("Saules dukterims"). According to Lithuanian folklorist and ethnologist NijolėLaurinkienė (lt), Haralds Biezais was of the opinion that Auseklis was a male
According to studies by professor Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and ethnologue NijolėLaurinkienė [lt], Saule is also depicted in folksongs as a "mother" (Lithuanian
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related to plants and waters. According to Lithuanian ethnologue NijolėLaurinkienė [lt], in Baltic tradition, it was said that the earth closed off (as
clifftop overnight". The Independent. 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2023-08-14. Laurinkienė, Nijolė (1996). Senovės lietuvių dievas Perkūnas [Perkūnas - The God of Ancient