The Walker and the lost soul

The tale: Long ago, when the world was still young, there lived in Lithuania a people called the Romuva. These Romuva were creatures half man, half woman, half animal, half rock, half water, half grass, and they had the gift of seeing what was invisible, like silence, wind, and emptiness, but also the souls of beasts, the spirit of trees, and the intelligence of stones. In truth, this people and the world were one, and when a Romuva was born, the earth would carve a cradle for them between a rock and a tree, and when a Romuva died, the earth would carve a tomb for them between a spring and a mountain. (read more)