Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Aurora (mythology)

Index Aurora (mythology)

Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, and the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry. [1]

54 relations: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Anemoi, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Astraeus, Björk, Charlotte Brontë, Cicada, Dawn, Dawn goddess, Denys Puech, Eos, Fasti (poem), Francesco de Mura, Francesco Solimena, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Goddess, Greek mythology, Guercino, Hausos, Hector, Herbert James Draper, Homer, Hyperion (mythology), Iliad, Immortality, Jean-Marc Nattier, Jupiter (mythology), Latin, Luna (goddess), Mater Matuta, Memnon (mythology), Oceanus, Odilon Redon, Ovid, Pallas (Titan), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Proto-Indo-European religion, Pyre, Rigvedic deities, Roman mythology, Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Rose (color), Saffron (color), Sol (mythology), The Sexual Side Effects, Thetis, Tithonus, Troy, Ushas, ..., Vespertine, Villette (novel), William Shakespeare, Zorya. Expand index (4 more) »

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Alfred, Lord Tennyson · See more »

Anemoi

In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi (Greek: Ἄνεμοι, "Winds") were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came (see Classical compass winds), and were each associated with various seasons and weather conditions.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Anemoi · See more »

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy (or de Roucy), also known as Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (29 January 17679 December 1824),Long, George.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson · See more »

Astraeus

In Greek mythology, Astraeus or Astraios (Ἀστραῖος "starry") was an astrological deity and the Titan god of the dusk.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Astraeus · See more »

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and DJ.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Björk · See more »

Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë (commonly; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels have become classics of English literature.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Charlotte Brontë · See more »

Cicada

The cicadas are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs).

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Cicada · See more »

Dawn

Dawn, from an Old English verb dagian: "to become day", is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Dawn · See more »

Dawn goddess

A dawn goddess is a deity in a polytheistic religious tradition who is in some sense associated with the dawn.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Dawn goddess · See more »

Denys Puech

Denys Puech (3 December 1854, Gavernac, Bozouls, Aveyron – December 1942, Rodez, Aveyron) was a French sculptor.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Denys Puech · See more »

Eos

In Greek mythology, Eos (Ionic and Homeric Greek Ἠώς Ēōs, Attic Ἕως Éōs, "dawn", or; Aeolic Αὔως Aúōs, Doric Ἀώς Āṓs) is a Titaness and the goddess of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the Oceanus.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Eos · See more »

Fasti (poem)

The Fasti (Fastorum Libri Sex, "Six Books of the Calendar"), sometimes translated as The Book of Days or On the Roman Calendar, is a six-book Latin poem written by the Roman poet Ovid and published in 8 AD.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Fasti (poem) · See more »

Francesco de Mura

Francesco de Mura (21 April 1696 – 19 August 1782) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Francesco de Mura · See more »

Francesco Solimena

Francesco Solimena (October 4, 1657 – April 3, 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Francesco Solimena · See more »

Gaius Julius Hyginus

Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the famous Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Gaius Julius Hyginus · See more »

Goddess

A goddess is a female deity.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Goddess · See more »

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Greek mythology · See more »

Guercino

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666), best known as Guercino, or il Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from the region of Emilia, and active in Rome and Bologna.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Guercino · See more »

Hausos

Hausos (h₂éusōs'') is the reconstructed name for the Proto-Indo-European goddess of the dawn.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Hausos · See more »

Hector

In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Hector (Ἕκτωρ Hektōr) was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Hector · See more »

Herbert James Draper

Herbert James Draper (November 1863 (or 1864) – 22 September 1920) was an English Classicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Herbert James Draper · See more »

Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Homer · See more »

Hyperion (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Hyperion (Hyperíōn, "The High-One") was one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky) who, led by Cronus, overthrew their father Uranus and were themselves later overthrown by the Olympians.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Hyperion (mythology) · See more »

Iliad

The Iliad (Ἰλιάς, in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Iliad · See more »

Immortality

Immortality is eternal life, being exempt from death, unending existence.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Immortality · See more »

Jean-Marc Nattier

Jean-Marc Nattier (17 March 1685 – 7 November 1766), French painter, was born in Paris, the second son of Marc Nattier (1642–1705), a portrait painter, and of Marie Courtois (1655–1703), a miniaturist.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Jean-Marc Nattier · See more »

Jupiter (mythology)

Jupiter (from Iūpiter or Iuppiter, *djous “day, sky” + *patēr “father," thus "heavenly father"), also known as Jove gen.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Jupiter (mythology) · See more »

Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Latin · See more »

Luna (goddess)

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin luna; cf. English "lunar").

