{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_BALT_SAULE", "Saul\u0117", null, "Baltic", "Sun goddess", "Solar Deity", "sun; light; justice; weaving; amber; spinning; fate", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Sun goddess; Lithuanian Saul\u0117, Latvian Saule. One of the most prominent deities in Baltic folk song (daina / dainas): she is a spinning, weaving, dancing maiden who drives a copper chariot across the sky, rests at night in an amber island in the sea, and dispenses justice (especially for orphans and the poor). The solar deity is feminine in Baltic (unlike Germanic/Norse Sol, she is central rather than peripheral). In the celestial myth cycle, Saul\u0117 is betrothed to or formerly married to Meness (moon); their relationship is often described as troubled (divorce, a quarrel judged by Perk\u016bnas). Associated with amber \u2014 tears of Saul\u0117 \u2014 which is uniquely prominent in Baltic religion given the Baltic amber trade. Gimbutas (1963) pp. 203-204; Greimas (1992) pp. 188-220.", "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_SAULE"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0897810007008957, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}