Morning Star

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Morning star or Morning Star is the name given to the planet Venus when it appears in the East (morning sky) before sunrise. It may also refer to:

Mythology

• Eosphorus, the "dawn-bearer" in Greek mythology

People

• Morning Star (chief), Cheyenne leader, also known as Dull Knife
• Richard Morningstar, Ambassador, Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy

Places

• Morningstar commune, commune formed in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s
• Morning Star river, which flows through the town of Bruff in Ireland
• Morning Star Middle School, school located in Mississauga

Publications

• The Morning Star, socialist daily newspaper in the U.K.
• The Morning Star (Vernon), daily newspaper in Vernon, British Columbia
• The Morning Star (19th century U.S. newspaper), defunct New Hampshire newspaper
• The Morning Star (19th century U.K. newspaper), defunct London newspaper
• Magic City Morning Star, on-line newspaper from Katahdin, Maine
• The Morning Star, book of poems and translations by Kenneth Rexroth, published by New Directions Publishing in 1979
• The Evening and Morning Star (1832–1834), the first periodical of the Latter Day Saint movement

Things

• Morning star (weapon), spiked mace
• Morning Star (cannabis), strain of Cannabis sativa
• Morning Star flag, the national flag of West Papua

Transportation

• GWR Star Class "Morning Star", broad gauge steam locomotive
• Morning Star (ship), ship wrecked in the Torres Strait in 1814
• Morning Star, former name of cruise ship Salamis Glory
• Morning Star (train), passenger train formerly operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway

Religion

• Morning Star Trust, U.K. based Christian Sail Training organisation
• Morning Star International, former name of Every Nation Churches
• MorningStar Ministries, former name of Heritage International Ministries
• Jesus Morning Star, name of the "Providence" religious movement of Korea and Japan
• A name for Lucifer (Luci-fer, Venus as light-bringer); a fallen angel{NIV}, also called "Day Star," from certain translations of Isaiah 14:3-20.
• A title of Jesus (Revelation 22:16)
• A title of the Virgin Mary in the Litany of Loreto
• John Wycliffe, the English theologian, referred to as "The Morning Star of the Reformation"

Music

• The Morningstars, band fronted by Sierra Leonean musician S. E. Rogie
• Morning Star (Bloodforge song), a song of the Forged album.
• Morning Star (Entombed album), by the Swedish Death Metal band
• Morning Star (Flunk album), by the Norwegian electronic music band
• Morningstar (EBM/Industrial album), by the American electronic music band Asmodeus X on Latex Records

Literature

• The Morning Star, play by Emlyn Williams
• Morning Star (novel), novel by Simon Raven
• Morningstar, novel by David Gemmell
• The Morning Star, trilogy of novels by Nick Bantock
• Morning Star (comics), fictional Marvel Comics villain
• Morningstar, superhero from the Bogatyri comic books
• Morningstar, character in the Elementals (Comico Comics)
• Morning Star, character in the Noble Warriors Trilogy of novels by William Nicholson
• Morningstar, character from the novel Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny

Commerce

• Morningstar Farms, brand of vegetarian food
• Morning Star Series, brand of incense
• Morningstar, Inc., Chicago-based investment research firm
• Morningstar Communications, public relations firm in Overland Park, Kansas

See also

• Evening star

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