In the past, lakes used to stroll around until they found the right place and the right name to settle. A lake once came out of nowhere flying and humming and hung over \u0160iauliai. People were terrified that it might descend over the town. For several days and nights the residents prayed, sang hymns, walked in long processions \u2013 all just to make the lake leave. But the lake took not a single step \u2013 instead it hummed and gushed even more threateningly.<\/p>\n
Someone had a dream that all it would take would be to guess the name of the lake and it wouldn\u2019t flood the city. And so people guessed all the possible names they could think of but no one managed to get it right and call the lake by its real name. Until an old unfortunate lady, who had been praying the most, almost unwittingly muttered under her breath \u2018Telk\u0161ok \u010dia!\u2019 (\u2018Lake lie low!\u2019) As soon as she uttered these words, the lake descended well beyond the city where it has lain ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the past, lakes used to stroll around until they found the right place and the right name to settle. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legends-of-lithuania"],"yoast_head":"\n