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  • We Are Born, We Live, We Die

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    by

    Rugilė Penno
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    In Lithuanian, the Grim Reaper is called Giltinė. She is Laima’s sister—and that relationship matters. For two decades, I owned a house in the Lithuanian countryside. During those years, I had plenty of time to read and ponder interesting ideas. For many years, I studied a book by Algirdas Julien Greimas (also published as Algirdas…