Houses of the Bywater (Dauphine Street) NOLA.
Houses of the Bywater (Dauphine Street) NOLA.
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Saulė (Lithuanian: Saulė, Latvian: Saule) is the Baltic Goddess of the sun. (artwork by lombrascura) Saule, the sun, rides each day through the sky on a chariot with copper wheels, drawn by horses who neither tire nor rest nor sweat. Toward evening Saule washes the horses in the sea, sitting on top of a hill, holding the golden reins in her hand. Then she goes beyond the silver gates into her castle at the end of the sea. The red ball of the setting sun, one aspect of Saule, is portrayed in Baltic art as a ring, a falling red apple, or a crown. As the full light of the sun, she is also represented by a daisy, a wheel, or a rosette. Saulė is one of the most powerful deities, the goddess of life and fertility, warmth and health. She is patroness of the unfortunate, especially orphans. The Lithuanian and Latvian words for “the world” (pasaulis and pasaule) are translated as “[a place] under the Sun”. Saulė and Mėnuo/Mēness (the Moon) were wife and husband. Mėnuo fell in love with Aušrinė (the morning star or Venus). For his infidelity, Perkūnas (thunder god) punished Mėnuo. There are different accounts of the punishment. One version has it that Mėnuo was cut into two pieces, but he did not learn from his mistakes and thus the punishment is repeated every month. Another version claims that Mėnuo and Saulė divorced, but both wanted to see their daughter Žemyna (earth). That is why the Sun shines during the day, while the Moon visits at night. Because of her association with growth and fertility, Saule is remembered in prayers by the farmers at both sunrise and sunset. The major event in her honour is the Līgo feast, a midsummer festival celebrated on June 23. On that day, the sun, wreathed in a garland of red flowers, was said to observe the summer solstice by dancing on a silver hill while wearing silver shoes. Great fires were lit on the hills to ward off evil spirits who might threaten health and fertility. Young people, wearing wreaths of flowers, danced and sang…](http://25.media.tumblr.com/f7bbc9c05797ff8e2cff3360fcd54acc/tumblr_monj110jAr1qgvi5fo1_500.jpg)
from the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans group on Facebook
I recently reapplied for a forbearance on my student loans, citing financial reasons and figured everything would be fine. I live on my monthly disability check, there is no way I can afford to make student loan payments. Today I got a letter from the…
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