[1][2] The Latvian name Dieva Dēli ('Sons of Dievs', the sky-god) is indeed comparable with the Lithuanian expression Dievo sūneliai ('sons of Dievas'), referring to the Ašvieniai, with the Vedic divó nápātā ('grandsons of Dyaús'), attached to the Aśvins, and with the Greek Diós-kouroi ('boys of Zeus'), designating Castor and Pollux.
[4] In other dainas (folk songs), the Dieva Dēli are reduced to one son of Dievs.
[5] Like the Vedic Aśvins, the Dieva Dēli are portrayed as the suitors of the Saules Meitas, the 'Daughters of the Sun'.
[3] The Latvian dainas tell how the Dieva Dēli set them and the Sun (Saule) free with the help of their father Dievs.
[4] A recurrent theme in Latvian sources is the rescue of the sinking Sun from the sea by the Dieva Dēli who row to save her in their golden boat.