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The metaphor of the morning star that Isaiah 14:12 applied to a king of Babylon gave rise to the general use of the Latin word for "morning star", capitalized, as the original name of the devil before his fall from grace, linking Isaiah 14:12 with Luke 10 ("I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven") [69] and interpreting the passage in ...
Helel ben Shahar may refer to the Morning Star, but the text in Isaiah 14 gives no indication that Helel was a star or planet. [18] [19] Later Christian tradition came to use the Latin word for "morning star", lucifer, as a proper name ("Lucifer") for the Devil; as he was before his fall. [20]
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
Lucifer Morningstar, known as Samael before his banishment from Heaven, is the titular protagonist of the urban fantasy comedy-drama series Lucifer (2016–2021). The character is portrayed by Welsh actor Tom Ellis and is an alternate version of Lucifer Morningstar, one of the supporting characters of Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman, published by DC Comics; both are based on the ...
The morning star is an appearance of the planet Venus, an inferior planet, meaning that its orbit lies between the Earth and the Sun.Depending on the orbital locations of both Venus and Earth, it can be seen in the eastern morning sky for an hour or so before the Sun rises and dims it, or (as the evening star) in the western evening sky for an hour or so after the Sun sets, when Venus itself ...
Parallels are drawn to the passage in Isaiah 14:4–17 that mentions the "son of the morning" who had "fallen from heaven" and was "cast down to the earth". In verse 12 of this passage, the Hebrew word that referred to the morning star was translated into Latin as lucifer. With the application to the Devil of the morning-star story, "Lucifer ...
The name Heylel, meaning "morning star" (or, in Latin, Lucifer), [c] was a name for Attar, the god of the planet Venus in Canaanite mythology, [113] [114] who attempted to scale the walls of the heavenly city, [115] [113] but was vanquished by the god of the sun. [115]
In old English, the planet was known as morgensteorra (morning star) and æfensteorra (evening star). It was not until the 13th century C.E. that the name "Venus" was adopted for the planet. [2] It was called Lucifer in classical Latin though the morning star was considered sacred to the goddess Venus. [3]