Ushas
Ushas (उषः úṣas-), Sanskrit for "dawn", is the chief goddess (sometimes imagined as several goddesses, Dawns) exalted in the Rig-Veda. She is portrayed as a beautifully adorned, sexually attractive young woman riding a chariot.
The worship of dawn as a goddess among the Indo-Europeans is also reflected by the greek goddess Eos and by latin Aurora.
20 out of 1028 hymns in the Rig-Veda are dedicated to Dawn: Book 7 has seven hymns, books 4-6 have two hymns each, and the younger books 1 and 10 have six and one respectively.
E. g. RV 6.64.1-2 (trans.
