a manner very different from our way of speaking now. We talk of the sun rising and setting as of something which is sure

hese things, and so when the evening came they said, ‘Our friend, the sun , is dead; will he come back again?’ and when they

fe which they had themselves. In this way they came to think that the sun and stars, the rivers and streams, could see, and

, and that the evening twilight follows the sunset, they spoke of the sun as the lover of the dawn, or morning, who went be

he clouds which scud along the sky, but they spoke of the cows of the sun , which the children of the morning drove every da

day to their pastures in the blue fields of heaven. So, too, when the sun set, they said that the dawn with its soft and te

the her son, or her husband, in his dying hour. “In the same way, the sun was the child of darkness, and in the morning he

which re-appeared when she came back to him in the evening. “When the sun shone with a pleasant warmth, they spoke of him a

of men; when his scorching heat brought a drought, they said that the sun was slaying his children, or that someone else, w

s; and when, at last, the rain burst forth, they said that the bright sun had slain his enemy, and brought a stream of life

it came to pass that they kept the names which they had given to the sun , the clouds, and all other things when their orig

. It represents some of the great powers, or objects of Nature, — the sun , the moon, the heavens, the winds, or the sea. Th

ural power which it represents; such as the rising and setting of the sun , the tides of the sea, and so on. “II. It has an

oral dealings of God with man. Thus, Apollo is, first, physically the sun contending with darkness, but, morally, the power

ative Mythology. — Greek, Uranus*; Roman, Cœlum*; Hindu, Varuna*. The sun , moon, and stars were emblems of Uranus or Cœlum.

white horses. From the Egyptian name Horus those parts into which the sun divides the day are called horse or hours. Helios

an. “One who cannot guide the fiery horses sits in the chariot of the sun .” So ran the phrase which, scarcely disguised in

sat on the ground and tasted neither food nor drink. She gazed on the sun when he rose, and as he passed through his daily

became a sun-flower, which turns on its stem so as always to face the sun throughout its daily course. The sun-flower is a

ace of his repose. The name Endymion denotes the sudden plunge of the sun into the sea. Endymion represents the tired sun h

sudden plunge of the sun into the sea. Endymion represents the tired sun hurrying to his rest, and dead to the love which

ndymion being once forgotten, what was told originally of the setting sun was now told of a name which, in order to have an

have any meaning, had to be changed into a god or a hero. The setting sun once slept in the Latmian cave, the cave of night

Latmos, in Caria*. Endymion, sinking into sleep, was once the setting sun . In the ancient poetical language of Greece, peop

of “it is getting late;” “Selene embraces Endymion,” instead of “the sun is setting and the moon is rising;” “Selene kisse

l carries Europa over seas and mountains, journeying always, like the sun , from east to west. The Dawn has been taken from

e relation to Poseidon which Helios, who was believed to dwell in the sun , bore to Phœbus Apollo, the lord of light. In add

, which could never be filled. “The story of Tantalus means that the sun , when he glared too fiercely, killed the fruits w

phus is an emblem of the indestructibility of hope. It symbolizes the sun , which, daily after reaching the highest point, s

eaching the highest point, seems to drop down again. “Ixion means the sun at mid-day, whose four-spoked wheel, in the words

lie fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day, and with the setting sun Dropped from the zenith, like a falling star, On

ed every morning in yoking the celestial horses to the chariot of the sun which they help to unyoke when he sinks to rest.

of his unerring arrows. This may easily be explained. The rays of the sun do indeed put to flight the cold of winter, but,

cause of disease and death. With the first beams of the light of the sun , all nature awakens to renewed life, and the wood

arly light which appears in the morning, but is seen no more when the sun is risen.” Cox . Cassandra*, a daughter of Pri

the morning, which are scattered from before the face of the morning sun . Her tears are the rain-drops which turn to ice o

ks. In his original character, he was probably a god of the light and sun . Janus was believed to begin the new year, whose

of the ruler of Olympus. He stole some sparks from the chariot of the sun , and conveyed them to earth hidden in a hollow tu

ust have existed in ancient languages a large number of names for the sun , the sky, the dawn, and the earth. The sun (Œdipu

ge number of names for the sun, the sky, the dawn, and the earth. The sun (Œdipus) is the child of the darkness (Laius), an

ht of evening is suddenly blotted out by the vapors, the light of the sun is quenched in gloom. In other words, Jocasta die

eyes. “Antigone is the light which looks forth from the east when the sun sinks down in the west.” Max Müller . The T

t. By the sword which Perseus bears is meant the piercing rays of the sun . Perseus, Bellerophon, Heracles, Theseus, Apollo,

grown out of the phrases which originally described the course of the sun in its daily or yearly round. “Medusa is the star

