Daiva Vaitkevičienė

Daiva Vaitkevičienė-Astramskaitė (born 1969, Panevėžys District, Lithuania ) is a Lithuanian folklorist, Senior Researcher, Department of Oral Folklore of the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore.

During 1987-1992 she studied Lithuanistics at the Vilnius University. Since 1991 she works at the Lithuanian Institute of Literature and Folklore. Her main interests are in Lithuanian mythology

Books 2019: Žydinti taurė: alus ir midus baltų kultūroje [Flowering Mug: Beer and Mead in Baltic Culture] 2011: (with Vykintas Vaitkevičius) Lietuva: 101 legendinė vieta [Lithuania: 101 Legendary Places] 2008: Lietuvių užkalbėjimai: gydymo formulės [Lithuanian Incantations: Healing Formulas] —over 1,700 texts of Lithuanian healing incantations, with English translations, for a wider audience 2001: Ugnies metaforos: lietuvių ir latvių mitologijos studija [Fire Metaphors: A Study in Lithuanian and Latvian Mythology ] 1998: (prepared together with J. Ūsaitytė) Lietuvių liaudies dainynas [Lithuanian Folk Songs], vol. XIV: Šeimos dainos [Family Songs], book 3,