a guardian bull, and becomes the maiden's servant caring for her cattle. In the tale, Aušrinė appeared in three forms: as a star in the sky, as a maiden on land and as a mare in the sea. After a few years, Joseph puts a single hair of the maiden into an empty nutshell and throws it into the sea. A ray from the sea becomes reflected into the sky as the biggest star. Greimas concludes that this tale is a double origin myth: the story describes the origin of Tarnaitis and the ascent of Aušrinė herself into the sky. In popular culture According to Jonas Vaiškūnas, Aušrinė also gives its name to the morning star in Lithuanian folkly astronomy: Aušrinė žvaigždė, Aušros žvaigždė, Aušràžvaigždė, Aušrinukė. See also Aušrinė (given name), Lithuanian feminine given name. Hausos in reconstructed Proto-Indo-European religion. Zorya in Slavic mythology. References Further reading Laurinkienė, Nijolė. "Dangiškųjų vestuvių mitas" [Myth of the celestial wedding]. In: Liaudies kultūra Nr. 5 (2018). pp. 25-33. Razauskas, Dainius. "Iš baltų mitinio vaizdyno juodraščių: Aušrinė (ir Vakarinė)" [From rough copies of the Baltic mythic imagery: the Morning Star]. In: Liaudies kultūra. Nr. 6 (2011), pp. 17-25. Tumenas, Vytautas. "SIGNS OF MORNING STAR AUŠRINĖ IN THE BALTIC TRADITION: REGIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL FEATURES". In: Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 18, No 4, 2018. pp. 367-376. External links Latvian dainas about the celestial deities Lithuanian goddesses Stellar goddesses Hausōs Night goddesses Venusian deities Baltic goddesses Dawn goddesses