sun god

plural sun gods · alternative sun-god · alternative sungod

1. lifestyleA personification of the sun worshipped as a god.

   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

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   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

   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

   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

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