Aurora
deity sky Roman single tradition · 16
Aurora is the Roman dawn deity.
↻ synthesized from 16 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Witzel proposes Aurora's myth may go back to the Indo-Iranian period, around 2000 BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Zephyrus, Love, Grace, Delight, Harmony, Laughter, Revel, Sport, Wonder, Ēastre, Astraeus, Mater Matuta, Zorya, Memnon, Auseklis, Ratri, Leucothea, Usil, Aušrinė, Ἠώς, *Ôstara, *Ēastre, *Āsteron, Austrō(n), *haéusōs, Aušra, Austra, Aoos, *Hušas, Ušå, Ušahina, Aotis, Aurvandil, Ēarendel, Jutrzenka, Jitřenka, Jutrobog, Aura, Ganymede, Aquilon, Zéphyr, Brigid, Prende, Afërdita, Aya, Ayg, Arshaluys, Dellingr, Disani, Hausos, Anemoi, Indra, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Vulcan, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Pluto, Bacchus, Juno, Cupid, Ceres, Proserpina, Ariadne, Hebe
- aspect of
- H₂éwsōs
- allied with
- Flora
Mentioned by
- Brigid
- Prende
- Afërdita
- Aya
- Ayg
- Arshaluys
- Dellingr
- Disani
- Hausos
- Anemoi
- Indra
- Jupiter
- Neptune
- Venus
- Vulcan
- Apollo
and 16 more
Sources
Source passages
“Roman – Aurora (and later Mater Matuta)”
#15466 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“This would make Uzume analogous to the Greek goddess Eos and the Roman goddess Aurora.”
#15668 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“"Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. "Aurora, the goddess of the morning" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.”
#15701 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The exact term utilized to describe the color of the cake, "flava," is also utilized by Ovid to describe the dawn goddess Aurora, perhaps indicating that the yellow cakes were associated with the sun in some manner.”
#16001 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Thesan's equivalent in Roman mythology may have been the goddess Aurora”
#16224 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001