Saulė
Saulė (Lithuanian: Saulė, Latvian: Saule) is a solar goddess, the common Baltic solar deity in the Lithuanian and Latvian mythologies. The noun Saulė/Saule in the Lithuanian and Latvian languages is also the conventional name for the Sun and originates from the Proto-Baltic name *Sauliā > *Saulē.
| Saulė | |
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Sun | |
| Consort | Mėnuo/Mēness |
| Offspring | Žemyna Indraja Sėlija Žiezdrė Vaivora |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek equivalent | Helios |
| Roman equivalent | Sol |
| Etruscan equivalent | Usil |
| Hinduism equivalent | Surya |
| Indo-European equivalent | Sehul |
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