Aušrinė
Sign in to saveAušrinė ("dawning", not to be confused with Aušra, "dawn") is a feminine deity of the morning star (Venus) in Lithuanian mythology. She is the antipode to "Vakarinė", the evening star.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- baltic
- Deity.deity_of
- Morning-Star
- Deity.planet
- Venus
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Eos
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Aurora
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Latvian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Auseklis
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Vedic
- Deity.equivalent2
- Ushas
- Deity.region
- Lithuania
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Aušrinė ("dawning", not to be confused with Aušra, "dawn") is a feminine deity of the morning star (Venus) in Lithuanian mythology. She is the antipode to "Vakarinė", the evening star.
Her cult possibly stems from that of the Indo-European dawn goddess Hausōs and is related to the Latvian Auseklis, Greek Eos, Roman Aurora, and Vedic Ushas. Aušrinė is the goddess of beauty, love, and youth, linked with health, re-birth, and new beginnings. After the Christianization of Lithuania, the cult merged with Christian images and the symbolism of the Virgin Mary.