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Brighid, Irish sun goddess; Étaín, Irish Sun goddess; Grannus, god associated with spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and the Sun; Lugh, Sun god as well as a writing and warrior god; Macha, "Sun of the womanfolk" and occasionally considered synonymous with Grian; Olwen, female figure often constructed as originally the Welsh Sun goddess
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Kubai – Goddess of birth and children. She protects women who give birth. She gives the children souls. Koyash or Kuyash – Sun God. Koyash is the son of Gok Tengri "Sky God" and the Earth Goddess. Ak Ana – Goddess of creation. Ak Ana, is the primordial creator-goddess of Turkic people. She is also known as the goddess of the water. Ay Ata ...
The original name of the goddess contained the consonant /m/, and this consonant appears in some of the Amorite theophoric names mentioning the goddess. [4] In the Middle Bronze Age Alalah, a process of devoicing and denasalization of the consonant /m/ made it, as a result, a /p/; [5] this process is only attested at Middle Bronze Age Alalaḫ and at Late Bronze Age Ugarit. [6]
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.
Anyanwu (anyaanwū, meaning "eye of the sun" in Igbo) is the sun goddess of the good fortune, knowledge, and wisdom in the traditional Igbo religion called Odinala.She is an alusi, a tutelary spirit that was created by the Supreme god, Chukwu, to fulfill a specific responsibility related to nature or a principle.
Beivve Sami Sun symbol Sami Shaman drum found in Nærøysund Municipality, Norway. Beaivi, Beiwe, Bievve, Beivve or Biejje is the Sami Sun-deity; the name of the deity is the same as the name of the Sun. [1] [2] The Sami Sun-deity is usually depicted as female, but sometimes as male.
Believed to have origins as a Nubian goddess, Menhit is always depicted as a lioness with solar disk and a uraeus symbol. [1] [3] Coffin texts associate her with being a tutelary and solar deity. [1] Some sources identify her as the subject of the "Distant Goddess" myth. In one legend, the Eye of Ra flees from Egypt.