List of light deities
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A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light and/or day. Since stars give off light, star deities can also be included here. The following is a list of light deities in various mythologies.
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African
Egyptian mythology
Guanche
- Magec, deity of the sun and light, exact gender unknown
Dahomean religion
American
Lakota mythology
- Anpao, two-faced spirit of the dawn
Maya mythology
- Tohil, god associated with thunder, lightning, and sunrise
Aztec
- Centzonhuitznahua, 400 gods of the southern stars
- Centzonmimixcoa, 400 gods of the northern stars
- Cipactonal, god of the daytime
- Citlālicue, goddess who created the stars
- Citlalmina, goddess of female stars
- Citlalatonac, god of male stars
- Tianquiztli, star goddesses
- Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day, and heat
Zapotec
- Coquihani, god of light
Incan
- Inti, god of the sun
- Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star"), goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet
- Mama Killa, goddess of the moon
Asian
Chinese
- Zhulong, dragon deity of daylight
Japanese
Hindu
- Aruṇa, personification of the reddish glow of the rising sun
- Dyaus Pita, continues the name of the Proto-Indo-European god of the day-lit sky
- Ushas, dawn goddess
Sumerian
- Inanna, primary goddess of the planet Venus
- Ninsianna, goddess of the planet Venus
- Šul-pa-e, underworld god who became associated with Jupiter
- Shulsaga, stellar god
- Aya (goddess), goddess of light and the dawn
European
Albanian
Baltic
- Dievas, creator god in Baltic myths
Celtic
- Lugh, personification of the sun
Etruscan
Germanic
- Baldr, god thought to be associated with light and/or day; is known by many other names, all of which have cognates in other Germanic languages, suggesting he may have been a pan-Germanic deity
- Dagr, personification of day
- Earendel, god of rising light and/or a star
- Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess
- Freyr, god of sunshine, among other things
- Sól, goddess and personification of the sun
- Teiwaz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky
- Thor, god of lightning, thunder, weather, storms, and the sky
Slavic
- Dazhbog, god of the sun and day
Greek
- Aether, primarily associated with upper air but associated with light in Hesiod's Theogony
- Apollo, god of light, among many other things
- Eos, goddess of the dawn
- Hemera, personification of day
- Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios
- Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera .
- Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- Zeus, as a reflex of *Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky
- Phoebe, titaness daughter of Ouranos and Gaia, whose name means shining or bright, with Kios gave birth to first Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis, and then to Asteria, who with Persea, son of Crius, became mother to Hekate.
- Astrae is another titaness who is a light being as is Persphone whose name means "light bringer." Armenian.
Mari
Roman
- Aurora (mythology), goddess of the dawn
- Jupiter (mythology), as a reflex of *Dyeus, god of the day-lit sky
- Mater Matuta, goddess associated with Aurora
Oceania
Polynesian
- Atanua, Marquesan goddess of the dawn
- Atarapa, goddess of the dawn
- Ira, sky goddess and mother of the stars
- Tala goddess of the stars
Māori mythology
- Ao (mythology), personification of light
See also
References
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