List of solar deities

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

Anyanwu, Igbo god believed to dwell in the Sun
Magec, Tenerife goddess of the sun and light
Mawu, Dahomey goddess associated with the Sun and the Moon
uMvelinqangi, Xhosa and Zulu people's god of the sun and sky
iNyanga, Zulu people, goddess of the moon
Ukhulukhulwanaa star, Zulu people's ancestor who came from the stars. He taught them to build huts and taught them the high laws of isiNtu

Egyptian mythology

Amun, creator deity sometimes identified as a sun god
Aten, god of the sun, the visible disc of the Sun
Atum, the "finisher of the world" who represents the Sun as it sets
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
Ptah, god of craftsmanship, the arts, and fertility, sometimes said to represent the Sun at night
Ra, god of the sun
Sekhmet, goddess of war and of the sun, sometimes also plagues and creator of the desert
Sopdu, god of war and the scorching heat of the summer sun

American

Aztec mythology

Huitzilopochtli, god of the sun and war
Nanahuatzin, god of the sun
Teoyaomicqui, god of lost souls, the sun, and the sixth hour of the day
Tonatiuh, god of the sun and ruler of the heavens

Brazilian mythology

Guaraci, god of the sun (Guarani mythology)
Meri, folk hero and god of the sun

Incan mythology

Inti, god of the sun and patron deity of the Inca Empire
Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star") was the goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet

Inuit mythology

Akycha, sun goddess worshiped in Alaska
Malina, goddess of the sun found most commonly in the legends of Greenland

Maya mythology

Ah Kin, god of the sun, bringer of doubt, and protector against the evils associated with darkness
Hunahpu, one of the Maya Hero Twins; he transformed into the Sun while his brother transformed into the Moon
Kinich Ahau, god of the sun

Muisca mythology

Sué, god of the sun and husband of Chía, the moon

Native American mythology

Jóhonaaʼéí, the Navajo sun god, known as The One Who Rules the Day
Kisosen, the Abenaki solar deity, an eagle whose wings opened to create the day and closed to cause the nighttime
Napioa, the Blackfoot deity of the sun
Tawa, the Hopi creator and god of the sun
Wi, Lakota god of the sun

Asian

Ainu mythology

Chup Kamui, a lunar goddess who switched places with her brother to become goddess of the sun

Arabian mythology

Malakbel, god of the sun
Shams/Shamsun, a solar goddess exalted in Himyar and by the Sabaeans.[1][2][3][4]

Buddhist mythology

Marici, goddess of the heavens, sun, and light
Surya, god of the sun (Suriya Pariththa, Suthra Pitaka, Pali canon, Theravada Buddhism)

Canaanite mythology

Shapash, goddess of the sun

Chinese mythology

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

Doumu, sun goddess sometimes conflated with Marici.
Xihe, sun goddess and mother of the ten suns
Yu Yi, god that carries the Sun across the sky
Xu Kai, god of the sun star

Elamite

Nahundi, god of the sun and law

Hindu mythology

Surya

Aryaman, god of the midday sun
Savitr, god of the sun at sunrise and sunset
Surya, the sun god, rides across the sky in a horse-drawn chariot ala Helios and Sol
Mitra, often associated with the sun
Mihir, meaning Sun.
Aruna, charioteer of Surya, god of the morning sun.
Tapati, sun goddess.

Hittite mythology

Istanu, goddess/god of the sun and judgment
Sun goddess of Arinna
Sun god of Heaven, daylight god of judgement
Sun goddess of the Earth, infernal goddess of the underworld.

Japanese mythology

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

Amaterasu, goddess of the sun

Mesopotamian mythology

Shamash, Akkadian god of the sun and justice
Utu, Sumerian god of the sun and justice

Scythian religion

Tabiti, ancient iranian goddess possibly connected with the sun.

Tocharian

A "sun deity" (kaum näkte),[5] possibly a goddess.[6]

Turkic mythology

Gun Ana, common Turkic solar deity, seen as a goddess in the Kazakh and Kyrgyz traditions
Koyash, god of the sun

Persian mythology

Mithra, often associated with the sun.
Hvare-khshaeta, the sun yazata

Zunism

The Zunbil dynasty and the subjects of Zabulistan worshiped the Sun, which they called Zun. They believed that the Sun was the god of justice, the force of good in the world and, consequently, the being that drove out the darkness and allowed man to live another day.

European

Armenian mythology

Ar, Arev, the sun god with its people as "children of the sun"

Baltic mythology

Saulė, goddess of the sun

Basque mythology

Ekhi, goddess of the sun and protector of humanity

Celtic mythology

Áine, Irish goddess of love, summer, wealth, and sovereignty, associated with the Sun and midsummer
Alaunus, Gaulish god of the sun, healing, and prophecy
Belenos, Gaulish god of the sun
Étaín, Irish sun goddess
Epona, horse deity occasionally linked with Étaín
Grannus, god associated with spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and the Sun
Macha, "sun of the womanfolk" and occasionally considered synonymous with Grian
Olwen, female figure often constructed as originally the Welsh sun goddess
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.

Etruscan mythology

Usil, Etruscan equivalent of Helios

Finnish mythology

Päivätär, goddess of the sun

Germanic mythology

Sól/Sunna/Sunne, the common sun goddess among the Germanic tribes, from Proto-Germanic Sōwilō; was chased across the sky in her horse-drawn chariot by a wolf

Greek mythology

Helios, the Titan god and personification of the sun who drove across the sky in a chariot.
Apollo, Olympian god of sun, light, healing, music and prophecy. His most common epithet was Phoebus (“Radiant”).
Eos, Titan goddess and personification of dawn.
Hemera, the primordial goddess of day.

Lusitanian mythology

Endovelicus, god of health and safety, worshiped both as a solar deity and a chthonic one
Neto, claimed to be both a solar and war deity
A possible sun goddess, whose cult has become that of Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora de Antime.[7][8][9]

Minoan mythology

A solar goddess of some sort, possibly the Snake Goddess.[10][11]

Roman mythology

Aurora, goddess of dawn
Sol, god of the sun, rides in a horse-drawn chariot

Sami mythology

Beiwe, goddess of the sun, spring, fertility, and sanity

Slavic mythology

Dažbog, god of the sun
Hors, god of the sun

Oceania

Australian Aboriginal mythology

Bila, cannibal sun goddess of the Adnyamathanha
Gnowee, solar goddess who searches daily for her lost son; the light of her torch is the Sun
Wala, solar goddess
Wuriupranili, solar goddess whose torch is the Sun
Yhi, Karraur goddess of the sun, light and creation

Māori mythology

Tama-nui-te-rā, personification of the Sun

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