s the starlit night, solemn in its beauty, and doomed to die when the sun rises; her sisters represent the absolute darknes

her sisters represent the absolute darkness which it was supposed the sun could not penetrate. “The Grææ* represent the twi

on that mountain.” “In the story of Bellerophon, the reference to the sun is obvious. He was called the son of Poseidon, wh

reciate this genealogy better than the Corinthians, who daily saw the sun rise out of the sea. The fall of Bellerophon is t

e out of the sea. The fall of Bellerophon is the rapid descent of the sun towards evening, and the plain over which he wand

ch he wandered is the broad expanse of somber light through which the sun is sometimes seen to travel sullenly and alone to

ryon inhabited an island in the far west in the region of the setting sun . After a wearisome journey Heracles arrived at th

e Greek myths. It sprung from the old phrases which had spoken of the sun as toiling for so poor and weak a creature as man

nected with his name may be traced back to phrases which spoke of the sun as born to a life of toil, as entering on his wea

olden apples,’ the golden-colored clouds which are grouped around the sun as he sinks in the western sky. “The death-scene

t in what has been called the ‘Tragedy of Nature’ — the battle of the sun with the clouds, which gather around him at his s

rrived at the island of Ææa*, where dwelt Circe*, the daughter of the sun . Landing here, Odysseus sent one-half of his crew

ich described the general phenomena of daytime from the rising of the sun to its setting. “The Sun (Odysseus) leaves his br

h his home until another series of ten long years come to an end. The sun cannot see the twilight until another day is done

which arise from the waters, and through which, like a huge eye, the sun sheds a sickly light, assume strange and gigantic

s. “‘Cave of Calypso,’ the bright and beautiful night which veils the sun from mortal eyes. “‘Phæacian land,’ the region of

unsullied by grosser vapors. “‘The chief seizes his bow,’ the hidden sun darts his ray through the cloud-rift, and scatter

d the freshness of Nature. Phœbus Apollo personified the light of the sun in its illuminating, energizing power; also intel

nt of material wealth. Helios, or Sol, presided over the light of the sun , and was believed to live in the sun. Selene, or

, presided over the light of the sun, and was believed to live in the sun . Selene, or Luna, presided over the moon. Hecate

presided over archery, prophecy, and music; also over light from the sun and intellectual light. Artemis, or Diana, presid

f the preceding day, were events full of symbolic meaning. The rising sun was the beautiful young god Horus*; in his mid-da

un. Each of these gods, as well as the many others connected with the sun , had his own specific character. This complex sun

d Neph, they comprise all Egyptian mythology.” Osiris personified the sun as “Lord of all things;” Isis, the moon, and Horu

he sun as “Lord of all things;” Isis, the moon, and Horus, the rising sun . In Thebes, Amun-Ra*, the “Concealed God,” or “Ab

goddess of vigilance; she was the eastern sky waiting for the morning sun . Athor*, goddess of love, was the beautiful west

, goddess of love, was the beautiful western sky, wife of the evening sun , taking the wearied traveler to rest in her arms

The names of the Assyrian deities were at first mere epithets of the sun , but came in course of time to denote different g

he sun, but came in course of time to denote different gods. Thus the sun was worshiped as Bel*, or Baal*, the Lord, and as

, Hyperion, Apollo, Perseus, all originally mere names of Helios (the sun ), became at length names of different persons. Th

of Helios (the sun), became at length names of different persons. The sun was chiefly worshiped as Baal, in Babylon. His wo

sacrifices on the tops of mountains. They adored fire, light, and the sun , as emblems of Ormuzd, the source of all light an

da contains ten hundred and twenty-eight hymns, invoking: as gods the sun , moon, and other powers of nature. “The Vedic, o

he west lay the land of the dead, the Elysian fields, and thither the sun hastens as he sinks down from the heights of heav

d over.” In the Vedic hymns, the Harits are the bright horses of the sun ; in the West, they became beautiful women, called

ds to the Greek Eos, and the Latin Aurora. Arusha was a name for the sun as he begins his course in the heaven. He is repr

destroyer, the father of the tempest-gods. Savitar is a name for the sun , as golden-handed, referring to his rays. When th

s rays. When the name was taken literally, the story grew up that the sun , offering up a sacrifice, cut off his hand, which

ail and snow. Odin next regulated the days and seasons by placing the sun and moon in the heavens and appointing them their

in the heavens and appointing them their respective courses. When the sun shed its rays upon the earth, the plants and tree

lves was called Alfheim*, and was the domain of Freyr, the god of the sun , in whose light they were always sporting. The N

perish. When all are slain, the world will be wrapped in flames, the sun will become dim, the stars will fall from heaven,