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Luna (goddess) · See more »

Mater Matuta

Mater Matuta was an indigenous Latin goddess, whom the Romans eventually made equivalent to the dawn goddess Aurora, and the Greek goddess Eos.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Mater Matuta · See more »

Memnon (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Memnon (Μέμνων) was an Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Memnon (mythology) · See more »

Oceanus

Oceanus (Ὠκεανός Ōkeanós), also known as Ogenus (Ὤγενος Ōgenos or Ὠγηνός Ōgēnos) or Ogen (Ὠγήν Ōgēn), was a divine figure in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the divine personification of the sea, an enormous river encircling the world.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Oceanus · See more »

Odilon Redon

Odilon Redon (born Bertrand-Jean Redon;; April 20, 1840July 6, 1916) was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Odilon Redon · See more »

Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Ovid · See more »

Pallas (Titan)

In Greek mythology, Pallas (Πάλλας) was one of the Titans.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Pallas (Titan) · See more »

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin

Pierre-Narcisse, baron Guérin (13 March 1774 – 6 July 1833) was a French painter born in Paris.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin · See more »

Proto-Indo-European religion

Proto-Indo-European religion is the belief system adhered to by the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Proto-Indo-European religion · See more »

Pyre

A pyre (πυρά; pyrá, from πῦρ, pyr, "fire"), also known as a funeral pyre, is a structure, usually made of wood, for burning a body as part of a funeral rite or execution.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Pyre · See more »

Rigvedic deities

There are 1000 hymns in the Rigveda, most of them dedicated to specific deities.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Rigvedic deities · See more »

Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Roman mythology · See more »

Romeo

Romeo Montague (Romeo Montecchi) is the protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Romeo · See more »

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Romeo and Juliet · See more »

Rose (color)

Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel, on which it is at hue angle of 330 degrees.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Rose (color) · See more »

Saffron (color)

Saffron,also known as Saffron Orange,is a color that is a tone of golden orange resembling the color of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Saffron (color) · See more »

Sol (mythology)

Sol was the solar deity in ancient Roman religion.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Sol (mythology) · See more »

The Sexual Side Effects

The Sexual Side Effects (SSE) are an independent American rock band formed in Atlanta, GA in 2011.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and The Sexual Side Effects · See more »

Thetis

Thetis (Θέτις), is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Thetis · See more »

Tithonus

In Greek mythology, Tithonus (or; Tithonos) was the lover of Eos, Goddess of the Dawn.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Tithonus · See more »

Troy

Troy (Τροία, Troia or Τροίας, Troias and Ἴλιον, Ilion or Ἴλιος, Ilios; Troia and Ilium;Trōia is the typical Latin name for the city. Ilium is a more poetic term: Hittite: Wilusha or Truwisha; Truva or Troya) was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, near (just south of) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Troy · See more »

Ushas

Ushas (उषस्) is a Vedic goddess of dawn in Hinduism.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Ushas · See more »

Vespertine

Vespertine is the fourth solo album by Icelandic musician Björk, released on 27 August 2001, on One Little Indian Records.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Vespertine · See more »

Villette (novel)

Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Villette (novel) · See more »

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and William Shakespeare · See more »

Zorya

In Slavic mythology, Zorya (alternately, Zora, Zaria, Zarya, Zory, Zore, "Dawn"; Zorza in Polish, Zara-Zaranica (Зара-Зараніца), Zvezda, Zwezda, Danica, "Star") are the two guardian goddesses, known as the Auroras.

New!!: Aurora (mythology) and Zorya · See more »

Redirects here:

Aurora (deity), Aurora (goddess), Aurōra.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mythology)

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »