1926.

This is the year when the second edition of “Latviesu mitologija” (Latvian Mythology) by Prof. Peteris Smits was published. The first edition according to the author's words was printed “in Moscow in 1918, at the very beginning of the Russian revolution, in very few copies, most of which remained in Russia”. Indeed, this first edition is very rare.

Peteris Smits describes his work as "intended for all educated Latvian readers, interested in matters of ethnography" (not folklore!). Professors Smits is of rather critical opinion regarding information he considers unreliable, while over-defending some of his own views. Though this work has been disputed and some clear imperfections and errors can be found in it, this book is the first after the appendix to G. F. Stender's lexicon entitled "Latvian Mythology". There are only 151 pages in the book and it is definitely worth reading - at least for to formulate one's objections to the views expressed in it.

There are the following chapters in the book: