Aurora (mythology)
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Aurora was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn. Aurora is the Latin word for dawn.
Aurora renews herself every morning at dawn and flies across the sky, announcing the morning's arrival. Her siblings consist of a brother (the sun), and a sister (the moon). She also has many husbands and four sons, one for each cardinal direction: North, East, South, and West.
Aurora is comparable to Eos in Greek mythology and to Ushas in Hindu mythology.
One of her lovers was Tithonus. Aurora asked Zeus to grant immortality to Tithonus. However, she failed to ask him for eternal youth. As a result, Tithonus ended up aging eternally.
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (i.i) Montague says of his lovesick son Romeo
- But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
- Should in the furthest east begin to draw
- The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,
- Away from the light steals home my heavy son...
In the poem "Tithonus" by Lord Alfred Tennyson, Aurora is described thus:
- Once more the old mysterious glimmer steals
- From thy pure brows, and from thy shoulders pure,
- And bosom beating with a heart renewed.
- Thy cheek begins to redden through the gloom,
- Thy sweet eyes brighten slowly close to mine,
- Ere yet they blind the stars, and the wild team
- Which love thee, yearning for thy yoke, arise,
- And shake the darkness from their loosened manes,
- And beat the twilight into flakes of a fire
In singer-songwriter Bjork's Vespertine track, Aurora is described as such:
- Treading the glacier head
- Looking hard for moments of shine
- From twilight to twilight...
- Aurora, goddess sparkle
- Shoot me beyond this suffer...!
- The need is great...!
- Aurora...
- Aurora, goddess sparkle
- A mountain shade suggests your shape
- I tumble down on my knees
- Fill the mouth with snow
- The way it melts...
- I wish to melt with you...
- Aurora, spark the sun off...
The asteroid 94 Aurora was named after her.
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This article relating to an Ancient Roman myth or legend is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.Auroras Sister was Selene the moon goddes and her brother was Helios the sun god. She is the daughter of the Titan Hyperion and the Titaness Theira.
