Zemyna

IN LITHUANIAN MYTHOLOGY," ZEMYNA" IS THE GODDESS OF SPRING, REBIRTH, RENEWAL, AND JUSTICE. SHE IS THE ONE WHO GIVES BIRTH AND NOURISHES. HER NAME MEANS MISTRESS OF THE EARTH. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN GODDESS, "SAULE. ZEMYNA "IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE FERTILE EARTH ITSELF AND THE GODDESS WHO BRINGS BLESSINGS TO HOUSEHOLDS AND THE LANDS. ALL LIFE, INCLUDING HUMANKIND, COMES THROUGH THIS GODDESS WHO GIVE BIRTH AND MAINTAINS THE GROWTH OF PLANTS AND PRODUCTIVITY. SHE PROTECTS THE FIELDS, PLANTS, AND HOMESTEADS. IT IS THE "MOTHER EARTH," OR THE GODDESS "ZEMYNA," THAT GIVES THE CORN AND FLAX, AND FARMERS APPEALED TO HER WHEN THEY FIRST WENT OUT TO PLOW AND TO SOW. DURING THE SPRING FESTIVAL, THERE WAS A SACRIFICIAL CULT OF GIVING A GIFT TO HER. FOR A LONG TIME BEER WAS THE RITUAL DRINK, AND THE FIRST DROPS WERE POURED OFF IN HONOR OF THIS GODDESS". "ONCE APPEASED, ZEMYNA WOULD BLESS THE FIELDS.SPRUCE, OAK, AND LINDEN TREES WERE SPECIAL TO HER AND WERE PLANTED IN EVERY YARD.

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