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Saulė

deity sky Baltic single tradition · 13

Saulė is a sun goddess in Lithuanian mythology.

↻ synthesized from 13 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Baltic solar deity attested in Lithuanian folklore and continuing tradition.

Relationships

co occurs with
Ka Sgni, Árvakr, Alsviðr, Pyrois, Eous, Aethon, Phlegon, Ūsiņš, Ahura Mazda, Ka Sgni, Teliavelis, Sulis, Tsar Solnitse, Hvare-khshaeta, Päivätär, Beiwe, Bila, Wala, Bisal-Mariamma, Bomong, Pattini, Wurusemu, Tafukt, Shapash, Magec, Unelanuhi, Oüa Chill, Siqiniq, He'-koo-lās, Uwahci∙ł, Tarnaitis, Vėjų Motina, Northern Wind, Žvaigždės, Dievas, Žemyna, Indraja, Sėlija, Žiezdrė, Vaivora, Vakarinė, Aušrinė, Bangpūtys, Auštaras, Deivės Valdytojos, Verpiančioji, Metančioji, Audėja, Gadintoja, Sergėtoja, Nukirpėja, Išskalbėja, Dievas Senelis, Gabija, Praamžius, Vėjopatis, Mėnuo, Ašvieniai, Zeus, Indra, Eos, Mithra, Dyaus, Varuna, Wōdan, Njörðr, Freyr, Ra, Helios, Horus, Aten, Chaxiraxi, Sekhmet, Hathor, Amaterasu, Perkūnas, Laima, Dalia, Perun
syncretized with
Sol, Sūrya
consort of
Mėnulis, Meness, Mėnuo, the moon, Moon
parent of
Žemyna, Indraja, Aušrinė, Žvaigždės, Sėlija, Žiezdrė, Vaivora, Vakarinė
allied with
Signa Zodiaci
served by
Aušrinė, Žaltys, Ašvieniai, Vakarinė, Perkunatete

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Mentioned by

and 13 more

Sources

wikipedia (13)
  1. Solar deity
  2. *Seh₂ul and *Meh₁not
  3. Saulė
  4. Sól (Germanic mythology)
  5. Sol (Roman mythology)
  6. Solar chariot
  7. Aušrinė
  8. Zorya
  9. Mėnuo
  10. Sėlija
  11. Žiezdrė
  12. Percunatele
  13. Žaltys

Source passages

“the Lithuanians (Saulė)”

#15356 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Saulė also drives a carriage with copper wheels, a "gleaming copper chariot", or a golden chariot pulled by untiring horses, or a "pretty little sleigh" (kamaņiņa) made of fish-bones. Saulė is also described as driving her shining car on the way to her husband, the Moon.”

#16092 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Indo-European linguistic connections between Norse Sól, Sanskrit Surya, Common Brittonic Sulis, Lithuanian Saulė, Latin Sol, and Slavic Tsar Solnitse.”

#16184 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Germanic Sol, Sanskrit Surya, Avestan Hvare-khshaeta, Greek Helios, Lithuanian Saulė”

#17286 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“a maiden who lives on an island in the sea and has the same hair as the Sun”

#18142 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5