- Luceafăr
"Luceafăr" in Romanian is the name of the [http://www.johnpratt.com/items/astronomy/eve_morn.html morning star] (the planet Venus) which in Romanian folklore is associated with demons but is also linked to the Greek Titan Hyperion.
Mihai Eminescu wrote a poem named "Luceafărul" detailing some of the attributes that Romanian lore associated with the morning star.The name "Luceafăr" is similar with the Latin "
Lucifer ", "Light-bearer". In Romanian, it is related to the verb "luci" and the noun "luciu", meaning shining.Eminescu speaks about "ochi lucii" in [http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Sus_%C3%AEn_curtea_cea_domneasc%C4%83 Sus în curtea cea domnească] (Up in that garden of lords/kings). He describes three types of eyes:
* "negru înfundat" and "mari": black, big and dark, a sunken, deep and nightly black, belonging to a person who is cruel and cold;
* "de foc": of fire, for young white ("pal") beautiful girls with light coming out of their eyes;
* "lucii" and "multi": "lucious" and many, they love the light and stay on a white big table in a big room with many guests who speak kindly.On the contrary, for the sun "shining" there is "strălucire". "Stră" is from Latin, whereas "extra" is a composition element when something is ancient and far away.
There is also the verb "a lumina" which means "iluminate" or "enlight" (make the light come into a place, for example after opening a window when you can say that "s-a luminat camera" which means "the room has been lit").
With this name:
*Venus in the morning:
**Luceafărul-de-Dimineaţă
**Luceafărul-de-Ziuă
**Luceafărul-Porcilor
**Luceafărul-Boului
*Venus late:
**Luceafărul-de-Seară
**Luceafărul-de-Noapte
**Luceafărul-Ciobanilor
*StarVega fromLira :
**Luceafărul-cel-Mare-de-Miezul-Nopţii
**Luceafărul-cel-Frumos
*StarAldebaran fromTaureau :
**Luceafărul-Porcesc
**Luceafărul-Porcar
*StarSirius fromCanis Major :
**Luceafărul-de-Ziuă
**Luceafărul-din-Zori
*Star(?) Hyperion:
**Luceafărul-cel-Mare-de-Noapteee also
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Earendel , Anglo-Saxon personification of the Morning Star.
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