Aurora’s Family Tree

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Family

• Luna(sibling),Sol(sibling)— Marriage

  Hyperion and Theia, Titans of heavenly light, bore the three luminaries of the Roman sky — Sol who drives the day, Luna who governs the night, and Aurora who heralds the dawn between them.

Equivalent to

• Eos(Greek),Eostre(Germanic),Thesan(Etruscan),Ushas(Hindu)

  Ushas, Eos, Aurora, Thesan, and Eostre are the Vedic, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, and Germanic dawn goddesses — all descending from the Proto-Indo-European *H̥‚̥́ewsōs, the divine dawn who drives darkness before her and heralds the sun's daily rise.

Associated with

• Jupiter

  Aurora begged Jupiter to grant immortality to her beloved Tithonus. Jupiter complied but did not add eternal youth, resulting in the cautionary tale of Tithonus's endless aging.

• Venus

  Venus cursed Aurora with insatiable desire for mortal men as punishment for Aurora's affair with Mars. This curse drove Aurora to abduct a succession of mortal lovers including Tithonus and Cephalus.