Explore Myths about Sun
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Re was the sun-god and creator of our world. He has a head like a hawk or a ram. The god wore ...
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For the Celts, who lived in central Europe, Lugh was a Sun god. The underworld god Balor was ...
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For the Aztecs, who lived in central Mexico, Tonatiuh was a Sun god. He was in charge of the ...
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Huitzilopochtli, was the Aztec god of the Sun and the war. He was a blue man fully armed with ...
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In Greek mythology, Apollo was the son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leto (Letona). His twin sister ...
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Liza is a god of the Fon people of West Africa. Liza is represented by the fierce Sun. Usually ...
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According to ancient Chinese mythology, there existed ten suns that used to appear in turn ...
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Maui was a hero of Polynesian mythology. For Maui and his mother the days were too short. Maui ...
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Amaterasu was the Sun goddess of the oldest Japanese religion called Shinto. When her brother ...
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Shamash was a Sun god according to the Sumerian mythology. Sumerians were living more than ...
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