Morning Star
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Morning star is the name given to the planet Venus
when it appears in the east before sunrise.
"Morning Star" can also refer to the rising sun itself, particularly when used as a symbol of socialist and Labour Movement organisations in many countries around the world. It may also refer to:
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
when it appears in the east before sunrise.
- Phosphorus (morning star)Phosphorus (morning star)Phosphorus , a name meaning "Light-Bringer", is the Morning Star, the planet Venus in its morning appearance. Φαοσφόρος and Φαεσφόρος are forms of the same name in some Greek dialects....
, in Greek and biblical mythology- Eosphorus, the "dawn-bearer" in Greek mythology
- LuciferLuciferTraditionally, Lucifer is a name that in English generally refers to the devil or Satan before being cast from Heaven, although this is not the original meaning of the term. In Latin, from which the English word is derived, Lucifer means "light-bearer"...
, the Latin translation of Phosphorus- a title of SatanSatanSatan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
- a title of Satan
- One of the titles of Jesus, from Revelation 22:16
- A title of the Virgin Mary in the Litany of Loreto
- Morning Star, one of the Zorya, gods in Slavic mythology
- AurvandilAurvandilThe names Aurvandil or Earendel are cognate Germanic personal names, continuing a Proto-Germanic reconstructed compound *Auziwandilaz "luminous wanderer", in origin probably the name of a star or planet, potentially the morning star ....
(Earendel) in Norse (Anglo-Saxon) tradition
"Morning Star" can also refer to the rising sun itself, particularly when used as a symbol of socialist and Labour Movement organisations in many countries around the world. It may also refer to:
People
- Morning Star (chief)Morning Star (chief)Morning Star , was a great chief to the Northern Cheyenne people during the 19th century. He was noted for his active resistance to Western expansion and the Federal government...
, Northern Cheyenne leader, also known as Dull Knife - Richard MorningstarRichard MorningstarRichard L. Morningstar is the Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy.-Education:Richard Morningstar earned a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Harvard College, and a Master of Laws from Stanford Law School in 1970.-Career:Morningstar started his career with...
(born 1945), ambassador, Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy - Erica MorningstarErica MorningstarErica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...
(born 1989), Canadian swimmer
Places
- Morning Star LakeMorning Star LakeMorning Star Lake is a lake in the central part of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Off the Platte River just outside of Clarks, the lake is part of a complex of five private, manmade lakes called "Summerwood". The lakes were built as a result of the sand and gravel mining efforts of Overland Sand and...
, Nebraska - Morning Star, VirginiaMorning Star, VirginiaMorning Star is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.-Reference:...
, an unincorporated community - Morning Star River, which flows through the town of BruffBruffBruff is a town in east County Limerick, in the midwest of Ireland, located on the old Limerick–Cork road . The town lies on the Morning Star river, with two bridges in the town itself...
in Ireland
Newspapers
- Morning Star (UK newspaper), left-wing daily newspaper
- Morning Star, established 1867 in Wilmington, North Carolina, renamed Star-NewsStar-NewsStar-News is the daily newspaper for Wilmington, North Carolina, and its surrounding area . It is owned by The New York Times Company....
in 2003 - The Morning Star (Vernon)The Morning Star (Vernon)The Morning Star is a newspaper that serves the Vernon, British Columbia metropolitan area and North Okanagan area of Canada. Owned by Black Press since December 1988, The Morning Star was orinigally founded in June 1988.-External links:*...
, daily newspaper in Vernon, British Columbia - The Morning Star (19th century U.K. newspaper), defunct London newspaper
- The Morning Star (19th century U.S. newspaper)The Morning Star (19th century U.S. newspaper)The Morning Star was a weekly newspaper owned and published by Freewill Baptists in 19th century New England, which campaigned vigorously for the abolition of slavery long before such a political stance was widely considered to be respectable in America....
, defunct New Hampshire newspaper - Magic City Morning StarMagic City Morning StarThe Magic City Morning Star is an on-line newspaper serving the Katahdin region of Maine, including the Penobscot County towns of Millinocket, East Millinocket, and Medway. As well as local news it aims to cover topics of wider interest...
, on-line newspaper from Katahdin, Maine - The Evening and Morning StarEvening and Morning StarThe Evening and the Morning Star was an early Latter Day Saint periodical published monthly in Independence, Missouri, from June 1832 to July 1833, and then in Kirtland, Ohio, from December 1833 to September 1834...
(1832–1834), the first periodical of the Latter Day Saint movement
Ships
- HMS Morning StarHMS Morning StarSix ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Morning Star, after the poetic name for Venus: was a 14-gun ketch captured from the Dutch in 1672 and given away in 1674. was a cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1773. was a 16-gun sloop, formerly an American privateer captured in 1781 and sold...
, six ships of the Royal Navy - Morning Star, original name of the USS Estes (AGC-12)USS Estes (AGC-12)USS Estes was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, officially named after "A mountain peak and national park in Colorado."....
