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Venus Hermosa-Bravante, a character from the Filipino drama series Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko; Kasuga, the female ninja in the Uesugi clan in Devil Kings whose Devil Kings' name is Venus; Venus, a glamorous doctor of French origin on the television show Fireball XL5; Venus, the female protagonist in the PSP video game Metal Gear Acid 2
The English name of Venus was originally the ancient Roman name for it. Romans named Venus after their goddess of love, who in turn was based on the ancient Greek goddess of love Aphrodite, [271] who was herself based on the similar Sumerian religion goddess Inanna (which is Ishtar in Akkadian religion), all of whom were associated with the planet.
Venus (/ ˈ v iː n ə s /) [a] is a Roman goddess whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy.
Friday: Old English Frīgedæg (pronounced [ˈfriːjedæj]), meaning the day of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Frīg. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, 'Frigg's star'. [21] It is based on the Latin diēs Veneris, "Day of Venus". Saturday: named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many ...
The Romans considered the planet Lucifer particularly sacred to the goddess Venus, whose name eventually became the scientific name for the planet. The second century Roman mythographer Pseudo-Hyginus said of the planet: [48] "The fourth star is that of Venus, Luciferus by name. Some say it is Juno's. In many tales it is recorded that it is ...
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, which 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 ...
The Greek name for this planet was variously Phosphoros (also meaning "light-bringer") or Heosphoros (meaning "dawn-bringer"). [10] Lucifer was said to be "the fabled son of Aurora [11] and Cephalus, and father of Ceyx". He was often presented in poetry as heralding the dawn. [10] Planet Venus in alignment with Mercury (above) and the Moon (below)
In the seven-day week introduced in the Roman Empire in the first century CE, the days were named after the classical planets of Hellenistic astrology (the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn). [4] The English name Friday comes from the Old English frīġedæġ, meaning the "day of Frig", a result of an old convention ...