s. They were used in the worship of the deity under the symbol of the sun . There can be no doubt that the Druids offered sa

asion a large fire was kindled on some elevated spot, in honor of the sun , whose returning beneficence they thus welcomed a

cardinal points are represented as twins — the one sending forth the sun , the other lying in wait to conquer it; but, thou

forth the sun, the other lying in wait to conquer it; but, though the sun is apparently conquered each night, it rises with

ht of the dawn. Their long hair and flowing beard are the rays of the sun . Their loose and large robes typify the enfolding

e south; from it spread the welcome dawn; in it was born the glorious sun ; hence it became to him the home of the gods of l

e the day,’ and they light the world. He is never identified with the sun , nor was he supposed to dwell in it, but he is di

lodge in the far east, on the borders of the great ocean, whence the sun comes. In time he became the father of mankind, a

in the water.’ Plainly expressed, the sense of the story is that the sun rises daily out of the boundless waters which are

preceded by the dawn (the virgin mother), which fades as soon as the sun has risen.” Brinton . “Neither the redskin no

Memnon. Ancient writers record that when the first rays of the rising sun fall upon this statue, a sound, like the breaking

h was not solid, the sea was not fluid, nor the air transparent. “No sun yet beam’d from yon cerulean height; No orbing mo

death, and where they enjoyed an eternity of bliss. These islands had sun , moon, and stars of their own, and were never vis

n in that land of delight,     They need not the pale, pale star; The sun is bright, by day and night,     Where the souls

earth; while to Hyperion and Phœbe he entrusted the direction of the sun and moon, which the ancients supposed were daily

state of perfect innocence and bliss. The air was pure and balmy; the sun shone brightly all the year; the earth brought fo

umn, winter, did appear, And spring was but a season of the year; The sun his annual course obliquely made, Good days contr

ple air; When loosely girt her dazzling mantle flows, And ’gainst the sun in arching colours glows.” Flaccus ( Elton’s tr.

gods was Apollo (Phœbus, Sol, Helios, Cynthius, Pytheus), god of the sun , of medicine, music, poetry, and all fine arts.

ter and Latona twin children, Apollo and Diana, the divinities of the sun and moon. Latona and Her Children. W. H. Rin

f Apollo and Daphne was an illustration of the effect produced by the sun (Apollo) upon the dew (Daphne). The sun is captiv

of the effect produced by the sun (Apollo) upon the dew (Daphne). The sun is captivated by its beauty, and longs to view it

Procris The ancients had many analogous stories, allegories of the sun and dew, amongst others the oft-quoted tale of Ce

spirited action of the living creatures. In the warm season, when the sun became oppressive, Cephalus was wont to rest duri

lved to follow her husband. The morning had well-nigh passed, and the sun was darting its perpendicular rays upon the earth

to the same interpretation. Apollo’s principal duty was to drive the sun chariot. Day after day he rode across the azure s

ry Muses too, to hail him as conqueror. “And, when now the westering sun Touch’d the hills, the strife was done, And the a

ves when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung; as sun and showers     There had made a lasting spring.

aste if he would reach his father’s palace in the Far East before the sun chariot passed out of its portals to accomplish i

dark eyes, Phaeton, hearing this oath, begged permission to drive the sun chariot that very day, stating that all the world

the youthful charioteer. How had a beardless youth dared to mount the sun chariot? Jupiter could scarcely credit what he sa

r, and were therefore ever ready to worship Apollo. “I marvel not, O sun ! that unto thee In adoration man should bow the k

e, And, climbing up the mountain gorge, Fixed his blank eyes upon the sun .” Longfellow. Happy once more, he resumed his f

warning of any one’s approach, and especially to call him before the sun rose, as the lovers were particularly anxious tha

the melodious greetings of the feathered denizens of the forest. The sun god drove rapidly on, glancing right and left, an

ocence and beauty. Morning dawned. Venus, who had expected to see the sun illumine her rival’s corpse, saw her sporting as

l day long Psyche thought of him, longed for him, and, as soon as the sun had set, sped to the bower where the birds were s

swoon. When she opened her eyes once more, the storm had ceased, the sun was high in the heavens, and palace and gardens h

und Mercury peacefully sleeping in his cradle. With a rude shake, the sun god roused him from his slumbers, and bade him re

he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day: and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star, On Lem

onstantly rose out of Tartarus, were the Elysian Fields, lighted by a sun and moon of their own, decked with the most fragr

refused the honour, and declined to accompany him to a land where the sun never shone, the birds never sang, and the flower

s with soft sighs, with tender words alarms.” Darwin. Meanwhile the sun had sunk below the Sicilian horizon; and Ceres, r

