sun god
noun
often capitalized S&G
: a god that represents or personifies the sun in various religions
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According to Egyptian mythology, Nut swallows the sun god Ra each night and gives birth to him each morning, symbolizing the solar cycle.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 May 2025
Once above sea level, the land was dried and nourished by Helios, the sun god, and life flourished.
—Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025
Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Compared with the fundamentalism of al-Qaida or Hamas, the doctrines of the Bolsheviks, the nationalism of the Nazis or the sun god worship of the Aztecs, Christianity does indeed seem not too bad.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 May 2025
Once above sea level, the land was dried and nourished by Helios, the sun god, and life flourished.
—Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025
Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Compared with the fundamentalism of al-Qaida or Hamas, the doctrines of the Bolsheviks, the nationalism of the Nazis or the sun god worship of the Aztecs, Christianity does indeed seem not too bad.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Sun god.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sun%20god. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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