sun goddess

plural sun goddesses

1. A female sun god.

   Why, every 20 years, does Japan rebuild its most sacred shrine, uprooting the sun goddess Amaterasu from her old sanctum and resettling her in a new one?

   1993 October 7, David E. Sanger, “Ise Journal; Sun Goddess's Sojourn (Will Shinto's Star Rise?)”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2013

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   The places people stayed in had small, simple rooms, affordable to the working class. It was only the outside walls that fought off the Great Depression blues. Mermaids swam in the etched glass and sun goddesses smiled in the bas-relief.

   1988 February 14, Barry Bearak, “Art Deco Rivival : Miami Beach Comes Back Into Vogue”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2025

   There are times when you know there is a god. In the case of Bath, it is the ancient sun goddess, Sul. It was Sul who directed the miraculous hot and sulphurous waters that have been used as a cure for aches and agues for thousands of years - or so Celtic tribes believed.

   2003 September 15, Jonathan Glancey, “In hot water”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2014

   Synonyms: solar goddess