GAL.A.RU.RU
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dGAL.A.RU.RU is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.
Images of Venus (Naked Eye Appearance)
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Venus above Sahara (Nov. 2005, Susanne M Hoffmann) -
Venus above campfire (Sahara 2008, SMH) -
Moon and Venus in morning twilight above Austrian mountains (CC BY Susanne M Hoffmann 2016). -
Venus and Pleiades above a mountain at Dawn in Europe (SMH 2020) -
Venus above the rocks at Petra, Jordan (SMH 2023), it's already rather dark (not really dusk any more). -
Venus above the Gate to the Shaolin Temple (China 2024, SMH) -
Venus and Moon at Dusk (Europe, SMH 2025) -
Saturn, Venus and Moon at Dusk (SMH 2025) -
Moon and Venus in tropical dusk in Indonesia (Karimunjawa, SMH 2024). -
Moon and Venus at Dusk (SMH 2025). -
Venus and Moon at Dusk, 2025 (SMH) -
Venus above houses, evening star, (SMH 2025) -
Venus and Pleiades at Dusk in Europe (SMH 2020), for comparison of brightness
Dictionary
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
Epithet of Venus [G. 63]; in the identity: dGAL.A.RU.RU = MIN(= diš8-tar2 MUL.<MEŠ>) "Great Aruru = Goddess of the stars" [CT 25, 31, K. 2109+:17]. Aruru, the ancient mother goddess responsible for the birth and fate of people, the name is present already in the early lists of the gods, see. [MNM I, 109; Tallqvist 1938, 256, 309; Weidner 1924-25, 78, Kol. 7:1].
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, g04) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| эпитет Венеры [G. 63]; в тождестве: dGAL.A.RU.RU = MIN(= diš8-tar2 MUL.<MEŠ>) «Великая Аруру = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31, K. 2109+:17]. Аруру, древняя богиня-мать, отвечавшая за рождение и судьбы людей, имя присутствует уже в ранних списках богов, см. [МНМ I, 109; Tallqvist 1938, 256, 309; Weidner 1924–25, 78, Kol. 7:1]. | Example |
