Latvian <em>Ūsiņš</em> ‘bee-god and patron of horses’

In the article the Latvian theonym <em>Ūsiņš</em> is analyzed on the basis of historical sources (Stribingius, Stender) and in perspective of folklorе texts. The functional parallelism and possibility of etymological relationship with Vedic mythic personages, the honeybee-like <em>Auśijá</em>- and <em>Aśvínau</em>, divine twins and horse-keepers, lit. “horsemen”, indicate that the theonym may represent a syncretism of both functions and names