morningstars

Medieval ball maces

Morningstars are medieval weapons consisting of a spiked metal ball attached to a handle, sometimes by a chain.

The name evokes the radiating points resembling a star.

The museum displayed several morningstars alongside maces and flails.

The singular morningstar appears more often; the plural typically describes collections or types of the weapon.

celestial

Venus

Love goddess, or planet

  • dawnDay's first glow
  • planetStar-orbiting spherical body
  • horizonApparent earth-sky meeting

bright · rising · eastern · luminous · herald · daybreak · sky · astronomy · Lucifer · phosphorus

weapon

flail

Swing limbs erratically

bludgeon · chain · ball · combat · knight · warfare · crushing · armor · battle · swing

botanical

lily

Trumpet-shaped garden bloom

  • bulbRounded storage organ
  • flowerPlant's reproductive organ
  • whiteAbsence of pigment

perennial · bloom · garden · florist · spring · arrangement · umbel · petals · stems · vase

Opposites
medieval weapon type

morningstarsswords

Edged fighting weapons

axes · blades · rapiers · sabres · longswords

celestial timing

morningstarsevening stars

Lights emerging after sunset

biblical symbolism

morningstarsPrince of Darkness

Satan's formal title

fallen angels · demons · darkness · shadows · serpent

Family

morning, star, morn, mornings, stars, starred, starry, starlight, stardom

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG