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Besides the assumption that deities of other Baltic peoples must be Latvian as well but were simply lost over time, many new deities were modeled after Greek and Roman deities. [1] An example of the trend is the epic poem Lāčplēsis by Andrejs Pumpurs, which features a pantheon of Latvian and Prussian gods and some the author has invented ...
Pages in category "Latvian gods" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Auseklis; D. Dieva Dēli;
Pages in category "Latvian mythology" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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]
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]
Latvian gods (5 P) This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 14:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
Latvian gods (5 P) Lithuanian gods (7 P) P. Prussian gods (3 P) Pages in category "Baltic gods" ... List of Lithuanian gods and mythological figures; M. Māra; P ...
This is a list of earth deities. An Earth god or Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes. There are many different Earth goddesses and gods in many different cultures mythology. However, Earth is usually portrayed as a goddess.