Morning Star, morning star, or Morningstar may refer to:

Astronomy

* Morning star, most commonly used as a name for the planet

Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never f ...

when it appears in the east before sunrise ** See also

Venus in culture Venus, as one of the brightest objects in the sky, has been known since prehistoric times and has been a major fixture in human culture for as long as records have existed. As such, it has a prominent position in human culture, religion, and myt ...

* Morning star, a name for the star

Sirius Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word , or , meaning 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Alpha CM ...

, which appears in the sky just before sunrise from early July to mid-September * Morning star, a (less common) name for the planet Mercury when it appears in the east before sunrise * Heliacal rising, the astronomical occurrence when a star rises and becomes visible over the eastern horizon before sunrise, thus becoming a morning star.

Mythology and theology

* Aurvandil, the Morning Star, or Rising Star, in Germanic mythology * At-Tariq, a chapter of the Quran *

Barnumbirr Barnumbirr, also known as Banumbirr or Morning Star, is a creator-spirit in the Yolngu culture of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, who is identified as the planet Venus. In Yolngu Dreaming mythology, she is believed to have ...

, a creator-spirit in the Yolngu culture of Australia *

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

, self-described as "the bright Morning Star" in the Christian Bible *

John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...

, called a "bright morning star" in Eastern Orthodox Church hymnology *

Lucifer Lucifer is one of various figures in folklore associated with the planet Venus. The entity's name was subsequently absorbed into Christianity as a name for the devil. Modern scholarship generally translates the term in the relevant Bible passa ...

, a name based on the Latin name for the Morning Star *

Mary, mother of Jesus Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

, called "morning star" in the Litany of Loreto * Morning Star, one of the

Zorya Zorya ( lit. "Dawn"; also many variants: Zarya, Zara, Zaranitsa, Zoryushka, etc.) is a figure in Slavic folklore, a feminine personification of dawn, possibly goddess. Depending on tradition, she may appear as a singular entity, often called "Th ...

(gods in Slavic mythology) * Morningstar or

Red Horn Red Horn is a culture hero in Siouan oral traditions, specifically of the Ioway and Hocąk (Winnebago) nations. He has different names. Only in Hocąk literature is he known as "Red Horn" (''Hešucka''), but among the Ioway and Hocągara both, ...

, a culture hero in Siouan oral traditions * Morning Star ceremony, an historical ritual ceremony in

Pawnee mythology Pawnee mythology is the body of oral history, cosmology, and myths of the Pawnee people concerning their gods and heroes. The Pawnee are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, originally located on the Great Plains along tributaries o ...

* Morning Star ceremony, a Yolngu (Aboriginal Australian) ceremony associated with

Phosphorus (morning star) Phosphorus () is one of the ''Astra Planeta'', specifically the god of the planet Venus in its appearance as the Morning Star. Another Greek name for the Morning Star is "Eosphorus" ( grc, Ἑωσφόρος, Heōsphoros, link=no), which means ...

, the Morning Star in Greek mythology *

Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is a principal member of the pantheon of gods within the Aztec religion, representing the Morning Star Venus.Townsend (1992): p. 118. The name comes from the Nahuatl words "dawn" and "lord".''Nahuatl Dictionary.'' (1997) ...

, god of the morning star (Venus) Aztec mythology

People

John Wycliffe John Wycliffe (; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, Catholic priest, and a seminary professor at the University of ...

, English theologian, sometimes referred to as the "Morning Star of the Reformation" *

Morning Star (chief) Morning Star (Cheyenne: ''Vóóhéhéve''; also known by his Lakota Sioux name ''Tȟamílapȟéšni'' or its translation, Dull Knife) (1810–1883) was a great chief of the Northern Cheyenne people and headchief of the ''Notameohmésêhese'' ("N ...

(1810–1883), Northern Cheyenne leader, also known as Dull Knife *

Chip Morningstar Chip Morningstar is an American software architect, mainly for online entertainment and communication. Morningstar held many jobs throughout his career in the research and development of technology and programs. Most notably was Morningstar's r ...

, American author, developer, programmer and designer of software systems * Darren Morningstar (born 1969), American basketball player *

Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar (born March 3, 1989) is a Canadian swimmer who has competed in international events including the 2008 Summer Olympics, and 2012 Summer Olympics. Early life Morningstar was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. She began swim ...

(born 1989), Canadian swimmer *

Richard Morningstar Richard L. Morningstar (born 1945) is the former United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan. He was formerly Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy. Currently, Ambassador Morningstar is the founding director and ch ...

(born 1945), ambassador, Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy

Places

Settlements in the United States

Morning Star, Arkansas Garland County is located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,180. The county seat is Hot Springs. Garland County comprises the Hot Springs, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county includes Hot S ...

, an unincorporated community *

Morning Star, Virginia Morning Star is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental ju ...