, an amphibious force command ship - Morning Star (ship)Morning Star (ship)The Morning Star was a ship wrecked near Quoin Island, Queensland 12.4305ºS, 143.421667ºE in 1814.The Morning Star was a brig of 140 tons constructed in Calcutta, India and registered there to the owners Lackersteen & Co. On the 2nd or 3rd of July 1814, whilst on its way from Sydney to Batavia...
, wrecked in the Torres Strait in 1814 - Morning Star, former name of the cruise ship Salamis GlorySalamis GloryThe C/S Salamis Glory was a cruise ship registered in Limassol, Cyprus...
In Railways
- Morning Star (train), passenger train formerly operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway
- GWR Star Class "Morning Star", broad gauge steam locomotive
Business
- Morningstar FarmsMorningstar FarmsMorningstar Farms is a division of the Kellogg Company that produces vegetarian food. Many of their offerings are meatless variations of traditionally meat-based products, including some that are vegan...
, brand of vegetarian food - Morning Star Series, brand of incense
- Morningstar Air ExpressMorningstar Air ExpressMorningstar Air Express Inc. is a cargo airline based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It operates a contract all-cargo service from Montreal to Winnipeg for FedEx Express, as well as all-cargo charter services. Its main base is Edmonton City Centre Airport....
, cargo airline based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Morningstar, Inc.Morningstar, Inc.Morningstar, Inc. is an independent investment research company based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.-Businesses:Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for...
, Chicago-based investment research firm
Music
- The Morningstars, a band fronted by Sierra Leonean musician S. E. RogieS. E. RogieS. E. Rogie was a highlife and palm wine guitarist and singer from Sierra Leone. He was born in 1926 and began performing early, while supporting himself as a tailor. In the 1960s, he became a professional musician, singing in four languages. His hits include "Koneh Pehlawo", "Go Easy with Me"...
- Morning Star (Entombed album), by the Swedish death metal band Entombed
- Morning Star (Flunk album)Morning Star (Flunk album)Morning Star is the third album by Norwegian electronic band Flunk released in 2004 on Beatservice Records. A later version with a revised tracklisting featured additional songs and was released in the United States by Kriztal Entertainment. The additional songs included "Play" which was used in an...
, by the Norwegian electronic music band Flunk - Morning Star (Spear of Destiny album)Morning Star (Spear of Destiny album)Morning Star is the ninth studio album released by Spear of Destiny.- Track listing :#"Lucky Man" - 4:42#"Mayday" - 4:11#"Half Life" - 4:18#"This Wonderful Life" - 4:31#"Better Man" - 3:11#"White Rose" - 4:31#"She" - 5:40#"Belongings" - 4:41...
- Morningstar, an album by the American electronic music band Asmodeus XAsmodeus XAsmodeus X is an American electro-industrial band whose music is frequently characterized as a mixture of EBM and darkwave and typically includes the use of environmental sampling. Their style is said to be influenced by the music of Laibach, Kraftwerk, Death in June, and Front 242, among others...
- Criminal Intents/Morning StarCriminal Intents/Morning StarCriminal Intents/Morning Star is the third EP album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc.. It was released on April 21, 2009 as an immediate precursor to their third album, 21st Century Slave, which was released exactly three months later on July 21, 2009. Lyrically it focuses on...
, a 2009 EP by the band Dope Stars Inc. - "Morning Star", a song by Nat King Cole from his album St. Louis BluesSt. Louis Blues (album)St. Louis Blues is a 1958 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Nelson Riddle. St. Louis Blues was the soundtrack to the film of the same name that starred Cole.-Track listing:# Overture /"Hesitating Blues" – 3:08...
- "Morningstar", a song by the American alternative rock band AFI from their album The Art of Drowning
- "Morgenstern (Morning Star)", a song by Rammstein on their 2004 album Reise, ReiseReise, ReiseReise, Reise is Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein's fourth studio album. It was released on 27 September 2004 in Germany and followed shortly by its release across Europe. It was released in North America on 16 November 2004...
- "The Morningstar", a song by the Swedish gothic doom metal band Draconian on their 2006 album The Burning HaloThe Burning HaloThe Burning Halo is a compilation album released by the band Draconian through Napalm Records on the 29th of September 2006...
- "Morning Star", a musical work for wind ensemble composed by David MaslankaDavid MaslankaDavid Maslanka is a U.S. composer who writes for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music and symphony orchestra....
- "Morning Star" (song)Morning Star (song)"Morning Star" is a song by British hip hop group N-Dubz. It is the fifth and final single to be taken from their third studio album, Love.Live.Life. The song was released via digital download on 14 March 2011. The song was produced by Free School and written by Jean Baptiste, Ryan Buendia, Nick...
, a song by British hip hop group N-Dubz - "Morning Star", a song by Roger Shah featuring the voice of Moya Brennan
- "Morning Star", a song by the Brazilian power metal band Angra on their 2004 album Temple of ShadowsTemple of ShadowsTemple of Shadows is a concept album by the power metal band Angra and was released in 2004 by Paradoxx Music in Brazil and SPV label Steamhammer in the rest of the world...
Literature
- The Morning Star, play by Emlyn WilliamsEmlyn WilliamsGeorge Emlyn Williams, CBE , known as Emlyn Williams, was a Welsh dramatist and actor.-Biography:He was born into a Welsh-speaking, working class family in Mostyn, Flintshire....
