Aušrinė (the morning star)¶

Folk sources [Historical record]¶

Aušrinė is the morning star (Venus), in the mythological daina of the Moon’s marriage the one for whom Mėnuo leaves Saulė; Perkūnas cuts the Moon in two for it (legends §7). Old women say she was a child, village girls say she was a thief; she is never punished. Several variants make her Saulė’s or Dievas’s daughter.

Aušrinė (the morning star)


Type	god
Note	Morning Star; goddess of dawn, first celestial light, and beauty.

In the saga¶

A figure of folk myth only: no domain, no element, no Force-face. She is the unpunished seducer of the saga’s law (the oath-breaker is cut, the seducer goes free), which Book II can use as a theme. She is linked to Mėnuo as the folk tale’s third party.

Offerings & taboos¶

No cult or offering is recorded.

Pronunciation¶

OW-shree-neh (stress AUŠ-ri-nė).

Relations

Ally: Mėnuo — Folk: the Moon leaves Saulė for Aušrinė.

Aušrinė (the morning star)

The morning star · a figure of the Moon's daina; no cult recorded

Domain The morning star (Venus); the unpunished third party of the Moon's marriage

Layer God (Layer I) · Dangus; no element, no Force-face

Force-face None

Offerings None recorded

Taboos None recorded

Signs Rises before the Sun

Answers

Nothing. A figure of folk myth only. She does not act, speak or appear.

A theme. In the saga's law the oath-breaker is cut and the seducer goes free. Book II can use that (Jogaila is a Mėnuo, Jadvyga an Aušrinė).

Refuses

Punishment. She is never punished.

Costs

None. The oath-breaker pays, not she.

Source: Legends & songs §7 · Cosmology §1

Connections¶

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  ausrine["Aušrinė (the morning star)"]
  menuo["Mėnuo"]
  menuo -->|Ally| ausrine
  style ausrine stroke-width:3px