So the thigh of a rider on horseback would be covered by a loose girdle, on which his name might be embroidered (Revelation 19:16). The hollow of the thigh (Genesis 32:25) is the hip-socket or the groin. See also HIP.
Dawn, from an Old English verb dagian: to become day, is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in the atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc reaches 18Â° below the horizon.
A dawn goddess is a deity in a polytheistic religious tradition who is in some sense associated with the dawn. Occidental examples of dawn goddesses include the reconstructed Indo-European dawn goddess, see Hausos and her reflections in historical daughter traditions: 1  Greek Eos. 2  Etruscan Thesan, (possibly also Albina). 3  Germanic Äostre.