This image was created in Poser 5 and edited a great deal in Photoshop 7.0 with the help of roseofmadison. I've always liked Dawn and her appearance and symbolism so I did this image as a tribute to her as a character, a beautifal artwork, and a Goddess most of all. I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed creating it. ^_^ To understand the title, you must first know the character. ~*~ Following Definition C/O Wikipedia ~*~ Dawn is a popular comic book character created by Joseph Michael Linsner. She is an earth/fertility Birth and Rebirth Goddess and the lover of Death. She is depicted in a voluptuous style with three "tears" running from her left eye. Dawn - The Eternal Goddess of Birth and Rebirth, Aurora. Dawn is the guardian of earth witches and protects them in times of need, their devotion and praise empowers her. She takes the god of Death and all things dying as her lover and roams the planes as a free-spirited goddess. Her tears are warming but their meaning is not well known. Why does Dawn only have one eye visible? In the years of the witch hunt, it was fabled that only Witches could cry out of their left eye. Ever changing, her clothes and appearance, outwardly defining her feelings within. Drama is the first color story Linsner produced, and that Dawn actually appears in (besides being on the covers). It provides her back-story. It tells of the young goddess meeting with Death and how he takes away her innocence, and grants her knowledge of Heaven and Hell and of what lies beyond. By taking Dawn as his lover Death grants her ability to travel to any plane and dimension she wishes. The end of the story leaves a wiser but less innocent goddess. The pain of what she's experienced and her lost innocence is a constant reminder in the trademark three tears running from her left eye. ~*~ Dawn's Beginnings ~*~ The Goddess is shrouded in mystery, which is all too appropriate. However, once Dawn was very young. She went for a walk at the beginning of time and it was there she met Death. Dawn asked Death to show her Heaven and Hell and all that lies beyond. Death agreed, but only for a price; Dawn would join him as his lover for eternity. Dawn became Death's lover, thus completing the cycle of life, and when Death showed her all eternity's secrets Dawn was so overwhelmed, she cried three tears, which marked her forever. "Show me Heaven, show me Hell," she asked, "Show me what lies beyond." "All things for a price," he replied, "Stay with me." "But I don't love you," she confessed. "Then I must touch you," he told her. "All right," she said, the slightest hint of fear in her voice, "But first tell me your name." "My name is Cernunnos and I will love you like none other, for I have died a thousand tiny deaths and every time I died I thought of you....." "I'll show you what you are and what you could be. I'll take you beyond heaven and hell, my love, for a price. All things for a price."