In Latvian mythology, Dekla (from det meaning "to make") was one of a trinity of goddesses of fate that included her sisters Karta and Laima. All three may have been aspects of Laima.
She was associated with children and infants and was often depicted with them at her breast.
In original Latvian mythology, as opposed to dievturiba, Dekla was the goddess of fortune and destiny. She associates with Laima, and they are in many ways doubles, though Laima associated with humanity more. She was worshipped primarily in western Latvia.
Dekla is found in very few folklore texts, mostly those from the western part of Latvia.
There have been some attempts to establish a trinity of Latvian deities of destiny - Laima, Karta and Dekla - but this is more due to the existence of such in Greek and Roman mythologies, than according the actual material given in the texts as there are no texts mentioning all of them together.
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