the drooping flowers, the grain was parched by the ardent rays of the sun , and the grass all perished, while Ceres roamed o

f returning to the upper world, and seeing once more the blue sky and sun on the Sicilian plains. The monotonous murmur of

in each, till mingling into one, Their lot the same for shadow or for sun , A type of true love, to the deep they run.” Moo

with the goddess’s sacred fire, originally kindled by the rays of the sun . This fire — an emblem of the flame of life, whic

ll as with the present, and because he is considered an emblem of the sun , which opens the day at its rising, and closes th

n a cavern dwells the drowsy god: Whose gloomy mansion nor the rising sun , Nor setting, visits, nor the lightsome noon: But

d been considered very handsome indeed. Her home, in a land where the sun never shone, was very distasteful to her, so she

or high; If low, thy plumes may flag with ocean’s spray; If high, the sun may dart his fiery ray.’” Ovid ( Elton’s tr.).

gher and higher, until he could bask in the direct rays of the ardent sun . The heat, which seemed so grateful after his chi

extant in various museums. This story, like many others, is merely a sun myth, in which Bellerophon, the orb of day, rides

light, his eyes fell upon the distant line of hills against which the sun was just setting, and the sudden recollection of

    Piercing sweet by the river! Blinding sweet, O great god Pan! The sun on the hill forgot to die, And the lilies revived

manner of evil. This prayer was no sooner heard than answered, by the sun god’s sending a terrible plague to decimate the e

although taken by surprise, fought bravely; but it was only when the sun was fast sinking, that they finally embarked, and

Greeks again rowed on until they sighted Trinacria, the island of the sun , where Phaetusa and Lampetia watched over the sun

, the island of the sun, where Phaetusa and Lampetia watched over the sun god’s sacred herds. The men wished to land here t

phenomena, as persons with human parts and passions.” To the savage, “ sun , moon, and stars are persons, but savage persons”

ing the form of animals,” he concedes the same privilege and power to sun , moon, and stars, &c. This school further pro

e primitive state; and “in early philosophy throughout the world, the sun , moon, and stars are alive, and, as it were, huma

by the old saying, “Circumstances alter cases.” Thus the heat of the sun , for example, so beneficial at certain times, may

hem into a few large classes, which include the myths of the sky, the sun , dawn, daylight, night, moon, earth, sea, clouds,

be derived from the Sanskrit soar (“the bright sky”) and surya (“the sun ”); and all the manifold changes which at first me

he wind and rain (Mercury). Sun and Dawn Myths The myths of the sun , from which it is almost impossible to separate t

s, and have some main features of resemblance in all cases. The first sun myth mentioned in the course of this work is the

m her eastern birthplace by the sky (Jupiter), closely pursued by the sun (her brother Cadmus), who, after passing through

of dawn (Europa). Apollo, whose name of Helios is pure Greek for “the sun ,” had therefore not lost all physical significanc

s, who, however beloved, falls beneath his bright darts; and, as “the sun was regarded naturally as the restorer of life” a

ly supposed to have been endowed with marvellous curative powers. The sun , for the same reason, was supposed to wage contin

e Sanskrit dawn, we find another version of the same story, where the sun , although enamoured with the dawn, causes her dea

passage except in the luxuriant verdure. In Cephalus and Procris the sun again appears, and his unerring spear unwittingly

; and the stories evidently arose from three simple phrases, —  “‘the sun loves the dew,’ ‘ the morning loves the sun,’ and

simple phrases, —  “‘the sun loves the dew,’ ‘ the morning loves the sun ,’ and ‘ the sun kills the dew.’” In the tale of

 —  “‘the sun loves the dew,’ ‘ the morning loves the sun,’ and ‘ the sun kills the dew.’” In the tale of Orpheus and Eury

of Mr. Frederick Hollyer. Orpheus is also sometimes considered as the sun , plunging into an abyss of darkness, in hopes of

pposite the place where he disappeared, but is no more seen after the sun himself has fairly risen, “they say that Orpheus

her the last faint breath of the expiring wind, or the setting of the sun in blood-tinged clouds. In the story of Phaeton,

t and shining one,” a description of the golden palace and car of the sun is given us. We are told that the venturesome you

der.” The story of Diana and Endymion has also been interpreted as a sun myth, in which the name “Endymion” refers special

in which the name “Endymion” refers specially to the dying or setting sun , who sinks to rest on Mount Latmus (“the land of

g, “It is getting late”; “Selene embraces Endymion,” instead of, “The sun is setting and the moon is rising “Selene kisses

maiden, Selene. In the story of Adonis some mythologists find another sun myth, in which Adonis, the short-lived sun, is sl

mythologists find another sun myth, in which Adonis, the short-lived sun , is slain by the boar, the demon of darkness, and

o utterly refuses to exist without him. In the story of Tantalus (the sun ), who in time of drought offers to Jupiter the fl

loped in a great cloud of dust, has been interpreted to represent the sun , which is no “sooner pushed up to the zenith, tha

ing pile, and ends his career in one grand blaze, — the emblem of the sun setting in a framework of flaming crimson clouds.

