Auspicious

Japanese: Auseklis
Auspicious

...He often proposed marriage to her daughter at the gates of the temple of the sun god Saule. When Menes kidnapped Saule's daughter, who was engaged to Auseklis (Ra), Saule became angry and split Menes in two with his sword. It is said that the phases of the moon originated from this.

From [Pumples]

…Latvian poet. Born to a poor peasant family, he served a long military career in Russia and Latvia. He lamented the plight of his homeland, which had suffered under the humiliating rule of Germans and Russians for the past 700 years, and participated in the romantic and nationalist literary movement along with poet Auseklis (1850-79). He later published “Ráčuplėsis, Hero of the Latvian Nation” (1888), which is celebrated not only in Latvia but also in the Soviet Union as one of the greatest heroic epics. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Auseklis" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しばしば太陽神サウレの宮の門前で彼女の息女に求婚する。メーネスが暁の明星アウセクリスAuseklis(ラ)の許嫁(いいなずけ)であったサウレの息女を誘拐したため,サウレは怒ってメーネスを剣で割ってしまう。月の満ち欠けはそこから生じたといわれる。…

【プンプルス】より

…ラトビアの詩人。貧農の子として生まれ,ロシアおよびラトビアで長く軍人生活を送ったが,過去700年にわたってドイツ人とロシア人による屈辱的支配の苦難をなめてきた祖国の惨状を愁い,詩人アウセクリスAuseklis(1850‐79)らとともにロマン主義・国民主義の文学運動に参画した。のちにラトビア国内のみならず,ソ連邦内でも有数の英雄叙事詩とたたえられる作品《ラーチュプレーシス,ラトビア民族の英雄》(1888)を発表した。…

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