| Aurora | |
|---|---|
Personification of dawn | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Dawn_(1881).jpg) L'Aurore by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1881) | |
| Abode | Sky |
| Symbol | Chariot, saffron, cicada |
| Genealogy | |
| Siblings | Sol and Luna |
| Consort | Astraeus, Tithonus |
| Children | Anemoi |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek | Eos |
| Hindu | Ushas |
| Indo-European | Hausōs |
| Slavic | Zorya |
| Japanese | Ame-no-Uzume[1] |
| Nuristani | Disani[1] |
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.
- ^ a b Witzel, Michael (2005). Vala and Iwato: The Myth of the Hidden Sun in India, Japan, and beyond (PDF).