Explore Myths about Sun
![](/images/icons/sun_re.jpg)
Re was the sun-god and creator of our world. He has a head like a hawk or a ram. The god wore ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_lugh.gif)
For the Celts, who lived in central Europe, Lugh was a Sun god. The underworld god Balor was ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_aztecton.jpg)
For the Aztecs, who lived in central Mexico, Tonatiuh was a Sun god. He was in charge of the ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_aztechuit.gif)
Huitzilopochtli, was the Aztec god of the Sun and the war. He was a blue man fully armed with ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_apollo.jpg)
In Greek mythology, Apollo was the son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leto (Letona). His twin sister ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_liza.gif)
Liza is a god of the Fon people of West Africa. Liza is represented by the fierce Sun. Usually ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_chinese.jpg)
According to ancient Chinese mythology, there existed ten suns that used to appear in turn ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_maui.jpg)
Maui was a hero of Polynesian mythology. For Maui and his mother the days were too short. Maui ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_japanese.gif)
Amaterasu was the Sun goddess of the oldest Japanese religion called Shinto. When her brother ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_shamash.jpg)
Shamash was a Sun god according to the Sumerian mythology. Sumerians were living more than ...
Read more
More about Myths about Sun
Did you know?
Did you know that
Thor was the Norse god of thunder, and that he produced thunder with his hammer, Mjolnir?
Did you know that the Roman god, Neptune, was not only the god of the sea, but also of earthquakes?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
LoessxLoess : An aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt and lesser and variable amounts of sand and clay that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate. Loess is usually homogeneous, highly porous, and is traversed by vertical capillaries t
Click on the word to find out!
Research Highlights
Corals in the Caribbean are threatened by global warming and climate change. Most of the efforts to conserve corals in this area have focused on the most diverse corals in the center of the Caribbean....
Read more![](/olpa/images/coral_endangered_small.jpg)