Long ago, the Baltic Sea was ruled by Jurata, a beautiful queen. Her loveliness caused Perkun, the fierce God of thunder, to fall in love with her. so he would not let his storms disturb the waters of her kingdom. Jurata was a kind queen. She established laws to protect her sea creatures. One law did not allow anyone to set traps that caught too many fish at one time. In the Baltic coast lived a young fisherman who disobeyed Queen Jurata’s law. He set many traps and caught many fish which he sold to earn money to buy fine clothes. The Queen and was very angry with him. She wanted to drown him. But instead, she fell in love with him. Perkun got very very mad about this. He went into a rage and destroyed the amber colored palace while the Queen was inside and chained the young fisherman to the bottom of the sea for ever.
Legend of the Baltic Sea
