sun god

English

Alternative forms

• sun-god, sungod

Etymology

From sun +‎ god.

Noun

sun god (plural sun gods)

1. (religion) A personification of the sun worshipped as a god.

   Synonyms: solar deity, solar god, solar hero, sun deity

   Coordinate terms: lunar deity, moon deity, moon god; solar goddess, sun goddess

   • 2009, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama, editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 38:

     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.”

   • 2019, Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Random House, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2014, Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem, Tor Books, →ISBN:

     He claims that the pendulums can have a hypnotic effect on the sun god and cause him to sink into a long slumber.

Hyponyms

• Aditya
• Amaterasu
• Apollo
• Atum
• Beaivi
• Chaxiraxi
• Dažbog
• Helios
• Huitzilopochtli
• Inti
• Ra
• Saulė
• Shamash
• Sol
• Xihe

Translations

divine personification of the sun

Chinese: Mandarin: 太陽神 / 太阳神 (zh) (tàiyángshén) French: dieu-soleil (fr) m Japanese: 太陽神 (taiyōshin) Korean: 태양신 (ko) (taeyangsin)

Further reading

• sun god on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Duongs, sun dog, sundog, undogs, ungods