Mėnulis’s Family Tree

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Family

• Saule(spouse),Aušrinė(child),Vakarinė(child)— Marriage

  Saule and Menuo were wed in the celestial marriage described in Lithuanian and Latvian dainos, producing the star goddesses Ausrine and Vakarine before Menuo's infidelity shattered the union.

Associated with

• Dievas

  Dievas punished Menuo by cutting him with a sword for his infidelity to Saule, explaining the waning phases of the moon in the Latvian version of the celestial marriage myth.

• Perkūnas

  Perkunas split Menuo with a sword for his infidelity to Saule, punishing the moon god's betrayal of the celestial marriage and creating the waning phases of the moon in Lithuanian dainos.