A dawn goddess is a deity in a polytheistic religious tradition who is in some sense associated with the dawn.
Examples of dawn goddesses include:
- the reconstructed Indo-European dawn goddess, see Hausos
- her reflexes in historical daughter traditions:
- Greek Eos
- Roman Aurora
- Vedic Ushas
Famous quotes containing the words dawn and/or goddess:
“Fair Hope! our earlier Heaven! by thee
Young Time is taster to Eternity.
The generous wine with age grows strong, not sour,
Nor need we kill thy fruit to smell thy flower.
Thy golden head never hangs down
Till in the lap of Love’s full noon
It falls and dies: Oh no, it melts away
As doth the dawn into the day,
As lumps of sugar lose themselves, and twine
Their subtle essence with the soul of wine.”
—Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)
“The Goddess Fortune is the devil’s servant, ready to kiss any one’s arse.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)