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Published: 05.11.2010.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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Auseklis is associated with moon
An eight-pointed star, is named Auseklis too
In the19th century the poet Mikus Krogzemis took Auseklis as his pseudonym
Auseklis was usually a female

Ūsiņš was the god of horses bees and light
He took care of horses during the summer

Jumis was a god of sky and fertility
He is associated with "double-plants“

Laima was a goddess in both Latvian and Lithuanian mythology
She is the personification of fate and of luck, both good and bad.
She was associated with childbirth, marriage, death.…

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