The word dennitsa has many synonyms and is found in mythological plots of various peoples. It was used in folklore, and poetry, and even in one of the Bible translations. What is a box? Let's find out.
Dennitsa: meaning and origin of the word
The notion of dennitsa appeared a very long time ago and comes from a Slavic noun day. A similar word is not only with us. In Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, it sounds like Danica, in Macedonian it sounds like Danitsa. In the Russian language, the following words were also used as synonyms: matinee, zoryanitsa, svellussa, chigir star.
Other names are found in Polish, Bulgarian, Latin, Greek and other languages. They all refer to the same concept, denoting the morning star or Venus. From the luminaries of the night, she later leaves the horizon, disappearing only at dawn, and appearing again shortly after sunset.
The second planet of the solar system is clearly visible to the naked eye, so from ancient times it has been one of the main objects for study, and at the same time deification. Together with the Sun and the Moon, she is the brightest star, which is why she entered the astronomical triad among the Babylonians and was part of their cults. Maya Indians compiled calendars of the movement of Venus, calling it the Great Star; in antiquity, it was often part of occult rites.
Son of the sun
Currently, stall is the outdated name for Venus. You can meet him only in the poems of poets of past years or in folklore. In the mythology of the ancient Slavs, Dennitsa is a deity, a harbinger of the coming day, which brings the Sun to heaven.
In various legends, the morning star appears either as a young man or a young girl. Often she is referred to as the daughter or sister of the Sun. She is in love with the Month for which the Sun is jealous of her.
In Russian myths, Dennitsa is the son of Zarya-Zarenitsa and Khorsa, who knows how to turn into a falcon. According to legend, he wanted to ride on his father’s sun chariot to rise above the stars and feel his power. Horse allowed, but the horses did not listen to Dennitsa, they rushed forward with all their might, causing the fields and forests to light up. To stop the destruction of Mother Earth, the god Perun threw a lightning bolt into the chariot. The stallion died, but was reborn as a star in the dawn sky.
Phosphorus and Eosphorus
Due to the fact that Venus is visible only early in the morning and in the evening, in ancient Greece it was considered two different stars. This idea was reflected in mythology, where the morning star was called Eosfor, and the evening star was Phosphorus or Hesperus. Sometimes they were identified with the east and west.
Later, the Greeks realized that the star appearing at dawn and sunset is the same object, so the two images also merged into one. In ancient myths, Phosphorus or Eoifor appears as a young youth - the son of the goddess Eos and the titan Astraeus. He was the father of Dedalion, who rushed from Mount Parnassus, as well as the father of the nymphs Hesperides. According to one legend, the wind blew him away, after which the young man turned into a star.
Lucifer
The Roman name of Dennica is Lucifer. It echoes the Greek name Phosphorus, and also translates as a luminiferous or bearing light. In ancient Rome, he was the son of Aurora and was venerated along with other deities. His name was popular among the people, and even belonged to one bishop, Saint Lucifer, who lived in Sardinia.
With the advent of Christianity, the morning star began to be used in sacred texts, but had different meanings and meanings. For example, the prophet Isaiah calls her Halel - the son of a dawn who fell from heaven. Thanks to this, many began to associate it with Satan - a fallen angel who dared to go against God and was expelled to Earth from Paradise. In the Russian version of the Bible, the name is translated as Dennitsa, in English - Lucifer. In the New Testament, Jesus calls himself the morning and light star. Some sources call the Virgin Mary so.