She has already apportioned it and can still be asked
Warning
What she has apportioned is not easily changed
Resonance
Mothers at childbirth and couples at a marriage
Symbols
Fate threadCradleLinden treeCuckoo
Mythology Summary
Laima (Lithuanian Laime) is the Baltic goddess of fate, pervasive in the Lithuanian and Latvian dainos: she attends childbirth and marriage, apportions the newborn's lot, and stands at death. In the Latvian system she is one of three fate goddesses with Dēkla and Kārta, each with her own sphere, and she takes part in the celestial wedding of Saulė's daughter. She is a living figure in Baltic folklore but has no narrative myth of her own and no known temple.
Modern Practice
Laima is called at a birth and at a marriage, and at the naming of a child: bread, honey, beer and silver on the table, and a request made plainly, with the understanding that the answer may already be given. She is also met at a death, where nothing is asked at all.