 There are some popular names of gods and goddesses from Lithuanian mythology that are used as personal names, such as "Laima", goddess of luck, "Žemyna", goddess of earth, "Gabija", goddess of fire; "Žilvinas", a serpent prince from the fairy tale "Eglė the Queen of Serpents", "Jūratė", goddess of the sea, and "Kastytis", from the legend about "Jūratė and Kastytis".A distinctive practice dominated in the ethnic region of Lithuania Minor, then part of East Prussia, where Lithuanized German personal names were common, such as "Ansas" (Hans), "Grėtė" (Gretchen), "Vilius" (Wilhelm) among Prussian Lithuanians.Some of them are still in use among Lithuanians.