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Auštaras means eastern wind in Lithuanian dialects and may be treated as a masculine deity (one of the eastern wind) in Lithuanian mythology. According to various reconstructions he is keeper of Dausų Vartai (Gates of Dausos), a son of Aušrinė and Mėnulis.

See also Vedic Vayu wind deity.

 


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