{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_BALT_MENESS", "Meness", null, "Baltic", "Moon deity", "Moon Deity", "moon; time; marriage; stars; celestial cycle", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Moon deity; Lithuanian Meness, Latvian Meness (cognate with Latin mensis, PIE *meh\u2081n\u0325s-). Notably masculine in Baltic tradition, in contrast to the feminine moon-deity common elsewhere. Meness is paired with or opposed to Saul\u0117 (sun goddess); in the mythological narrative they were married but Meness was unfaithful (had an affair with the Morning Star / Auseklis), for which Perk\u016bnas split him with his sword \u2014 which is why the moon waxes and wanes. The Saul\u0117\u2013Meness\u2013Auseklis myth cycle is one of the most elaborate surviving Baltic mythological narratives. Gimbutas (1963) pp. 204; Greimas (1992) pp. 221-250.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_BALT_MENESS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 80.37260800028889, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}