“the starlit night, solemn in its beauty, but doomed to die when the sun rises.” He accomplishes this by means of his irre

hes this by means of his irresistible sword, the piercing rays of the sun , and then passes on to encounter the monster of d

ence he originally sprang. In the Athenian solar myth, Theseus is the sun , born of Ægeus (the sea, derived from aisso, “to

Centaurs (personification of the clouds, through which the victorious sun is sometimes forced to fight his way), then again

being hurled headlong from a cliff into the sea, —  an emblem of the sun , which often seems to plunge into the waves at ev

by the ram — whose golden fleece was but an emblem of the rays of the sun  — to enable them to escape from the baleful influ

y of solar heroes, all in quest of the golden fleece (the rays of the sun ), which Jason recovers by the aid of Medea (the d

and light (?), after they have been borne away by the all-conquering sun . Glauce (the broad daylight) next charms Jason; a

her dragon car and flies to the far east, forsaking her husband (the sun ) in his old age, when he is about to sink into th

hillside to perish, — an emblem of the horizontal rays of the rising sun , which seem to lie for a while upon the mountain

is course by Antigone ( “the pale light which springs up opposite the sun at his setting”). This story — which at first was

. This story — which at first was merely intended to signify that the sun (Œdipus) must slay the darkness (Laius) and linge

y thunderbolts. “The fall of Bellerophon is the rapid descent of the sun toward evening, and the Alein plain is that broad

e Alein plain is that broad expanse of sombre light through which the sun sometimes seems to travel sullenly and alone to h

ne to his setting.” In the story of the Trojan war there are several sun myths; for Paris, Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Achill

d Achilles have equal claims to be considered personifications of the sun . They love Œnone, Helen, Clytæmnestra, Briseis, v

sts identify with the Hindoo Panis (or “night demons”) instead of the sun . In this character he entices away the fickle twi

is brother heroes, “fights in no quarrel of his own; his wrath is the sun hiding his face behind the clouds; the Myrmidons

the Myrmidons are his attendant beams, who no longer appear when the sun is hidden; Patroclus is the feeble reflection of

er part of the dawn myths have been explained simultaneously with the sun myths, with which they are inextricably interwove

ourney she looked lovingly down upon the sleeping face of the setting sun (Endymion). Io and Circe, already mentioned, are

he earth myths, beside those already mentioned in connection with the sun myths, we have Gæa and Rhea, the mothers and cons

t allusion has already been made, comprise not only the cattle of the sun , the Centaurs, Nephele, Phryxus, Helle, and Pegas

posed to be one of these vessels, and the gilded shallop in which the sun daily made his pilgrimage back to the far east, a

Earth, whose single blazing eye has been considered an emblem of the sun . They forge the terrible thunderbolts, the weapon

existence assumed gigantic proportions, stole away the cattle of the sun (the clouds), and, after fanning up a great fire

ror, until they saw them finally slain by the unfailing arrows of the sun . Pan, Æolus, his numerous progeny, and the Harpie

lo. Same as Phœbus, Sol, Cynthius, Pytheus, and Helios, 2; god of the sun , music, poetry, and medicine, 39; Diana’s brother

on and the chase, 73-81 Cyn′thi-us. Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and fine arts, 44 Cyp-a-ris′sus. Friend of Apoll

4; dethroned, 6 E-rid′a-nus. River into which Phaeton fell from the sun chariot, 68; Hercules consults nymphs of, 197 E-

Apollo and Muses, 69, 70, 126 He′li-os. Name of Apollo as god of the sun , 44, 54; significance, 349. 352, 359 Hel′le. Dau

nus, a virtuous race, 4 Hy-pe′ri-on. The Titan who had charge of the sun chariot, 6, 8, 10 Hyp-erm-nes′tra. Daughter of D

56-359 Lam-pe′tia. One of the Heliades, 68; guards the cattle of the sun , 315 La-oc′o-on. Trojan priest; crushed to death

