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Rh of a thunder-storm at dawn. The moon, in shame and anger, avoids his spouse, and is visible only by night, while she appears by day in the sight of all mankind.

The wooing of Morning Star brought grief to her as well as to the moon, as is related in another dainà.$23$

Here the fountain with nine brooks, the garden with nine roses, and the day with nine suns symbolize the rays of the sun,$24$ as does the apple-tree with nine branches in another dainà.$25$ The rôle of Perkunas receives an explanation in the marriage custom