Morning Star

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Morning Star or Morningstar may refer to:

Astronomy

• Morning star, most commonly used as a name for the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise. Venus is also the Evening Star.
• Morning star, a name for the star Sirius, which appears in the sky just before sunrise during the Dog Days
• Morning star, a (less common) name for the planet Mercury when it appears in the east before sunrise

Mythology

• Phosphorus (morning star), the Morning Star in Greek mythology
• Morning Star, one of the Zorya (gods in Slavic mythology)
• Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, god of the morning star (Venus) Aztec mythology

Theology

• The Latin name of the Morning Star ("Lucifer") has been given to Satan in some Christian theology. Many Christians believe that Lucifer is referred to as the son of the morning.
• Jesus describes himself as "the bright Morning Star" in the Christian Bible (Revelation 22:16) Notice that "Morning Star" is capitalized in this instance.
• Words attributed to Jesus (in the Bible) indicate that "the morning star" will be given to "he who overcomes, and keeps [Jesus's] works until the end" (Revelation 2:28)
• May be a symbolic reference (in the Bible): "...and the morning star rises in your hearts." (II Peter 1:19)
• John the Baptist, called a "bright morning star" in Eastern Orthodox Church hymnnology
• Mary the mother of Jesus, called "morning star" in the Litany of Loreto
• At-Tariq, "The Morning Star", the 86th sura of the Qur'an

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
• Chip Morningstar, American author, developer, programmer and designer of software systems
• John Wycliffe, the English theologian, sometimes referred to as the "Morning Star of the Reformation"

Places

• Morning Star Lake (Nebraska)
• Morning Star, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Morning Star, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Morningstar, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Morningstar airfield, near Melkbosstrand, Cape Town, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa

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
• Morning Star of Revelation (TS-K182), A British sail-training ketch.
• Morning Star, the first Star Ferry in Hong Kong, and several later ferries by the same name in the same fleet

In railways

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

Businesses and organizations

Businesses

• Morningstar Farms, a brand of vegetarian food
• Morning Star Series, a brand of incense
• Morningstar Air Express, a cargo airline based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Morningstar, Inc., a Chicago-based investment research firm
• The Morning Star Company, a California-based agribusiness and food processing company

Organizations

• Morningstar commune, formed in Sonoma County in the mid-1960s
• Morning Star Boys' Ranch, Spokane, Washington
• Morning Star Trust, U.K.-based, Christian sail training charity
• Morning Star International, former name of Every Nation Churches, an organization of non-denominational churches

Arts and entertainment

Literature

Comics

• Morning Star (comics), a fictional Marvel Comics villain
• Lucifer Morningstar, a DC Comics character who primarily appears in The Sandman comic books by Neil Gaiman
• Morningstar, a superhero from the Bogatyri comic books
• Morningstar, a character in the Elementals comic book

Newsmedia

• Morning Star (newspaper) (disambiguation)

Novels

• Morning Star, a 1910 novel by Sir Henry Rider Haggard
• Morning Star (Raven novel), a 1984 novel by Simon Raven
• Morning Star (Brown novel), a 2016 novel by Pierce Brown
• Morningstar, a 1992 novel by David Gemmell
• The Morning Star, a 2001–2003 trilogy of novels by Nick Bantock
• Morning Star, a character in the Noble Warriors Trilogy of novels by William Nicholson
• Morningstar, a character from the novel Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
• Marjorie Morningstar, a 1955 novel by Herman Wouk

Other literature

• The Morning Star, a play by Emlyn Williams
• The Morning Star, a 1979 book of poems and translations by Kenneth Rexroth
• "The Morning Star", a poem by Mihai Eminescu

Film and television

• Marjorie Morningstar, a 1958 film based on the book by Herman Wouk
• Morning Star (TV series), a short-lived American soap opera
• Lucifer, a TV series in which Lucifer Morningstar takes up residence in Los Angeles

Music

Classical music

• Morning Star, an opera by Ricky Ian Gordon (b.1956)
• "Morning Star", choral composition by Arvo Pärt
• "Morning Star", hymn by Simon Lole (b.1957)
• "Morning Star", wind composition by David Maslanka (b.1943)
• "Gwiazdo zaranna" (Morning star), chorus by Otton Mieczysław Żukowski (1867-1931)
• Morning Star (carol), a traditional Moravian carol, originated as a poem by Johannes Scheffler in 1657 and put to music by Francis F. Hagen in 1836.

Artists

• The Morningstars, a band fronted by Sierra Leonean musician S. E. Rogie

Albums

• 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)
• Morning Star, by the British Group 'The Shadows' in their 1976 album 'Rarities'
• Morningstar, an album by the American electronic music band Asmodeus X
• Criminal Intents/Morning Star, a 2009 EP by the band Dope Stars Inc.

Songs

• "Morning Star", song by aboriginal group Stiff Gins single of the year 2000 award DEADLY
• "Morning Star" (Nat King Cole song) from his album St. Louis Blues 1958
• "Morningstar", a song by the American alternative rock band AFI from their 2000 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" (N-Dubz 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
• "Draconian Trilogy: Morning Star", a song by the Swedish symphonic metal band Therion on their 1998 album "Vovin".
• "Morning Star, Durbanville", a song by the South African punk rock band Fokofpolisiekar on their 2006 album Swanesang
• "Morning Star", song by Hank Marvin Lordan, Greenaway, Cook 1970
• "Morning Star", song by James Sugarboy Crawford, D. Bartholomew, Phil Bo, Phil Boudreaux
• "Morning Star", song by Kool and The Gang Kool 1980
• "Morning Star", song by Lucifer (band) Jennings Sadonis 2015
• "Morning Star", song by Mel Torme 1972
• "Morning Star", song by Ronnie Ronalde Steffani 1959
• "Morning Star", song by Willie Francis Jamaica 1973
• "Morning Star", song by De Kermisklanten, Netherlands, 1984

Other arts

• Morning Star, a painting by Alex Janvier

Other uses

• Morning Star (cannabis), a strain of Cannabis sativa
• Morning star (candlestick pattern), a formation in a financial candlestick chart
• Morning star (weapon), a spiked mace
• Morning Star ceremony, ritual ceremony including human sacrifice performed by the Pawnee tribe into the 19th century
• Morning Star flag, the national flag of West Papua
• Frege's Puzzle, in philosophy of language, about Morning star and Evening star denoting the same object, yet having different meanings

See also

• The Evening and the Morning Star (1832–1834), the first newspaper of the Latter Day Saint movement
• Evening Star (disambiguation)
• Morgenster (disambiguation)
• Morgenstern (disambiguation)