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25 relations: Allegory, Alliteration, Anaphora (linguistics), Baltic psaltery, Caesura, Courland, Dactyl (poetry), Daina (Lithuania), Drone (music), Epistrophe, Epithet, Grammatical tense, Hero, Kokles, Krišjānis Barons, Laima, Latgalian language, Latvia, Latvian mythology, List of lunar deities, Metaphor, Saulė, Solar deity, Synecdoche, Trochee.
Allegory
As a literary device, an allegory is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
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Alliteration
Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase.
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Anaphora (linguistics)
In linguistics, anaphora is the use of an expression whose interpretation depends upon another expression in context (its antecedent or postcedent).
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Baltic psaltery
Baltic psaltery is a family of related plucked box zithers historically found in the south east vicinity of the Baltic Sea and played by the Baltic people, Baltic Finns, Volga Finns and northwestern Russians.
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Caesura
An example of a caesura in modern western music notation. A caesura (. caesuras or caesurae; Latin for "cutting"), also written cæsura and cesura, is a break in a verse where one phrase ends and the following phrase begins.
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Courland
Courland, or Kurzeme (in Latvian; Kurāmō; German and Kurland; Curonia/Couronia; Курляндия; Kuršas; Kurlandia), is one of the historical and cultural regions in western Latvia.
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Dactyl (poetry)
A dactyl (δάκτυλος, dáktylos, “finger”) is a foot in poetic meter.
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Daina (Lithuania)
Daina is the traditional name of vocal folk music in the Baltic languages, and is preserved in Lithuania and Latvia.
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Drone (music)
In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece.
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Epistrophe
Epistrophe (ἐπιστροφή, "return") is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
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Epithet
An epithet (from ἐπίθετον epitheton, neuter of ἐπίθετος epithetos, "attributed, added") is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage.
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Grammatical tense
In grammar, tense is a category that expresses time reference with reference to the moment of speaking.
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Hero
A hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) is a real person or a main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength; the original hero type of classical epics did such things for the sake of glory and honor.
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Kokles
Kokle (kūkle; plural: kokles) is a Latvian plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery along with Lithuanian kanklės, Estonian kannel, Finnish kantele, and Russian gusli.
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Krišjānis Barons
Krišjānis Barons (October 31, 1835 in Strutele, Jaunpils parish, Latvia – March 8, 1923 in Riga) is known as the "father of the dainas" ("Dainu tēvs") thanks largely to his systematization of the Latvian folk songs and his labour in preparing their texts for publication in Latvju dainas.
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Laima
Laima is a Baltic goddess of fate.
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Latgalian language
Latgalian is spoken in Latgale, the eastern part of Latvia.
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Latvia
Latvia (or; Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika), is a sovereign state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
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Latvian mythology
Latvian mythology is set of paganic beliefs of Latvian people reconstructed from written evidence and folklore materials.
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List of lunar deities
In mythology, a lunar deity is a god or goddess associated with, or symbolic of the moon.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.
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Saulė
Saulė (Saulė, Saule) is a solar goddess, the common Baltic solar deity in the Lithuanian and Latvian mythologies.
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Solar deity
A solar deity (also sun god or sun goddess) is a sky deity who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength.
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Synecdoche
A synecdoche (from Greek συνεκδοχή, synekdoche,. "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa.
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Trochee
In poetic metre, a trochee, choree, or choreus, is a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, in English, or a heavy syllable followed by a light one in Latin or Greek.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daina_(Latvia)
