Dawn deities

A '''dawn god''' or '''goddess''' is a deity in a polytheistic religious tradition who is in some sense associated with the dawn. These deities show some relation with the morning, the beginning of the day, and, in some cases, become syncretized with similar solar deities.

==Africa== In Egyptian mythology, Tefnut, in part of her being goddess of the morning dew.

==Americas== In Sioux mythology, Anpao, the spirit of the dawn, has two faces.

==Asia== ===Japanese=== * Ame-no-Uzume, goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts.

===Indo-European=== * Hindu-Vedic – Ushas

===Ugarit - Canaanite===

* Shahar '''𐎌𐎈𐎗, שחר.''' Mentioned in the Ugarit scriptures canon. Brother of Shallem - Dusk, and sun of El (head of the local pantheon). The term is still used as a personal name in the middle east: Hebrew, Persian, and Arabic.

===Roman Syria and Galilee=== *Lucifer and Jesus of The Bible are both referred to as the “morning star” since in ancient times, the morning star had been referred to as an entity of great power.

===Philippines=== {{Main article|List of Philippine mythological figures}} *Munag Sumalâ: the golden Kapampangan serpent child of Aring Sinukuan; represents dawn<ref>Nicdao, A. (1917). Pampangan Folklore. Manila.</ref> *Tala: the Tagalog goddess of stars;<ref>Calderon, S. G. (1947). Mga alamat ng Pilipinas. Manila : M. Colcol & Co.</ref> daughter of Bathala and sister of Hanan;<ref name=":0">Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.</ref> also called Bulak Tala, deity of the morning star, the planet Venus seen at dawn<ref>Pardo, F. (1686–1688). Carte [...] sobre la idolatria de los naturales de la provincia de Zambales, y de los del pueblo de Santo Tomas y otros cicunvecinos [...]. Sevilla, Spain: Archivo de la Indias.</ref> *Hanan: The Tagalog goddess of the morning; daughter of Bathala and sister of Tala<ref name=":0" /> *Liwayway: the Tagalog goddess of dawn; a daughter of Bathala<ref>Romulo, L. (2019). Filipino Children's Favorite Stories. China: Tuttle Publishing, Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.</ref>

==Europe== ===Indo-European=== * Proto-Indo-European – Hausos (reconstructed proto-goddess) * Albanian – Afërdita ({{lit|near the day}}), Prende * Armenian – Ayg, Arshaluys * Greek – Eos * Germanic – Ēostre * Hindu - Ushas * Norse – Dellingr * Roman – Aurora (and later Mater Matuta) * Slavic – Zorya * Irish – Brigid * Lithuanian – ''Aušra'' or Aušrinė * Latvian – Austra * Mesopotamian - Aya

===Non-Indo-European=== * Etruscan – Thesan, Albina (possibly) * Georgian – Dali

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commonscatinline|Dawn deities}}

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