 Two fables borrowed plots from Aesop and the other four mixed the author's own ideas with Samogitian folklore.The most important fables are "Aitvarai" (a type of household spirit in Lithuanian mythology) and "Arklys ir meška" ("The Horse and the Bear" – symbols of the Aukštaitians and Samogitians respectively) as they depict the worldview, values, and culture of everyday Samogitian peasants.Stanevičius lived in an era of rising Romanticism, but his works are more Realistic due to his close contacts with the peasantry.