Questions tagged [sun]
For questions about the role of the Sun, the star around which Earth orbits, in mythology, including deities of the Sun.
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How did ancient cultures like Ancient Egypt justify having "non-month" days to adjust for their inaccurate calendar day count?
From asking How did the ancient cultures determine that the year was actually a fraction of an extra day beyond 365 days? I'm now wondering how cultures like Ancient Egypt, with their 12-month, 30 ...
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Why isn’t Lúgh Lámhfhada considered a sun-god?
A frequent talking point about Irish mythology that I see peddled in many neo-pagan and academic circles is the deity Lúgh Lámhfhada is no longer deemed a sun god but rather a light god or storm-god.
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What is the symbolism of horses in Canaanite sun worship?
In the Book of Kings it says:
"He [King Josiah] did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the House of the LORD, near the chamber of the ...
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Did the Romans and Greeks worship the sun as their sun god?
Did the Romans and Greeks worship the sun as their sun god, or was their sun god distinct from the astronomical sun?
Can the same be said about the moon and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...
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Why can't vampires walk in the sun?
A very common trope in vampire fiction is that vampires can't walk in the sun, and will die if they try to. See, for example, Suicide by Sunlight on TVTropes.
Why is that? What is the origin of the ...
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Roman - exactly what did they think the Sun was?
I can find a few references here and there to it being a chariot or something, but I don't just want to take any old lackey on the Internet's word for it. What exactly did they think it was?
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Is there a myth of someone living in the sun?
Is there a Greek myth of some sort of a god, human, or other creature living in the sun?
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What exactly did Apollo do with respect to the Sun?
My understanding is that Helios (a Titan) was actually the one who drove the Sun Chariot across the sky every day. But why, then, was Apollo the god of the Sun?
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