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sun god en · NOUN

Etymology

From sun + god.

Meanings

1. A personification of the sun worshipped as a god.
   • So they sacrificed to the sun god in the morning, to the earth goddess at noon, and to a mixed lot of fairies and demons in the evening. 2019, Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Random House, →ISBN:
   • The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife. 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 11, column 2:
   • He claims that the pendulums can have a hypnotic effect on the sun god and cause him to sink into a long slumber. 2014, Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem, Tor Books, →ISBN:
   • In the New Kingdom, the power of Amen was nearly absolute. Amen is paired with the sun god, Ra, and is referred to as “a fierce red-eyed lion.” 2009, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama, editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 38:

Forms

Coordinates

lunar deity · moon deity · moon god · sun goddess · solar goddess

Hyponyms

Atum · Huitzilopochtli · Chaxiraxi · Beaivi · Helios · Amaterasu · Apollo · Svarog · Aditya · Sol · Xihe · Dažbog · Shamash · Saulė · Surya · Ra · Inti

Synonyms

sun deity · solar deity · solar hero · solar god

Translations (4)

cmn 太陽神 /太阳神 (divine personification of the sun) · ja 太陽神 (divine personification of the sun) · ko 태양신 (divine personification of the sun) · fr dieu-soleil (divine personification of the sun)