- Morning Star (novel)Morning Star (novel)Morning Star is Volume I of the novel sequence First Born of Egypt by Simon Raven, published in 1984.Morning Star is set in 1977 and features a large cast of upper-class characters...
, by Simon Raven - Morning Star, novel by David GemmellDavid GemmellDavid Andrew Gemmell was a bestselling British author of heroic fantasy. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Best known for his debut, Legend, Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore...
- The Morning Star, trilogy of novels by Nick BantockNick BantockNick Bantock is a British artist and author based in Saltspring Island, British Columbia. Bantock is well-known for his popular series, The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy, and for making collage popular...
- The Morning Star, 1979 book of poems and translations by Kenneth RexrothKenneth RexrothKenneth Rexroth was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement...
- Morning Star (comics)Morning Star (comics)Morning Star is the alias of Schuyler Belial, a fictional Marvel Comics villain and Satanist who was an enemy of Moon Knight and the Werewolf by Night. He first appeared in Moon Knight, Volume 1 #29...
, fictional Marvel Comics villain - Morningstar, superhero from the BogatyriBogatyri (comics)The Bogatyri are a fictional team of Russian superheroes published by Marvel Comics. They first appeared in Avengers West Coast #87 , and were created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas and Dave Ross...
comic books - Morningstar, character in the Elementals comic book
- Morning Star, character in the Noble Warriors TrilogyNoble Warriors TrilogyThe Noble Warriors Trilogy is a fantasy series, written by British novelist William Nicholson. The first book, Seeker, was published 2006, as was the second in the trilogy, Jango...
of novels by William Nicholson - Morningstar, character from the novel Jack of ShadowsJack of ShadowsJack of Shadows is a novel combining elements of both science fiction and fantasy written by American author Roger Zelazny. According to him, the name of the book was a homage to Jack Vance. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to capture some of the exotic landscapes so...
by Roger Zelazny - Morningstar, Lucifer; Sandman comic books by Neil Gaiman
Other
- Morning star (weapon)Morning star (weapon)The term morning star is used to describe medieval club-like weapons which included one or more spikes. Each used, to varying degrees, a combination of blunt-force and puncture attack to kill or wound the enemy.- Design :...
, spiked mace - Morning Star (cannabis)Morning Star (cannabis)Morning Star is a highly potent strain of cannabis that is distributed in California as part of its medical marijuana program. It is known to have as much as 24% THC content.This strain is available at located in San Jose, CA.-External links:*...
, strain of Cannabis sativa - Morning Star (TV series)Morning Star (TV series)Morning Star is a daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from September 27, 1965 to July 1, 1966. The show was created by Ted Corday who created the long-running soap opera Days of our Lives....
, short-lived American soap opera - Morning star (candlestick pattern)Morning star (candlestick pattern)The Morning Star is a pattern seen in a candlestick chart, a type of chart used by stock analysts to describe and predict price movements of a security, derivative, or currency over time.-Description:...
, formation in financial candlestick chart - Morning Star, painting by Alex JanvierAlex JanvierAlex Janvier, AOE is a Native Canadian artist. As a member of the commonly referred to “Indian Group of Seven”, Janvier is a pioneer of contemporary Canadian aboriginal art in Canada.- History :...
See also
- Morning Star flag, the national flag of West Papua
- Morningstar communeMorningstar communeMorningstar Commune was an active open land counterculture commune in Sebastopol near San Francisco. Morningstar was part of the changing society of young adults in the 1960s that traveled back and forth between the Haight-Ashbury district and Sebastopol...
, commune formed in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s - Morning Star Trust, a charity
- Morning Star Boys' RanchMorning Star Boys' RanchMorning Star Boys' Ranch is a residential facility for youth in Spokane, Washington established in 1956.There have been allegations of sexual and physical abuse by staff at the facility and others against the boys who lived there.-References:*...
, Spokane, Washington - Morning Star ceremony, ritual ceremony including human sacrifice performed by the Pawnee tribe into the 19th century* John WycliffeJohn WycliffeJohn Wycliffe was an English Scholastic philosopher, theologian, lay preacher, translator, reformer and university teacher who was known as an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. His followers were known as Lollards, a somewhat rebellious movement, which preached...
, the English theologian, referred to as "The Morning Star of the Reformation" - Morning Star Trust, U.K.-based, Christian sail training organization
- Morning Star International, former name of Every NationEvery NationEvery Nation Churches is an organization of non-denominational Christian churches. Its name embodies its goal of reaching "every nation in our generation" with the gospel....
Churches, an organization of non-denominational churches - Jesus Morning Star, name of the Providence religious movement of Korea and Japan
- Evening starEvening StarEvening Star is the name given to the planet Venus when it appears in the West after sunset; the ancient Greeks gave it the name Hesperus. It may also refer to:-People:* Arwen, an elf-maiden in J.R.R...
- MorgensternMorgensternMorgenstern is a Germanic surname meaning morning star.-Surname:* Barbara Morgenstern , German musician* Erin Morgenstern, American author* Joe Morgenstern, American film critic...