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.
Saule traverses the sky each day and rests at Dievas's celestial hill each night, a journey described in Lithuanian and Latvian dainos that places the sun goddess within the sky father's celestial court.
Saule rests upon the World Tree each evening, hanging her golden belt on the branches of the Austras Koks (Tree of Dawn) before descending in Latvian dainas.
The Zaltys grass snake is sacred to Saule in Lithuanian folk belief, and killing one was said to make the sun goddess weep, reflecting the deep connection between the serpent and solar worship.
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