Saules meita
Saules meita ( Lat . Saules meita "sun daughter "; lit. Saules dukrytė or Saulytė ) is the daughter of the sun goddess Saule in Baltic mythology . Several sun daughters can occur in both the Latvians and the Lithuanians .
Essence
The image of the sun daughter or the sun daughters is not particularly pronounced. The Lithuanian Saulytė was engaged to the Dievo sūneliai , but was kidnapped by the moon god Mėnulis . The relationship between the Latvian sun daughters and the Dieva dēli also shows erotic traits.
Indo-European references
In the Vedic religion Sūryā is the daughter of the sun god Sūrya , but does not play a special role in mythology and has no cult. Also in the Norse mythology a sun daughter (is AISL . Solar Dottir) mentioned, but only in the context of the new world after the apocalypse , as heir to her mother. Nevertheless, it is believed that the concept of a sun daughter was widespread in the Indo-European religion .
literature
- Haralds Biezais : Baltic religion ; Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1975. ISBN 3-17-001157-X