Morning Star

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Astronomy and Mythology

• Morning star is the name given to the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise.
• Less commonly, Morning Star can also refer to the planet Mercury when it appears in the east before sunrise.
• Morning Star can also refer to the rising sun itself, particularly when used as a symbol of socialist and Labour Movement organisations in many countries around the world.

Venus

• Phosphorus (morning star), ancient Greek and biblical name for Venus as a morning star
  • Eosphorus, the "dawn-bearer" in Greek mythology
  • Lucifer, the Latin translation of Phosphorus
    • a title of Satan in Christianity. In Judaism, morning star is used for the king of Babylon in the Book of Isaiah 14:12
  • One of the titles of Jesus, from Revelation 22:16
  • A title of the Virgin Mary in the Litany of Loreto
• Morning Star, one of the Zorya, gods in Slavic mythology
• Aurvandil (Earendel) in Norse (Anglo-Saxon) tradition

Mercury

• Apollo, ancient Greek name for Mercury as a morning star

People

• Morning Star (chief), Northern Cheyenne leader, also known as Dull Knife
• Richard Morningstar (born 1945), ambassador, Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy
• Erica Morningstar (born 1989), Canadian swimmer

Places

• Morning Star Lake, Nebraska
• Morning Star, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Morning Star River, which flows through the town of Bruff in Ireland

Newspapers

• Morning Star (UK newspaper), left-wing daily newspaper
• Morning Star, established 1867 in Wilmington, North Carolina, renamed Star-News in 2003
• The Morning Star (Vernon), daily newspaper in Vernon, British Columbia
• The Morning Star (19th century U.K. newspaper), defunct London newspaper
• The Morning Star (19th century U.S. newspaper), defunct New Hampshire newspaper
• Magic City Morning Star, on-line newspaper from Katahdin, Maine
• The Evening and Morning Star (1832–1834), the first periodical of the Latter Day Saint movement

Transportation

Ships

• HMS Morning Star, six ships of the Royal Navy
• Morning Star, original name of the USS Estes (AGC-12), an amphibious force command ship
• Morning Star (ship), wrecked in the Torres Strait in 1814
• Morning Star, former name of the cruise ship Salamis Glory

In Railways

• Morning Star (train), passenger train formerly operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway
• GWR Star Class "Morning Star", broad gauge steam locomotive

Business

• Morningstar Farms, brand of vegetarian food
• Morning Star Series, brand of incense
• Morningstar Air Express, cargo airline based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Morningstar, Inc., Chicago-based investment research firm
• MorningStar Technical Service, Inc., Bellevue Washington small business IT support company

Music

• The Morningstars, a band fronted by Sierra Leonean musician S. E. Rogie
• Morning Star (Hubert Laws album), by the jazz flautist Hubert Laws
• Morning Star (Entombed album), by the Swedish death metal band Entombed
• Morning Star (Flunk album), by the Norwegian electronic music band Flunk
• Morning Star (Spear of Destiny album)
• Morningstar, an album by the American electronic music band Asmodeus X
• Criminal Intents/Morning Star, a 2009 EP by the band Dope Stars Inc.
• "Morning Star", a song by Nat King Cole from his album St. Louis Blues
• "Morningstar", a song by the American alternative rock band AFI from their album The Art of Drowning
• "Morgenstern (Morning Star)", a song by Rammstein on their 2004 album Reise, Reise
• "The Morningstar", a song by the Swedish gothic doom metal band Draconian on their 2006 album The Burning Halo
• "Morning Star", a musical work for wind ensemble composed by David Maslanka
• "Morning Star" (song), a song by British hip hop group N-Dubz
• "Morning Star", a song by Roger Shah featuring the voice of Moya Brennan
• "Morning Star", a song by the Brazilian power metal band Angra on their 2004 album Temple of Shadows
• "Morning Star", a traditional Moravian carol, originated as a poem by Johannes Scheffler in 1657 and put to music by Francis F. Hagen in 1836.
• "Draconian Trilogy: Morning Star", a song by the Swedish symphonic metal band Therion on their 1998 album "Vovin".

Literature

• The Morning Star, play by Emlyn Williams
• Morning Star (novel), by Simon Raven
• Morningstar, novel by David Gemmell
• The Morning Star, trilogy of novels by Nick Bantock
• The Morning Star, 1979 book of poems and translations by Kenneth Rexroth
• Morning Star (comics), fictional Marvel Comics villain
• Morningstar, superhero from the Bogatyri comic books
• Morningstar, character in the Elementals comic book
• Morning Star, character in the Noble Warriors Trilogy of novels by William Nicholson
• Morningstar, character from the novel Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
• Morningstar, Lucifer; Sandman comic books by Neil Gaiman

Other

• Morning star (weapon), spiked mace
• Morning Star (cannabis), strain of Cannabis sativa
• Morning Star (TV series), short-lived American soap opera
• Morning star (candlestick pattern), formation in financial candlestick chart
• Morning Star, painting by Alex Janvier

See also

• Morning Star flag, the national flag of West Papua
• Morningstar commune, commune formed in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s
• Morning Star Trust, a charity
• Morning Star Boys' Ranch, Spokane, Washington
• Morning Star ceremony, ritual ceremony including human sacrifice performed by the Pawnee tribe into the 19th century
• John Wycliffe, the English theologian, referred to as "The Morning Star of the Reformation"
• Morning Star Trust, U.K.-based, Christian sail training organization
• Morning Star International, former name of Every Nation Churches, an organization of non-denominational churches
• Jesus Morning Star, name of the Providence religious movement of Korea and Japan
• Evening Star (disambiguation)
• Morgenstern (disambiguation)

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