{"id":1136,"date":"2019-02-04T06:53:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T03:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaunolegenda.lt\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2019-10-14T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T13:15:53","slug":"the-legend-of-the-mounds-of-kaunas-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaunolegenda.lt\/en\/the-legend-of-the-mounds-of-kaunas-region\/","title":{"rendered":"The legend of the mounds of Kaunas region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Vie\u0161k\u016bnai Mound a.k.a. \u0160uneli\u0161k\u0117s Hill<\/em><\/p>\n<p>People say that once upon a time, where Vie\u0161k\u016bnai Mound stands today, a daughter of a local landlord committed suicide. The mound has been haunted ever since. If you find yourself walking there at night, you may be overwhelmed by the chirping, howling, barking and babble. But most often this place is haunted by dogs and houndlike creatures. They keep emerging from a nearby trench. From this comes the name of the hill \u2013 \u0160uneli\u0161k\u0117s*.<\/p>\n<p>* Lith. <em>\u0161uo <\/em>(pl. <em>\u0161unys<\/em>) \u2013 \u2018a dog\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pakalni\u0161kiai Mound near Piliuona<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nThe legend tells that Pakalni\u0161kiai Mound was erected by early Lithuanians, and that on top of it stood proudly the wooden castle of Vai\u0161vydas, the famous ruler of the lands of the Nemunas valley, which had protected and defended this area from enemies throughout living memory.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kapitoni\u0161kiai Mound<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Locals used to celebrate Midsummer Day and set up bonfires on top of Kapitoni\u0161kiai Mound. People say that underneath the oak tree at the top of the mound a treasure is hidden. Many had seen it covered in flames. Many tried to find it. But to this day it remains untouched.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lamp\u0117d\u017eiai<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A long while ago, the gorgeous giant Laum\u0117 jumped off of Romainiai Hill towards Nemunas and left a stark footprint in the ground. A small lake appeared there and was later named Lamp\u0117dis*.<\/p>\n<p>* Lith. <em>Laum\u0117s p\u0117da<\/em> \u2013 \u2018the foot of Laum\u0117\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vie\u0161k\u016bnai Mound a.k.a. \u0160uneli\u0161k\u0117s Hill People say that once upon a time, where Vie\u0161k\u016bnai Mound stands today, a daughter of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legends-of-kaunas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The legend of the mounds of Kaunas region - Kauno mitas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kaunolegenda.lt\/en\/the-legend-of-the-mounds-of-kaunas-region\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The legend of the mounds of Kaunas region - 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