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'''Žemyna''', in the [[Lithuanian mythology]] the goddess of the ground, personifying the ground, compare žemė "ground" (it is known on sources from 16 century). Žemė takes the second place in a pantheon after [[Perkūnas]]. In folklore she is connected to it, with the [[Saulė (Lithuanian mythology)|Saulė]] and [[Mėnulis]], could enter into a plot of the basic myth as the wife of the Thunderer, the god-sky ([[Dangus]]). Probably in erlier times Žemė and Žemyna were different goddesses, but in folklore they were mixed to the one. Used special reverence. To it brought sacrifices, accompanying with them spell: "dear Earth, you give to me, and I give to you"; in hole put bread, on the ground poured beer, before dream old men kissed the ground with words: "the Earth, my mother, I have taken place from you, you feed me, you carry me and after death you will bury me" (compare the Latvian. [[Zemes mate]] - mother of the ground, etc.). To the ground frequently addressed in plots, in particular from a sting of snakes. At Žemyna‘s brother [[Žemėpatis]], "master of the ground", probably, the twin.
[[Category:Agricultural goddesses]]
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