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Aurora is the Roman goddess of dawn, responsible for bringing light to the sky each morning. She remains culturally significant as a figure in classical mythology and continues to appear in art, literature, and popular culture today.
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- Instance of
- solar deity
- Gender
- female
- Child
- Volturnus
- Father
- Hyperion
- Mother
- Theia
- Sibling
- Luna
- Image
- Aurora — Pantheum mythicum, ed. 5ª (BL).jpg
- Said to be same as
- Hausos
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- Commons category
- Aurora (mythology)
- worshipped by
- ancient Roman religion
- different from
- Aurora
- domain of saint or deity
- dawn
- nickname
- Pallantis
- name in native language
- Aurora
- uses
- chariot
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Encyclopedic overview
In Roman mythology, Aurora (/ɔːˈrɔːrə/ or /əˈrɔːrə/; Latin: Aurōra, Latin pronunciation: [au̯ˈroːra]) is the goddess and personification of the dawn. Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, and she appeared frequently in Latin literature.
Like the Greek Eos and Rigvedic Ushas, Aurora continues the name of an earlier Indo-European dawn goddess, Hausos.
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