Zemes Mate
(Latvian), Lithuanian �Zemyna� the Earth Mother of Baltic religion. Zemes mate represents the female aspect of nature and the source of all life - human, animal, and plant. Interacting with Dievs (the sky), Zemes mate stimulates and protects the power of life. Libations of beer were offered to her at the opening of every festival, and such products of the earth as bread, ale, and herbs were buried in the ground
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