Aurora (mythology)
Goddess of dawn in Roman mythology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aurōra (Latin: [au̯ˈroːra]) is the Latin word for dawn, and the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry. Like Greek Eos and Rigvedic Ushas, Aurōra continues the name of an earlier Indo-European dawn goddess, Hausos.
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Aurora | |
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Personification of dawn | |
Abode | Sky |
Symbol | Chariot, saffron, cicada |
Personal information | |
Siblings | Sol and Luna |
Consort | Astraeus, Tithonus |
Children | Anemoi |
Equivalents | |
Greek equivalent | Eos |
Slavic equivalent | Zorya |
Hinduism equivalent | Ushas |
Indo-European equivalent | Hausōs |
Japanese equivalent | Ame-no-Uzume[1] |
Nuristani equivalent | Disani[1] |
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