Aurora elders from watching or interpreting the messages of ancestors they believed were transmitted through an aurora. "[[Bulfinch's Mythology]]" relates that in [[Norse mythology]], the armour of the [[Valkyrie|Valkyrior]] "sheds a strange flickering light, which flashes up over the northern skies, making what Men call the 'aurora borealis', or 'Northern Lights' ". There appears to be no evidence in [[Old Norse literature]] to substantiate this assertion. The first Old Norse account of "norðrljós" is found in the Norwegian chronicle "[[Konungs Skuggsjá]]" from AD 1230. The chronicler has heard about this phenomenon from compatriots returning from [[Greenland]], and he gives three possible
Aurora (given name) name include "" ("Avrorka"), "" ("Ava"), "" ("Ara"), and "" ("Rora"). The Sanksrit name Aarushi (Arushi) meaning first rays of the sun in the dawn, is closely related. The name Arushi stems from the word Arusha which appears in the Rig Veda. The Vedic hymns composed in praise of the fire god Agni refer to the red colour of the dawn as Arusha. The name Aurora or Arora is also used by the Khatri community of West Pakistan as a surname; the name has an Indo-Greek origin of the name Aurora. It can be written the same as Aurora or