Solar deity

People have worshiped the Sun and deities who represent the Sun for all of recorded history. Hence, many beliefs and legends have been formed around this worship. Sun deities are generally (though not always) male, and usually the brother, father, husband and/or enemy of the lunar deity (usually female). They were often gods of truth, honesty, virtue, prophecy, intellect and fertility. Solar Deities\n*Abenaki mythology\n**Kee-zos-en\n*Aboriginal mythology\n**Gnowee\n**Walo\n**Wuriupranili\n**Yhi\n*Ainu mythology\n**Chup Kamui\n*Akkadian mythology\n**Shamash\n*Algonquin mythology\n**Michabo\n*Armenian mythology\n**Mihr\n*Arthurian mythology\n**Gawain\n*Aztec mythology\n**Huitzilopochtli\n**Ipalnemohuani\n**Tonatiuh\n*Bakairi mythology\n**Evaki\n*Basque mythology\n**Ekhi\n*Byelorussian mythology\n**Iarilo\n*Canaanite mythology\n**Moloch\n*Celtic mythology\n**Crom Cruach\n**Cuchulainn\n**Etain\n**Lugh\n**Mog Ruith\n*Chinese mythology\n**Shen Yi\n*Egyptian mythology\n**Duamutef\n**Hapy\n**Horus\n**Imset\n**Kebechsenef\n**Khepri\n**Ra\n*Etruscan mythology\n**Cautha\n*Greek mythology\n**Apollo\n**Helios\n**Hyperion\n*Hattic mythology\n**Wurusemu\n*Hinduism\n**Agni\n**Ansa\n**Aryman\n**Bhaga\n**Daksha\n**Dhanvantari\n**Dhatar\n**Dhatri\n**Indra\n**Mitra\n**Ravi\n**Rhibus\n**Savitr\n**Surya\n**Varuna\n**Vivasvat\n**Yama\n*Hittite mythology\n**Arinna\n*Hungarian mythology\n**Napkirály\n*Ibo mythology\n**Chuku\n*Incan mythology\n**Inti\n**Manco Capac I\n**Punchau\n*Inuit mythology\n**Akycha (Alaska)\n**Malina\n*Japanese mythology\n**Amaterasu\n**Marishi-Ten\n*Jewish mythology\n**Samson (suggested origin of the story)\n*Kachin mythology\n**Jan\n*Korean mythology\n**Haemosu\n**Palk\n*Lakota mythology\n**Wi\n*Latvian mythology\n**Saule\n*Maya mythology\n**Ahau-Kin\n**Ah Kin\n**K'in\n**Kinich Ahau\n**Kinich Kakmo\n**Hun-Apu\n*Moabite mythology\n**Chemosh\n*Navajo mythology\n**Tsohanoai\n*Norse mythology\n**Alfrodull\n**Freyr\n**Sol\n*Ossetian mythology\n**Wasterzhi\n*Palmarene mythology\n**Malakbel\n**Yarhibol\n*Papuan mythology\n**Dudugera\n*Pawnee mythology\n**Shakuru\n*Phoenician mythology\n**Saps\n*Persian mythology\n**Mithra (cf. Roman Mithras "the Bull-Slayer")\n*Polynesian mythology\n**Maelare\n**Raa\n**Tama Nui-Te-Ra\n*Pueblo mythology\n**Tawa\n*Roman mythology\n**Apollo\n**Sol\n**See also Heliogabalus.\n*Russian mythology\n**Iarilo\n**Khors\n*Sarmatian mythology\n**Khursun\n*Scythian mythology\n**Khursun\n*Seneca mythology\n**Kaakwha\n*Seran mythology\n**Tuwale\n*Shinto\n**Amateratsu\n*Sioux mythology\n**Wi\n*Slavic mythology\n**Byelobog\n**Dabog\n**Khors\n**Svarog\n*Sumerian mythology\n**Shamash\n**Uhubapút\n*Sumu mythology\n**Udó\n*Tarascan mythology\n**Curicaberis\n*Tupinamba mythology\n**Meri\n*Ukrainian mythology\n**Iarilo See also Phoenix, Stonehenge

Chinese Mythology

Unlike many other cultures, Chinese people do not personify nor worship the Sun or the Moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence of Taoism and I Ching in Chinese culture because the Moon represents Yin and the Sun represent Yang which are the basis of everything in nature. In Chinese mythology (cosmology), there were nine suns in the sky in the beginning. The world was so hot that nothing grew. A hero called Hou Yi (后毅) shot down eight of them with bow and arrows. The world became better ever since. In another myth, solar eclipse was caused by the dog of heaven biting off a piece of the sun. There was a tradition in China to hit pots and pans during a solar eclipse to drive away the "dog". Category:Solar deities \n\n