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Lucifer

In Christian theology, another name for the devil, the leader of the angels who rebelled against God. In Greek mythology, Lucifer is another name for the morning star (the planet Venus).

As the star of sunrise, Lucifer was the son of the Titan Astraeus, father of favourable winds and the stars, by his daughter Eos, goddess of the dawn. His brother Hesperus, the evening star, was the planet Venus at sunset.



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A straight, dry, and partly decayed stick of the Hibiscus, about six feet in length, and half as many inches in diameter, with a small, bit of wood not more than a foot long, and scarcely an inch wide, is as invariably to be met with in every house in Typee as a box of lucifer matches in the corner of a kitchen cupboard at home.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
The solemnity is simple; the five corps assemble at night, and at a signal they all fall loading themselves with beer, out of pint-mugs, as fast as possible, and each man keeps his own count--usually by laying aside a lucifer match for each mud he empties.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The first tumbler in the world, you must know, was Lucifer, when they cast or pitched him out of heaven; for he came tumbling into the bottomless pit.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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