Morning Star

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. The ancients first thought the two were separate stars and later realized it was the same star appearing as the harbinger of the Sun in the east and marking the end of the day in the west.
• 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/Theology

• Morning Star, one of the Zorya (gods in Slavic mythology)
• The Latin name of the Morning Star ("Lucifer") has been given to Satan in some Christian theology.

People thus named

• 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, author, developer, programmer and designer of software systems

People thus compared

• Nebuchadnezzar II in Isaiah 14:12
• Jesus is described as "the bright morning star" in Revelation 22:16
• 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

Places

• Morning Star Lake (Nebraska)
• Morning Star, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Morning Star, Roane County, 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

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, 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., Chicago-based investment research firm
• The Morning Star Company, a California-based agribusiness and food processing company

Video games

• Morning Star (video game)

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)
• 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.
• "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 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" (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".
• "Morning Star, Durbanville", a song by the South African punk rock band Fokofpolisiekar on their 2006 album Swanesang

Literature

• Morning Star (newspaper), one of several newspapers (see list)
• 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 play by Emlyn Williams
• The Morning Star, a 1979 book of poems and translations by Kenneth Rexroth
• The Morning Star, a 2001–2003 trilogy of novels by Nick Bantock
• "The Morning Star", poem by Mihai Eminescu
• Morning Star (comics), a fictional Marvel Comics villain
• Morningstar, a superhero from the Bogatyri comic books
• Morningstar, a character in the Elementals comic book
• 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
• Lucifer Morningstar, a DC Comics character who primarily appears in The Sandman comic books by Neil Gaiman
• Marjorie Morningstar, a 1955 novel by Herman Wouk
  • Marjorie Morningstar, a 1958 film based on the book
• At-Tariq, "The Morning Star", the 86th sura of the Qur'an

Other uses

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

See also

• Morning Star flag, the national flag of West Papua
• Morningstar commune, formed in Sonoma County in the mid-1960s
• 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, sometimes referred to as the "Morning Star of the Reformation"
• 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
• Evening Star (disambiguation)
• Morgenstern (disambiguation)