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Velu mate
In Latvian mythology, Velu mate ("mother of veli") was the goddess of the dead and Queen of Vinsaule, the world of the dead. She is clothed in a white, wool cape.
Velu mate is also called Kapu mate ("Graveyard mother"), and is said to receive the dead at cemeteries. She is also identified with the fertility goddess Zemes mate ("mother of the soil").
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