List of solar deities

Solar Apollo with the radiant halo of Helios in a floor mosaic, El Djem, Tunisia, late 2nd century.

A solar deity is a god or goddess who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength. Solar deities and sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. The following is a list of solar deities:

African mythology

Australian Aboriginal mythology

Ainu mythology

Arabian mythology

Aztec mythology

Baltic mythology

Basque mythology

Brazilian mythology

Buddhist mythology

Canaanite mythology

Celtic mythology

Chinese mythology

Statue of the goddess Xihe charioteering the sun, being pulled by a dragon, in Hangzhou

Egyptian mythology

Etruscan mythology

Germanic mythology

Greek mythology

Hindu mythology

Hittite mythology

Incan mythology

Inuit mythology

Japanese mythology

Amaterasu emerging out of a cave, bringing sunlight back to the universe

Lusitanian mythology

Māori mythology

Maya mythology

Mesopotamian mythology

Minoan mythology

Muisca mythology

Native American mythology

Norse mythology

Persian mythology

Polynesian mythology

Roman mythology

Sami mythology

Slavic mythology

Turkic mythology

Zoroastrianism

Zunism

References

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