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Sol is the personification of the Sun and a god in ancient Roman religion.It was long thought that Rome actually had two different, consecutive sun gods: The first, Sol Indiges (Latin: the deified sun), was thought to have been unimportant, disappearing altogether at an early period.
Sol Invictus (Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs], "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in 274 AD and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire.
A depiction of Máni and Sól (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. Sól (Old Norse: , "Sun") [1] or Sunna (Old High German, and existing as an Old Norse and Icelandic synonym: see Wiktionary sunna, "Sun") is the Sun personified in Germanic mythology.
Italian "solfeggio" and English/French "solfège" derive from the names of two of the syllables used: sol and fa.[2] [3]The generic term "solmization", referring to any system of denoting pitches of a musical scale by syllables, including those used in India and Japan as well as solfège, comes from French solmisation, from the Latin solfège syllables sol and mi.
Pine-Sol is a registered trade name of the Clorox Company for a line of household cleaning products, used to clean grease and heavy soil stains. Pine-Sol was based on pine oil when it was created in 1929 and during its rise to national popularity in the 1950s. [ 3 ]
The celebration of the winter solstice (which influenced Christmas) was part of the Roman cult of the unconquered Sun (Sol Invictus). It was adopted as the Sabbath day by Christians. The symbol of light was a pagan device adopted by Christians, and perhaps the most important one that did not come from Jewish traditions.
The US imported nearly $200 billion worth of food in 2022. Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. operate under a trade agreement that lowers barriers to importing and exporting various goods, including ...
Sol (band), a Canadian indie rock band active in the 1990s; Sol Band or simply Sol, Palestinian folk-pop band; Sol, an album by electronic musician Eskmo; Sol, an album by Ougenweide; Shit Out of Luck, a 1996 album by The Lillingtons "Sol", a 2005 song by American post-metal band Rosetta from the album The Galilean Satellites