GAL.A.RU.RU

^dGAL.A.RU.RU (Great Aruru) is a name for the goddess Ištar of the Stars, namely Venus.

What is Kurtik MNM and do we need something better for Aruru.  ???

I don't think we need Venus stuff here

Images of Venus (Naked Eye Appearance)

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  Venus above Sahara (Nov. 2005, Susanne M Hoffmann)

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  Venus above campfire (Sahara 2008, SMH)

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  Moon and Venus in morning twilight above Austrian mountains (CC BY Susanne M Hoffmann 2016).

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  Venus and Pleiades above a mountain at Dawn in Europe (SMH 2020)

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  Venus above the rocks at Petra, Jordan (SMH 2023), it's already rather dark (not really dusk any more).

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  Venus above the Gate to the Shaolin Temple (China 2024, SMH)

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  Venus and Moon at Dusk (Europe, SMH 2025)

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  Saturn, Venus and Moon at Dusk (SMH 2025)

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  Moon and Venus in tropical dusk in Indonesia (Karimunjawa, SMH 2024).

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  Moon and Venus at Dusk (SMH 2025).

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  Venus and Moon at Dusk, 2025 (SMH)

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  Venus above houses, evening star, (SMH 2025)

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  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)
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

References

• Kurtik's references