; significance, 355 Pha′e-ton. Son of Apollo and Clymene; drives the sun car, and is slain, 64-68; significance, 351, 352,

same as Diana, 73-81, 106 Phœ′bus. Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and of medicine, 44. 50, 70, 74, 76, 283; signifi

significance, 353 Sol. Name frequently given to Apollo as god of the sun , 44 Som′nus. God of sleep; the child of Nox, and

i-na′cri-a. Land visited by Ulysses, whose men slay the cattle of the sun , 315 Trip-tol′e-mus. Nursling and protégé of Cer

h burned in honour of Vesta. This fire was renewed by the rays of the sun , yearly, during the kalends of March, or latter p

with life by the fire which Prometheus stole from the chariot of the sun ; these, all, were works of his art. What were his

d fire, he took from them some flaming matter, with which he made the sun ; he then placed it in the heavens to illumine the

origin of Pan? It was extremely ancient. The Egyptians worshiping the sun as Osiris, and the moon as Isis, and the several

curred the wrath of Jupiter, by stealing fire from the chariot of the sun , to animate the figure of a man which he had form

igence, they saw nothing in nature so beautiful and beneficial as the sun , and soon began to render him divine honours, as

l the same; Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun , refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and

os. Yama or Yamen, God of death. He is esteemed to be a child of the sun , and thence named Vaivaswata. He is called also,

ous and degrading offices of life. Do the Hindûs pay adoration to the sun and moon? The worship of the sun appears to have

. Do the Hindûs pay adoration to the sun and moon? The worship of the sun appears to have been the very source and fountain

hich is a large dome, constructed of stone, upon which are carved the sun and the stars; and round them is a border, on whi

their faith, they learn the Gayteree, ox invocation of praise to the sun . At sun-rise, they turn to the east, and filling

eps. Under these porticoes, multitudes assemble, at the rising of the sun , and having bathed in the stream below, await the

had several methods of representing, by symbols, the progress of the sun , and the changes of the seasons. They depicted th

rogress of the sun, and the changes of the seasons. They depicted the sun under the emblem of a newborn infant, at the wint

ecame old and weak. Sometimes a figure with painted wings denoted the sun ; and the wings were of different colours, accordi

he world; but was generally considered to be a personification of the sun . He was the supposed author of all good, in const

its appellation of Tyfoon. When Osīris was the light and heat of the sun , Typhon was the darkness and cold of winter. Ever

d the dominion of Osīris. This Egyptian god bore some relation to the sun , as well as Osīris. The Greeks identified him wit

lwinds of burning sand, which darken the air, obscure the face of the sun , and frequently suffocate travellers. This circum

described by the death of Osīris, and the triumph of Typhon. When the sun approaches the sign Leo, he changes the state of

mystery. He was likewise regarded as a type of the annual rise of the sun after passing the winter solstice, when his beams

esented as gaping upwards, and receiving into his jaws the descending sun . Papremis seems to have been a form of Typhon, th

phæa Nelumbo, was imagined, by the Egyptians, to be symbolical of the sun rising from the bosom of the ocean, because it th

d, during four months, with milk, in a house which fronted the rising sun . He was then conveyed to Memphis, where a delight

me uncorrupted; it soon degenerated into Sabism, the adoration of the sun , moon, and other celestial bodies. Temples were d

ons of Mahabad were retained, with a superstitious veneration for the sun , the planets, and fire. The Persian Mythology was

ucing a universal deluge. This personage is spoken of as a star, or a sun , and as existing upon earth, under three forms. D

e summit of mount Albordi was the first land that became visible. The sun and the moon then appeared upon its summit; and t

hem his dwelling-place. They venerated fire as his sacred emblem; the sun as his image; and their worship of him consisted

as Mithras? Mithras is supposed to have been a personification of the sun . He was esteemed to be the first production of th

, and through the compassion of Oromasdes, from this chaos, arose the sun and the planets. Into the different planets were

nd beauty; how with stars, By him, the heavens were spangled; how the sun Refulgent Mithras, purest spring of light, And ge

l from the four corners of the world. The wolf Fenris will devour the sun ; another monster will carry off the moon; the sta

proceed the winds; and Svalin, who holds a curious shield before the sun , to prevent the hills from being burnt, and the s

have thought, that by their superior deity, the Babylonians meant the sun . Chap X. [Idol deities of the Canaanites, Phil

compounded of the figures of a man and a fish; his name signifies the sun worshiped under the form of a fish. Moloch, the s

Viracocha, or Pachacamac, whom they worshiped in connection with the sun ; Pachamama, or the Earth; and Mamacocha, or the m

133 Ganymede, the successor of Hebe 25 Gāyteree, an invocation to the sun 140 Genii, domestic divinities 92 Glaūcŭs, a sea

on 125 Osīris, an Egyptian deity 155 Osīrĭs, a personification of the sun 30 P Pachacamac, a name of Viracocha 221 Pa

deity 218 Rōbīgus, a rural divinity 87 S Sabism, worship of the sun 179 Sāga, a Scandinavian goddess 203 Salamanders,

goddess of wine 138 Sūrtur, a genius of fire 201 Sūrya, a name of the sun 139 Svālin, a Scandinavian deity 209 Swerga, the