, an unincorporated community *

Morning Star, West Virginia Morning Star is an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geog ...

, an unincorporated community *

Morningstar, U.S. Virgin Islands Morningstar is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands, Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. History Morning Star (Queens Quarter No. 4 ad 9 and Northside Q,uarter B. No. 10, Centre Police District, C ...

Water features

Morning Star Lake (Glacier County, Montana) Morning Star Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. The lake is situated along the North Fork Cut Bank Creek drainage. See also *List of lakes in Glacier County, Montana There are at least 118 named lakes and ...

, United States *

Morning Star Lake (Nebraska) Morningstar Lake is a lake in the central part of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Off the Platte River just outside Clarks, the lake is part of a complex of five private, manmade lakes called "Summerwood". The lakes were built as a result of the s ...

, United States * Morning Star River, County Limerick, Ireland, flows into

River Maigue A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wa ...

Other

* Morningstar Airfield, near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa *

Morningstar Mill Morningstar Mill is a heritage site located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The site includes the Morningstar Mill, a sawmill, the home of the Morningstar family, a barn used for blacksmith demonstrations, and the Decew Falls gorge along the ...

, a heritage site in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Transportation

Ships

* HMS ''Morning Star'', six ships of the Royal Navy * ''Morning Star'', original name of the USS ''Estes'', an amphibious force command ship * , one of many vessels of that name * ''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 * ''De Ochtendster'' (''The Morning Star'' in Dutch), took part in the Battle of Gibraltar (1607)

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. Morningstar, Inc. is an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and was founded by Joe Mansueto in 1984. It provides an array of investment research and investment management services. With operations in 29 countries, ...

, an American investment research firm based in Chicago * 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 Every Nation Churches & Ministries is a worldwide organization of churches and campus ministries. The organization is located in seven regions around the world. The president is Steve Murrell. History In 1994, American evangelists Phil Bonasso a ...

Churches, an organization of non-denominational churches

Arts and entertainment

Literature

Comics

* Morning Star (comics), a fictional Marvel Comics villain *

Lucifer (DC Comics) Lucifer Samael Morningstar is a character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is an adaptation of Lucifer—the Biblical fallen angel and devil of Christianity—and is one of the most powerful beings in the DC Univers ...

(Lucifer Morningstar), a DC 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

News media

* ''Morning Star'' (British newspaper) * Former ''Morning Star'' (London newspaper) * ''The Morning Star'' (British Columbia newspaper), Canada * Former ''The Morning Star'' (New Hampshire newspaper), US * ''Morning Star'', established 1867 in Wilmington, North Carolina, US, renamed '' Star-News'' in 2003 * ''

Magic City Morning Star The ''Magic City Morning Star'' is an on-line newspaper serving the Katahdin region of Maine, including the Penobscot County towns of Millinocket, East Millinocket, and Medway Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in K ...

'', an on-line newspaper, Katahdin, Maine, US

Novels

* ''Morning Star'' (Haggard novel), a 1910 novel by H Rider Haggard * ''Morning Star'' (Raven novel), a 1984 novel by Simon Raven * ''Morning Star'' (Brown novel), a 2016 novel by Pierce Brown * ''The Morning Star'' (novel), 2020 novel by Karl Ove Knausgård * ''Morningstar'', a 1992 novel by

David Gemmell David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, ''Legend''. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. H ...

* ''The Morning Star'', a 2001–2003 trilogy of novels by Nick Bantock * Morning Star, a character in the

Noble Warriors Trilogy The ''Noble Warriors'' trilogy is a fantasy series, written by British novelist William Nicholson. The first book, '' Seeker'', was published in 2006, as was the second in the trilogy, '' Jango''. The third book, '' Noman'', was published in Sep ...

of novels by William Nicholson * Morningstar, a character from the novel ''

Jack of Shadows ''Jack of Shadows'' is a science fantasy novel by American author Roger Zelazny. According to him, the name of the book (but not the titular character) was an homage to Jack Vance. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to cap ...

'' by Roger Zelazny

Other literature

* ''The Morning Star'', a play by

Emlyn Williams George Emlyn Williams, CBE (26 November 1905 – 25 September 1987) was a Welsh writer, dramatist and actor. Early life Williams was born into a Welsh-speaking, working class family at 1 Jones Terrace, Pen-y-ffordd, Ffynnongroyw, Flints ...

* ''The Morning Star'', a 1979 book of poems and translations by Kenneth Rexroth * "''Luceafărul''" (poem), an 1883 narrative poem sometimes translated as "The Morning Star"

Film and television

* ''Morning Star'' (film), a 1959 Soviet ballet film * ''Morning Star'' (TV series), US, 1965–1966 * ''Morning Star'' (talk show), Philippines 2004–2005 *

Morning Star (The Walking Dead) "Morning Star" is the eleventh episode of the tenth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series '' The Walking Dead'', which aired on AMC on March 8, 2020. The episode was written by Vivian Tse and Julia Ruchman, and directed by Mi ...

