  Snake, then he was rewarded – he became resistant to any poison, happy and rich, but only until he did something bad and mean. 

It is a symbol of life, energy and immortality.