Morning Star
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Morning Star, morning star, or Morningstar may refer to:
Astronomy
Morning star, most commonly used as a name for the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise
See also Venus in culture
Morning star, a name for the star Sirius, because of the importance of its heliacal rising, thereafter it appears in the sky just before sunrise from early July to mid-September
Morning star, a (less common) name for the planet Mercury when it appears in the east before sunrise
Heliacal rising, the astronomical occurrence when a star rises and becomes visible over the eastern horizon before sunrise, thus becoming a morning star
Mythology and theology
Aurvandil, the Morning Star, or Rising Star, in Germanic mythology
At-Tariq, a chapter of the Quran
Barnumbirr, a creator-spirit in the Yolngu culture of Australia
Jesus, self-described as "the bright Morning Star" in the Christian Bible
John the Baptist, called a "bright morning star" in Eastern Orthodox Church hymnology
Lucifer, a name based on the Latin name for the Morning Star
Mary, mother of Jesus, called "morning star" in the Litany of Loreto
Morning Star, one of the Zorya (goddesses in Slavic mythology)
Morningstar or Red Horn, a culture hero in Siouan oral traditions
Morning Star ceremony, an historical ritual ceremony in Pawnee mythology
Morning Star ceremony, a Yolngu (Aboriginal Australian) ceremony associated with Barnumbirr
Phosphorus (morning star), the Morning Star in Greek mythology
Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli, god of the morning star (Venus) Aztec mythology
People
John Wycliffe, English theologian, sometimes referred to as the "Morning Star of the Reformation"
Morning Star (chief) (1810–1883), Northern Cheyenne leader, also known as Dull Knife
Chip Morningstar, American author, developer, programmer and designer of software systems
Darren Morningstar (born 1969), American basketball player
Erica Morningstar (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
Richard Morningstar (born 1945), ambassador, Special Envoy of the US Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy
Places
Settlements in the United States
Morning Star, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
Morning Star, Virginia, an unincorporated community
Morning Star, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Morningstar, U.S. Virgin Islands
Water features
Morning Star Lake (Glacier County, Montana), US
Morning Star Lake (Nebraska), US
Morning Star River, County Limerick, Ireland, flows into River Maigue
Other
Morningstar Airfield, near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Morningstar Mill, a heritage site in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Transportation
Ships
HMS Morning Star, six ships of the Royal Navy
Morning Star, original name of the USS Estes, an amphibious force command ship
Morning Star (ship), one of many vessels of that name
Morning Star, former name of the cruise ship Salamis Glory
Morning Star of Revelation (TS-K182), a British sail-training ketch
Morning Star, the first Star Ferry in Hong Kong, and several later ferries by the same name in the same fleet
De Ochtendster (The Morning Star in Dutch), took part in the Battle of Gibraltar (1607)
In railways
Morning Star (train), passenger train formerly operated by St.
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