[[24hours]] [[dusk]] [[gods]] *** [Wikipedia: H₂éwsōs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E2%82%82%C3%A9ws%C5%8Ds) [Wikipedia: PIE myth: Dawn Goddess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology#Dawn_Goddess) [Wikipedia: Eos: PIE goddess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos#Proto-Indo-European_dawn_goddess) [Wikipedia: Dawn deities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_deities) [indo-european-connection.com](https://www.indo-european-connection.com/religion/gods/dawn-goddess) ## Biblio [[west2007]]:217f [[steets1993]] [[serith-xausos]] [[mcdonald-jIDK-aphrodite]] [[EIEC]] [[jackson2002]] [[Buck]] 14.43 "Dawn" [[friedrich1979]]:291-2 [[matasovic2009-sky]]:122 [[dexter1997-dawn]] ## Etymology & Branches | Branch | Etymologically Related | || | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |-| | PIE | [[*aus-shine]] | | | PIE | [h₂éwsōs](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82%C3%A9ws%C5%8Ds) "dawn" | || | Greek | [Ēṓs](eos.md) | [Helénē](helen.md) | [Aphrodítē](aphrodite%201.md) | Slavic | | [[zorya]] || | Roman | [Aurōra](aurora.md) | [Mater Matuta](mater-matuta.md) || | Proto-Indo-Iranian | [`*Hušas`](pii-hushas.md) | || | Indic | [Uṣas](ushas.md) | || | Iranian | Iranian [Ušā](usha.md) | || | Iranian | | [*(H)uvarīra-](huvarira.md) || | Armenian | [[Ayg]] | | | | Germanic | [*Austrǭ](eostre.md) Eng. *east*, *easter* | [[dellingr]] | | | Baltic | [Aušrinė/Aušra](ausrine.md) | | | | Etruscan | | [Thesan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesan "Thesan") | |Celtic||[*Brigantī](briganti.md), St. [[brigit]], [[brigantia]]| - "`*meh1nōs`, means literally “the measurer”, and is parallel in formation to `*h₂ewsōs` “dawn” (Skt. uṣā́ s, Lat. aurōra, etc.), literally “the kindler” (cp. `*h₂wes-` “to kindle”, OInd. vasati). ==[[matasovic2009-sky]]122== - [[dodge-commentary]]: why specifically "kindle" why not just "the shiner"? ### Ancient [[interpretatio]] Romans connected [[aurora]] and [[mater-matuta]] with the greek [[eos]] ### Diffusion to China - Several Chinese goddesses are similar to the PIE sun goddess and the dawn goddes, implying influence from them through trade routes in Tocharian territories and therefore their worship there. [[snow-j2002]] ### Shift into folklore (Little Red Riding Hood) - [[serith-xausos]] sees Little Red Riding Hood as the Dawn goddess and The Big Bad Wolf as the night, from which the dawn has to escape. ## Characteristics - Xáusōs is the most confidently reconstructed of the Proto-Indo-European goddesses, both by name and by function. Her importance is reflected in Uṣas being the most-invoked goddess in the Rig Veda. ==[[dexter1997-dawn]]:148== - [[dawn-dances]] - [[dawn-smiles]] - She was a beautiful maiden. - "Keeper of the gates of dawn"? - [[dawn-is-ambiguous]] ## Symbols [[dawn-cows]] [[dawn-birch]] [[dawn-colors]] [[dawn-owns-gold-boat-and-silver-oar]] ## Narratives [[narrative-surogate-mother]] [[motif-dawn-causes-aging]] [[motif-dawn-has-lovers]] & [[motif-dawn-lovers-rising-from-bed]] [[dawn-island]] [[dawn-opens-sun-door]] ## Family - Daughter of the [Sky Father](day-sky-father.md). (For more see [[divine-family]]) This was expressed in an epithet: ["Daughter of Dyeus"](epithet--Daughter-of-Dyeus.md) - She overlaps somewhat with the "Daughter of the Sun" Goddess. In the RV, Uṣas sometimes appears as the daughter of the sun god Sūrya ([[jamison1991]]p294), and is given the title ***sū́ryasya duhitár*** ("Daughter of the Sun"). [[steets1993]] Sees these two figures as the same. For more on this see [[dexter1994]]. #confusing - see [Dusk](dusk.md) - In one narrative, Dawn/sun-maiden ([[steets1993]] conflates them) has a surogate mother take care of her children [[narrative-surogate-mother]] - [[dawns]] / [[dawn-maidens]] / [[dawn-cows]] - [[dawn-accopanies-divine-twins]] ## Literal Dawn - [[cardinal-directions]] the word "dawn" often meant "east" in various ie branches - The [[rooster-cock]] was called "Dawn-Singer" ## Rituals > "Even more than the Sun, the Dawn was a deity not so much to be propitiated and appealed to as simply admired and celebrated in poetic images."==[[west2007]]:218== ## Attributes; imagery