Zauska Pine

Since ancient times at the pine there has been a place where the people brought sacrifices to various deities, particularly to Māra. (Smiltene Municipality Council, 2011c). Still some decades ago the people from the surroundings had the habit of standing under the pine for a while, especially in solemn cases such as weddings. Drinks were used and a sacrifice left for the pine – a ribbon tied around the tree, cash left or something else. Here at the end of the summer of 1941 the locally well-known murderer Ringmanis killed his servant Vorpe, judge of Smiltene Court Pārups and one more unknown person (latvijaslegendas.lv, 2012).

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On the side of the road the proximity of the road side sites to the sites of regional significance must be taken into account.

Archive of the “Cult Identity” project

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  Emīļi Hollow Stone - Sacrificial Stone
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  Gulbīši Sacrificial Stone
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  Pandari Sacrificial Hill and Sacrificial Stone
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