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Sulis, British goddess whose name is related to the common Proto-Indo-European word for "Sun" and thus cognate with Helios, Sól, Sol, and Surya and who retains solar imagery, as well as a domain over healing and thermal springs. Probably the de facto solar deity of the Celts.
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A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength. Solar deities and Sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. The Sun is sometimes referred to by its Latin name Sol or by its Greek name Helios.
Eos, goddess of the dawn; Hemera, personification of day; Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios; Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion ...
Gaia, primal mother goddess and goddess of the earth and its personification; Hamadryades, oak tree dryads; Hegemone, goddess of plants, specifically making them bloom and bear fruit as they were supposed to; Helios, Titan-god of the sun; Horae, goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time; Meliae, nymphs of honey and the ash tree
In the mythology of the Tiwi people of northern Australia, the Sun Woman Wuriupranili (or Wuriunpranilli) is a solar goddess whose stringybark torch is the Sun. When she wakes each morning in the east, she lights a small fire, which mankind sees as the first glow of dawn. She then decorates her face and body with red ochre. Often, the pigment ...
Saulė is portrayed dancing in her gilded shoes on a silver hill and her fellow Baltic goddess Aušrinė is said to dance on a stone for the people on the first day of summer. [17] [18] In Lithuania, the Sun (identified as female) rides a car towards her husband, the Moon, "dancing and emitting fiery sparks" on the way. [19]
The name Ištanu is the Hittite form of the Hattian name Eštan and refers to the Sun goddess of Arinna. [dubious – discuss] [9] Earlier scholarship misunderstood Ištanu as the name of the male Sun god of the Heavens, [10] but more recent scholarship has held that the name is only used to refer to the Sun goddess of Arinna. [11]