, an episode of the television series The Walking Dead * ''Morning Star'', a planned film about

Djalu Gurruwiwi Djalu Gurruwiwi, also written Djalu ( – 12 May 2022), was a Yolngu man from Arnhem Land in northern Australia, known worldwide for his skill as a player, maker and spiritual keeper of the yiḏaki (didgeridoo). He was also a respected arti ...

* Lucifer Morningstar, a character in the TV series ''

Music

* ''Morning Star'' (opera), by Ricky Ian Gordon * "Morning Star" (carol), an 1836 traditional Moravian carol * The Morningstars, a band fronted by Sierra Leonean musician

S. E. Rogie Sooliman Ernest "Rogie" or S. E. Rogie (1926 – 4 July 1994) was a highlife and palm wine music, palm wine guitarist and singer from Sierra Leone. Biography Sooliman Ernest Rogers was born in 1926 in the town of Fonikoh, Pujehun District in sou ...

Albums

* ''Morning Star'' (Entombed album), 2001 * ''Morning Star'' (Flunk album), 2004 * ''Morning Star'' (Hubert Laws album), 1972 * ''Morning Star'' (Spear of Destiny album), 2003 * ''Morningstar'', an album by the American electronic music band Asmodeus X * ''The Morning Star'' (Daniel Bachman album), 2018 * '' Criminal Intents/Morning Star'', a 2009 EP by the band Dope Stars Inc.

Songs

* "Morningstar", by AFI on the album '' The Art of Drowning'' * "Morning Star", by Amorphis on the album ''

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'' * "Morning Star", by Angra on the album ''

Temple of Shadows ''Temple of Shadows'' is the fifth studio and a concept album by the power metal band Angra and was released in 2004 by Paradoxx Music in Brazil and SPV label Steamhammer in the rest of the world. SPV also released a limited edition containing ...

'' * "Morningstar", by Baroness on the album ''

Purple Purple is any of a variety of colors with hue between red and blue. In the RGB color model used in computer and television screens, purples are produced by mixing red and blue light. In the RYB color model historically used by painters, ...

'' * "Morning Star", by Cass McCombs on the album '' Big Wheel and Others'' * "Morning Star", a musical work for wind ensemble composed by

David Maslanka David Maslanka (August 30, 1943 – August 7, 2017) was an American composer of Polish descent who wrote for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music, and symphony orchestra. Best known for his wind ensemble c ...

* "The Morningstar", by Draconian on the album ''

The Burning Halo ''The Burning Halo'' is the third album released by the band Draconian through Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such ...

'' * "Morning Star, Durbanville", by Fokofpolisiekar on the album '' Swanesang'' * "Morning Star", by

Hank Marvin Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is widely known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the ba ...

* "Morning Star" (Nat King Cole song), 1958 * "Morning Star" (N-Dubz song), 2011 * "Morning Star", by

Roger Shah Roger Shah (; born 29 November 1972), also known as DJ Shah and Sunlounger, is a German electronic music composer and producer. Biography History Roger Shah was born in Esslingen in West Germany to a German mother and a Pakistani father ...

featuring the voice of Moya Brennan * "Morning Star", by Stiff Gins * "Morning Star", by Taylor Davis * "Draconian Trilogy: Morning Star", by Therion on the album '' Vovin'' * "Morning Star", by Amberian Dawn on the album ''

The Clouds of Northland Thunder ''The Clouds of Northland Thunder'' is the second full-length studio album by Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn. It was released 13 May 2009. Its single, "He Sleeps in a Grove", was the third Amberian Dawn song to have a music vid ...

'' * "Morning Star", by

King Woman Kristina Esfandiari (born 4 March 1988) is an American singer-songwriter and producer who writes music and performs under the monikers Dalmatian, Miserable, and NGHTCRWLR, and with the bands King Woman and Sugar High. Early life Kristina Esfandia ...

Other arts

* ''Morning Star'', a painting by Alex Janvier

Other uses

* Morning Star (cannabis), a strain *

Morning star (candlestick pattern) The Morning Star is a pattern seen in a candlestick chart, a popular type of a chart used by technical analysts to anticipate or predict price action of a security, derivative, or currency over a short period of time. Description The pattern is ...

, in a financial chart * Morning star (weapon), a spiked mace *

Morning Star flag The Morning Star flag ( id, Bendera Bintang Kejora, nl, Morgenstervlag) was a flag used in a supplemental fashion on Netherlands New Guinea to the flag of the Netherlands. It was first raised on 1 December 1961 prior to the territory coming un ...

, of West Papua *

Morningstar Style Box The Morningstar Style Box is a grid of nine squares used to identify the investment style of stocks and mutual funds. Developed by Don Phillips and John Rekenthaler of Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar, Inc. is an American financial services firm he ...