Saule

Column ( lett column, lit Saulė, .. Apr saule f "sun" ) is in the Baltic mythology, the sun goddess, the numerous Daina are dedicated. Saule is venerated especially in the summer solstice festival in St. John.

Latvians

In the Latvian mythology, Saule is described as a squire, who operates as the sky god Dievs own farm on the mountain sky. She is the mother of Saules meita (" sun daughter " ) or several solar daughters. She runs a chariot drawn by Fallows chariot across the sky mountain. In the evening it sinks into the sea and then travels in a boat to the place of sunrise.

Column is described in the dainas as an emotional woman. She argues with her ​​lazy daughter, the Moon God Mēness or with their neighbors Dievs. It is then " resist hairy " or " bloody ". Frequently cries column, either because their silken sheets were rained out, she has lost a handkerchief or piece of jewelry, because their boat has gone down, but also about the fate of her daughter and her rich dowry.

Saule wearing silk clothing and has hundreds of woolen shell and of course valuable jewelry. When she meets Prince, she dresses beautifully, farmers, however, they met in a simpler gown. If column exceeds the grain fields, whereby the growth is promoted, they sometimes accidentally breaks off a spike, but then grow back twice. Such double ears are worshiped in the form of Jumis. Saule also donates the " sun bread."

Lithuanian

In the Lithuanian mythology Saulė is the divorced wife of the moon god Menulis. When separating the two argued about their daughter Žemyna. The thunder god Perkūnas then decided that the sun could see the daughter on the day and the moon at night. In general, the shape of the Lithuanian sun goddess is less pronounced than the Latvian Saule.

In a Church Slavonic indented by 1261 in the Byzantine chronicle of John Malalas, in which, the Baltic thunder god Perkunas is mentioned, is that the sun was forged by the blacksmith Teljawelik and hurled into the sky.

Sun tree

The Daina connect the sun with a tree that bears golden leaves and on the edge of the solar path in the sea or behind a mountain. The tree can be a birch, basswood, oak or another. If a round object, such as an apple, a pea or a pebble thrown over the tree starts to sound this quiet.