95 Tellus, a name of Cybele 10 Temple of Jaggernaut 146 Temple of the sun in India 139 Teutates, the Celtic supreme 190 Tit

ibula,) altars, and hearths. A sacred fire kindled by the rays of the sun , was perpetually kept in her temple. It was annua

he worship of fire was introduced originally from the east, where the sun was deemed the most glorious image of the Supreme

ecian temples and statues. The sacred fire renewed by the rays of the sun , attended the monarchs in their wars. Questions.

t, and produces the stalk and ear, exposing itself to the face of the sun . It is not our intention to present an unnecessar

tians; and Adonis by the Syrians. The Massagetæ offered horses to the sun , because they were swift. Apollo, Phœbus, and Sol

gure of a young man, who holds a bow or a harp in his hand, while the sun is represented with a head surrounded with rays,

ns of the zodiac. Each of these signs answers to a month; so that the sun runs over them all during the course of the year;

he course of the year; hence they are called the twelve houses of the sun . 1. March, sign of Aries (a ram.) He represents t

to Neptune. The names of the four horses that drew the chariot of the sun , were Eous, Pyrois, Aethon, and Phlegon, Greek na

ch the earth. Horæ or Seasons are supposed to be the daughters of the sun . Early in the morning, they prepare the chariot a

rose-bushes were covered with new flowers. Among the children of the sun , Aurora and Phaeton are the most celebrated. Ques

? What were the names of the four horses that drew the chariot of the sun ? Who were supposed to be the daughter of Sol?

Aurora, the goddess of the morning dawn, and the harbinger of the sun , was the wife of Astræus, one of the Titans, by w

et. Phaeton, the son of Sol, begged leave to drive the chariot of the sun for one day; but he found himself unequal to the

e same birth with Diana, and was not unfrequently confounded with the sun . He presided over music, eloquence, medicine, poe

orld; and from this circumstance, he has often been considered as the sun . No god was more honoured than Apollo. His oracle

ana, from which circumstance we understand that they are used for the sun and moon; Nomius, because he fed the cattle of Ad

kilful in the use of arrrows; Phœbus, in allusion to the light of the sun ; Pythius, on account of his victory over the serp

ry over the serpent Python, a victory which must be attributed to the sun , which, while enlightening and drying up the mud,

omplaints to be heard. The arrows of Apollo represent the rays of the sun . Such was their power, that sudden deaths were at

Apollo and Diana, proves how much we believe in the influence of the sun and moon. When Apollo was enraged, they represent

n the poets saw that the sunflower always inclined itself towards the sun , they published that Clytia had been turned into

r form, having destroyed her sensibility, she still turns towards the sun to reproach his inconstancy. Obs. 5. — The Satyr

ose pestilential vapours which are fatal to mankind. He is called the sun in heaven, Bacchus on earth, and Apollo in the in

often given to Hercules, who appears to have been confounded with the sun . Mr.  Court de Gebelin solves this problem ingeni

brated Hercules and his twelve labours were merely the emblems of the sun and the twelve signs of the zodiac. He also expla

t they followed him wherever he went; he fabricated the palace of the sun , the necklace of Hermione, the crown of Ariadne,

n he fell, from noon to dewy eve A summer’s day; and with the setting sun . Drops from the zenith, like a falling star, On L

and evil. Thus, the Egyptians gave the name of Osiris and Isis to the sun and moon. Neptune, celebrated because he commande

rst forth from them. Hence, Virgil intimates that when exposed to the sun , the skin of a bull or heifer attracts insects, w

give light to the world, and with which burning matter he formed the sun , which he gave to the earth for her husband. Thes

bscure and singular deity? What deities sprang from the Earth and the sun ? What nation was the first which considered the e

lissful seats of happy souls below, Stars of their own, and their own sun they know.” “Patriots, who perish’d for their co

s of the world, and fathers of mankind.” “There, rage no storms; the sun diffuses there His temper’d beams, thro’ skies fo

ey were served up in dishes, Atreus and Thyestes feasted on them. The sun is said to have turned his course back to the eas

inscription of her own name, Eternity. She held in her hand a radiant sun or moon, because each was considered eternal. She

this means Dædalus flew out of Crete into Sicily; but the heat of the sun melted the wax on the wings of Icarus, and he fel

recious fruit. His twelfth labour was to bring up to the light of the sun , Cerberus, a triple-headed dog that guarded the g

heaven: whence, upon their observing a bright star, setting after the sun , they called it Hesperus, Hesper, Hesperugo, Vesp

