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Bast, cat goddess associated with the Sun; Hathor, mother of Horus and Ra and goddess of the Sun; Horus, god of the sky whose right eye was considered to be the Sun and his left the Moon; Khepri, god of the rising Sun, creation and renewal of life; Ptah, god of craftsmanship, the arts, and fertility, sometimes said to represent the Sun at night
Goddess of the Moon Khonsu: Egyptian: The god of the moon. A story tells that Ra (the sun God) had forbidden Nut (the Sky goddess) to give birth on any of the 360 days of the calendar. In order to help her give birth to her children, Thoth (the god of wisdom) played against Khonsu in a game of senet.
Selene is the Greek proper name for the Moon, [157] and 580 Selene, a minor planet in the asteroid belt, is also named after this goddess. [158] Scientific study of the Moon, particularly lunar geology, is sometimes referred to as selenology, and its practitioners selenologists, to distinguish from Earth-based study.
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 ...
In Sabine and ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin Lūna [ˈɫ̪uːnä]). She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun, Sol, conceived of as a god. Luna is also sometimes represented as an aspect of the Roman triple goddess (diva triformis), along with Diana and either Proserpina or Hecate.
[59] [60] In pagan beliefs the fire hearth (vatra e zjarrit) is the symbol of fire as the offspring of the Sun. [61] In some folk tales, myths and legends the Sun and the Moon are regarded as husband and wife, also appearing as the parents of E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit ("the Daughter of the Moon and the Sun"); in others the Sun and the Moon ...
This gender-neutral Japanese name has many meanings, one of which is “second moon.” 46. Calypso. The name of a “trailing moon” in Saturn’s orbit, this gender-neutral moniker of Greek ...
Goddess of dawn and twilight. Coniraya: Moon god. Fashioned his sperm into a fruit, which Cavillaca then ate, and gave birth to a child. Pachamama: Fertility Goddess. Wife of Vircocha. Viracocha: Creation God. Husband of Pachamama. Mama Killa: Moon Goddess. Daughter of Vircocha and Pachamama. Wife of Inti. Inti: Sun God. Son of Vircocha and ...