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Māra is the highest-ranking goddess in Latvian mythology, the ancient Dawn-goddess, previously called Austra, [1] and, [2] not at all, although often stated, [clarification needed] the same as Zemes māte (Mother Earth, pace). [3]
In Latvian mythology, the term Māte stands for "mother", sometimes written in English as Mahte.It was an epithet applied to some sixty-seventy goddesses.They were clearly distinct goddesses in most or all cases, so the term definitely referred to the mother-goddess of specific phenomena.
The tree is related to celestial wedding mythos in which sun or her daughter is courted by Dieva dēli (sons of god), Auseklis (Venus) or Pērkons (Thunder). [7] Also, as in Latvian the word for daughter (meita) also stands for maiden, it is uncertain who exactly is getting married. However, this does not affect how mythical events transpire. [6]
The Lithuanian and Latvian words for "the world" (pasaulis and pasaule) are translated as "[a place] under the Sun". Saulė is mentioned in one of the earliest written sources on Lithuanian mythology. According to the Slavic translation of the Chronicle by John Malalas (1261), a smith named Teliavelis made the Sun and threw it into the sky. [2]
In Latvian mythology Lauma is an assistant at birth, assuring the health and welfare of both mother and child. If the mother does not survive or gives the child up, she takes on the role of spiritual foster mother for the child. She spins the cloth of life for the child but weeps at the fate of some.
Māras or Māra Day (Latvian: Māras diena; sometimes referred to as the Great Māra Day or Mother Day) was a Latvian festival, devoted to Māra, an ancient deity, and was celebrated on 15 August. According to the solar calendar, Māras marks the midpoint between Jāņi , which is summer solstice , and Miķeļi , which represents the end of the ...
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Laima makes the final decision on individual's fate and is considerably more popular. While all three of them had similar functions, Laima is the Goddess of luck and is more related with mothers and childbirth, Dēkla is in charge of children, and Kārta holds power over the adult's life. [2]