Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Latvian mythology, Austras Koks ("tree of the east" or "tree of the dawn") was a tree that grew from the start of Saules' (the sun's) daily journey across the sky. It is usually considered an oak. Austras Koks had silver leaves, copper roots and gold branches and is located on the shores of the Daugava River (Kurzeme), Vidzeme or Latgale. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.