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Solar myths, the Glossary

Solar myth (Latin: solaris «solar») — mythologization of the Sun and its impact on earthly life; usually closely associated with lunar myths.^[1]

27 relations: Akhenaten, Amaterasu, Amun, Apollo, Arthur Maurice Hocart, Ashvins, Aydin Mammadov, Cromlech, Dazhbog, Dolmen, Helios, Horus, Huītzilōpōchtli, Inti, Khepri, Max Müller, Mesoamerica, Mircea Eliade, Mitra, Napoleon, Ra, Shamash, Shinto, Solar deity, Sun, Twins in mythology, Vyacheslav Ivanov (philologist).
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Akhenaten

Akhenaten (pronounced), also spelled Akhenaton or Echnaton (ꜣḫ-n-jtn ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy,, meaning 'Effective for the Aten'), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

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Amaterasu

Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神), often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology.

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Amun

Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad.

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Apollo

Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.

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Arthur Maurice Hocart

Arthur Maurice Hocart (26 April 1883, in Etterbeek, Belgium – 9 March 1939, in Cairo, Egypt) was an anthropologist best known for his eccentric and often far-seeing works on Polynesia, Melanesia, and Sri Lanka.

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Ashvins

The Ashvins (lit), also known as the Ashvini Kumaras and Asvinau,, §1.42.

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Aydin Mammadov

Aydin Balamirza oghlu Mammadov (Aydın Balamirzə oğlu Məmmədov) is an Azerbaijani historian, scientist-demographer, specialist on historical demography, Ph.D. in history, and associate professor of the department of "source study, historiography and methods" of Baku State University.

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Cromlech

A cromlech (sometimes also spelled "cromleh" or "cromlêh"; cf Welsh crom, "bent"; llech, "slate") is a megalithic construction made of large stone blocks.

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Dazhbog

Dazhbog (Дажьбо́г, Дажбо́г), alternatively Daždźboh (Даждзьбог), Dazhboh (Дажбог), Dažbog, Dazhdbog, Dajbog, Daybog, Dabog, Dazibogu, or Dadźbóg, was one of the major gods of Slavic mythology, most likely a solar deity and possibly a cultural hero.

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Dolmen

A dolmen or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table".

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Helios

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (Ἥλιος ||Sun; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the god who personifies the Sun.

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Horus

Horus, also known as Hor, in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as the god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and the sky.

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Huītzilōpōchtli

Huitzilopochtli (Huītzilōpōchtli) is the solar and war deity of sacrifice in Aztec religion.

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Inti

Inti is the ancient Inca sun god.

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Khepri

Khepri (Egyptian: ḫprj, also transliterated Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun.

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Max Müller

Friedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a comparative philologist and Orientalist of German origin.

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Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

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Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade (– April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.

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Mitra

Mitra (Proto-Indo-Iranian: ''*mitrás'') is the name of an Indo-Iranian divinity that predates the Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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Ra

Ra (rꜥ; also transliterated,; cuneiform: ri-a or ri-ia; Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏,CIS I 3778 romanized: rʿ) or Re (translit) was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun.

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Shamash

Shamash (Akkadian: šamaš), also known as Utu (Sumerian: dutu "Sun") was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god.

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Shinto

Shinto is a religion originating in Japan.

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Solar deity

A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Twins in mythology

Twins appear in the mythologies of many cultures around the world.

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Vyacheslav Ivanov (philologist)

Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (Вячесла́в Все́володович Ива́нов, 21 August 1929 – 7 October 2017) was a prominent Soviet/Russian philologist, semiotician and Indo-Europeanist probably best known for his glottalic theory of Indo-European consonantism and for placing the Indo-European urheimat in the area of the Armenian Highlands and Lake Urmia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_myths

Also known as Solar myth, Sun Mythology, Sun myth.