Editing Māra (section)

{{Short description|Goddess in Baltic mythology}}
{{Distinguish|text=the Hindu Deity [[Mara (Hindu goddess) |Mara]]}}
{{Other uses|Mara (disambiguation){{!}}Mara}}
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{{Baltic religion}}

'''Māra''' is the highest-ranking [[goddess]] in [[Latvian mythology]], the ancient Dawn-goddess, previously called Austra,<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.academia.edu/40090976/Lh%C3%A9riti%C3%A8re_lettone_de_lAurore_indo_europ%C3%A9enne |title=L'héritière lettone de l'Aurore indo-européenne |journal=Wékwos |issue=4 |date=2019 |first=Didier |last=Calin |lang=FR}}</ref> and,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/48970984 | title=Indo-European Poetics and the Latvian Folk Songs | date=January 1996 | last1=Calin | first1=Didier }}</ref> not at all, although often stated,{{clarify|date=September 2023}} the same as Zemes māte ([[Earth goddess|Mother Earth]], pace).<ref>Janis Paliepa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8mxZP9834RMC&q=M%C4%81ra+&pg=PA52 The Origin of the Baltic and Vedic Languages: Baltic Mythology]</ref>