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Dawn goddess

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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
  • Roman Aurora (and later Mater Matuta)
  • Slavic Zorya
  • Irish Brigid
  • 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.

    References

    Dawn goddess Wikipedia