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Dāvāja Māriņa
"Dāvāja Māriņa" (), or "Dāvāja Māriņa meitenei mūžiņu" (Māra gave the girl life) is a song written by Latvian composer Raimonds Pauls with lyrics by Leons Briedis. It was performed at the 1981 '' Mikrofona aptauja'' by Aija Kukule and Līga Kreicberga. It is one of Pauls' most popular songs and has been covered by several artists, most notably Russian pop icon Alla Pugacheva in 1982 with lyrics by Andrei Voznesensky as "Million roz" (Russian: ''Миллион роз'', "a million roses"), also widely known as "Million alykh roz" (''Миллион алых роз'', "a million scarlet roses"). Performed by Pugacheva, the song became an international hit in Europe and Asia; it was the most popular single in Finland, Japan and Mongolia. While the Latvian lyrics have a domestic theme of maternal comfort and life's hardships, the Russian version tells a dramatic story of a poor artist's unrequited love. It has been covered in a large number of languages, with title and lyrics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māra
Māra is the highest-ranking goddess in Latvian mythology, the ancient Dawn-goddess, previously called Austra, and, not at all, although often stated, the same as Zemes māte ( Mother Earth, pace). Names Alternative names: Māre, Mārīte (diminutive), Mārša, Māršava (Western Latvia). Description She is the patroness of all feminine duties (children, cattle), patroness of all the economic activities ("God made the table, Māra made the bread"), even money and markets. Being the alternate side of Dievs, she takes a person's body after their death while Dievs is taking the soul. She is the goddess of the land, which is called ''Māras zeme'' ('Māra's land'). She is called 'Mother of Cows' (''Govu māte''), the same way the Vedic Dawn-goddess is called ''gávām mātár-'' 'id'. In western Latvia, and to a lesser degree in the rest of Latvia, she was strongly associated with Laima, and may have been considered the same deity. Festivals The festival Māras was held in her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |