Morning Star

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Morning star or Morning Star may refer to:

• The planet Venus in the east as "dawn-bringer", Eosphoros
• metaphorically
  • Morning star (weapon), a spiked mace
  • Lucifer (Luci-fer, Venus as light-bringer); a fallen angel
  • a title of Jesus (Revelation 22:16)
  • a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Litany of Loreto
  • John Wycliffe, the English theologian, reformer and bible translator, as "The Morning Star of the Reformation"
  • Providence (religion), formerly known as Jesus Morning Star and Morning Star
  • an item mentioned in the Book of Revelation 2:28

Contents 1 Proper Names 2 In Music 3 In Literature 4 See also

[edit] Proper Names

• Every Nation, an organization of churches formerly known as Morning Star International
• Morningstar, Inc., a Chicago-based independent investment research firm
• Morning Star (chief), a Cheyenne leader, also known as Dull Knife
• The Morning Star, a newspaper published in the U.K. since 1930
• The Morning Star (Vernon), an English-language newspaper published in Vernon, British Columbia
• The Morning Star (19th century U.S. newspaper), a defunct New Hampshire newspaper
• The Morning Star (Free Will Baptist), Dover, Delaware
• The Morning Star (19th century U.K. newspaper), a defunct London newspaper
• Morning Star (ship), a ship wrecked in the Torres Strait in 1814.
• Morning Star Trust, a United Kingdom based Christian Sail Training organisation
• Morning Star International, a former name of Every Nation Churches.
• Morning Star (novel), by Simon Raven
• Morning Star (Flunk album), by the Norwegian Electronic music band
• Morning Star Middle School, a school located in Mississauga
• Morning Star, a broad gauge steam locomotive on the Great Western Railway, one of the earliest to be built.
• Morningstar Farms, a vegetarian line of food products.
• Morningstar Communications, a public relations and integrated marketing communications firm in Overland Park, Kansas
• Morningstar commune, a commune formed in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s.
• MorningStar Ministries led by Rick Joyner
• Magic City Morning Star, a newspaper in Maine
• The national flag of West Papua
• A river, which flows through the town of Bruff in Ireland
• a former name of cruise ship Salamis Glory
• A popular brand of incense, produced by Nippon Kodo
• A highly potent strain of cannabis sativa

[edit] In Music

• Morningstar (band), a Kansas City rock band that existed 1969-1979.
• MorningStar (band), a Finnish metal band.
• The Morningstars, a band fronted by Sierra Leonean musician S. E. Rogie.
• A musical youth group at St. Joseph's Church in Penfield, NY.
• Morning Star (Entombed album), by the Swedish Death Metal band.
• A song written by AFI (band) from their album The Art of Drowning
• A song by Blackmore’s Night from their 1999 album Under a Violet Moon
• A song by Angra from their Temple of Shadows album.
• A song by Fastball (band) from their The Harsh Light of Day album.
• Today is the Day's album Temple of the Morning Star
• "Morgenstern" ("Morning Star"); a song by Rammstein from their fourth album, Reise, Reise
• "Hymn to the Morning Star", a song by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

[edit] In Literature

• A novel by David Gemmell
• A play by Emlyn Williams
• A Nick Bantock book from the Griffin and Sabine series
• Morningstar, a character in The Elementals
• Morning Star is one of the protagonists of the Noble Warriors Trilogy

[edit] See also

• Pentagram
• Morgenstern