Žiežirba dies; cremated on the beach¶

What the chronicles say [Historical record]¶

Nothing in the record.

Žiežirba dies; cremated on the beach


Type	event
Years	1450-03
Status	The saga’s invention
Book	V · The Wolf’s Legacy
Chapters	29
Note	Early March 1450. The sea takes the kneeling statue (Book V ch. 29).

Where: Palanga (on the map)

What really happened [The saga’s invention]¶

Žiežirba dies in early March 1450 and is cremated on the beach; the silver wolf passes to Rimgailė; the kneeling statue glows once with remembering, and the sea takes her (Book V ch. 29). The frame closes: “Vanduo siekia smakrą.”

Consequences¶

Ends the kneeling statue’s watch on the shore.

Dramatisation¶

Book V ch. 29 (frame); the 1553 epilogue is ch. 30.

Relations

Caused by: The keeper is named at the Palanga fire

Ends: Klūpančioji (amber statue, Palanga) — The sea takes the statue.

Location: Palanga

Participants: Dargis (Palanga fisherman) · Gedvilė (Rimgailė’s granddaughter) · Rimgailė (Palanga fisherwoman) · Žiežirba (the Flame-Keeper, Book V POV)

Connections¶

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