Dawn goddess
A dawn goddess is a deity in a polytheistic religious tradition who is in some sense associated with the dawn.
Occidental examples of dawn goddesses include the reconstructed Indo-European dawn goddess, see Hausos and her reflections in historical daughter traditions:
- Greek Eos
- Etruscan Thesan, (possibly also Albina)
- Germanic Ēostre
- Hindu Ushas, Saranyu
- Roman Aurora (and later Mater Matuta)
- Slavic Zorya
In Japan, the non-Indo-European dawn goddess Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (Uzume) is a Shinto spirit with a temperament very similar to Eos.
In Sioux mythology, Anpao, the spirit of the dawn, has two faces.
See also
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