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Deity Greek and Roman
Phosphorus
Φωσφόρος , Phōsphoros grc
Personification of the Morning Star in Greek and Roman mythology
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Phosphorus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 10
Kinship in an account 8
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Astraeus Greek astrological god associated with winds - child of (father) Cephalus son of Hermes and Herse in Greek mythology
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child of (child) Eos Greek goddess of the dawn - parent of (child) Aradia character in Leland's 1899 work Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches
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parent of (child) Ceyx mythical son of Phosporus, husband of Alcyone -
parent of (child) Daedalion son of Phosphorus in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Leuconoe Greek mythological character, mother of Philammon
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sibling of (half) Hesperus personification of the planet Venus or its manifestation in the evening
Family 2
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Connections
How Phosphorus connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 5
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- identified with Auseklis Latvian god
- identified with Danica Slavic mythological creature
- identified with Hesperus personification of the planet Venus or its manifestation in the evening
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identified with Lucifer name for the "Morning star" (the planet Venus, or other stars) in Latin, sometimes used as a name for the devil or Satan - identified with Lucifer "Morning star" (the planet Venus) in ancient Roman mythology
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
12 statements on this record
- 12 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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