By the motion of the air, the particles of fire rose, and gave to the sun , moon, and stars, their circular motion. Solid ma

s he has the head of a hawk, whose quick and piercing eye denotes the sun . Other emblems were, a sceptre and an eye, expres

t Ætna. Horus, the son of Osiris and Isis, was also an emblem of the sun . He was a particular object of veneration among t

urning sands, which suffocate travellers, and obscure the face of the sun . These circumstances are descriptive of the death

ances are descriptive of the death of Osiris. In approaching Leo, the sun chases away the malignant vapours to preserve coo

es for the soul.” Questions. What names did the Egyptians give to the sun and moon? How is Osiris represented? What was the

a universal deluge, made his appearance. He is taken for a star or a sun . A conflict now ensued between the author of good

it impious to do so, but venerated fire as his sacred emblem and the sun as his image. His worship was celebrated with blo

brated with bloodless and simple ceremonies. Mithras personified the sun . He was the first production of Oromasdes, and wa

chaos, wherein existed confusion, hatred, violence, and anarchy. The sun and planets proceeded from this chaos. The seven

            How with stars, By him the heavens were spangled; how the sun Refulgent Mithras, purest spring of light, And ge

ated weapon, the war-mace, and the lotos. Yamen or Yama, a son of the sun , is the god of death, king of justice, and judge

ow and miserably despised class of the Hindoos. The Hindoos adore the sun under the name of Surya. Surya is represented as

rioteer Arun, or the dawn. Among the temples erected in honour of the sun , was one, the walls of which “were of red marble,

an image of the radiant Divinity, hardly inferior in splendour to the sun himself, his rays being imitated by a boundless p

rubies, and diamonds of inestimable value.” But another temple of the sun at Juggernaut is the most celebrated. It is descr

their faith, they learn the Gayterre, or invocation of praise to the sun . They have absolute dominion over the Indians. Th

cient and general form of it. The Chaldeans and Phœnicians adored the sun under the name of Belus or Baal, (which means lor

f solid gold, and a throne of the same metal. The Arabians called the sun Adoneus and daily offered to him incense and perf

aily offered to him incense and perfume. The Ammonites worshipped the sun under the name of Moloch, and immolated to him hu

s, chiefly children. The Moabites gave the name of Beel Phegor to the sun , and honored him with detestable and cruel rites.

nd of all things; to hide his memoirs under ground in the city of the sun , named Sippara; next, to construct a vessel, and

rational beings being not yet engendered. Immediately after Mob, the sun , moon, and stars, began to appear and shine. A vi

winds and clouds, which distributed rain. This rain, attracted by the sun , produced storms; and the thunderclap awoke intel

a. A great drought prevailing, they stretched their hands towards the sun , which they regarded as the only god and master o

ilt, as it consisted of human sacrifices. The Mexicans worshipped the sun , under the name of the Prince of Glory, and calle

g reptiles. They supposed that the blessed lived in the palace of the sun , and that their time was employed in music, danci

lves headlong into the fire, than they appeared in the heavens as the sun and moon. The Mexicans prayed, kneeling or prostr

utiful, beneficent, and mighty Frei and Freya. Frei, the ruler of the sun , dispenses rain and sunshine, plenty or dearth. H

ed with so great majesty, that his looks were resplendent. He was the sun of the Celts, the same as the Grecian Apollo. His

remain until the last day, when he will be let loose, and devour the sun . The serpent was cast into the sea, where he will

aidens. Gna, the messenger of Frea, floats about with the rays of the sun ; Synia, the guard of heaven, protects justice and

y thing with twelve rivers (Eliwagar issuing from this fountain.) The sun had no palace; the stars did not know their homes

Mundelfari (the mover of the axis,) had two beautiful children, Sool ( sun ,) and Maan (moon.) He married his daughter to Gle

up to the heavens. They were employed in driving the chariots of the sun and moon. We may easily recognize in the foregoin

eaven; fire will issue from his nostrils and eyes; he will devour the sun , and the great dragon who follows him, will vomit

elevated palace in it, covered with gold, and more brilliant than the sun , and there the just will dwell and rejoice for ce

the jaws of the wolf asunder. There will be an abode remote from the sun , with doors turned towards the north. In it poiso

f all, was called Juul, and was celebrated in honor of Thor or of the sun , to obtain a fertile year. During its continuance

. They were sometimes carried off and buried in honor of Thor, or the sun ; and when the smoke arose quickly, the people dou

top to the bottom, and then in a circle, or against the course of the sun . We shall not dwell upon the mortifying spectacle

h air, and Vulcan with fire. But Apollo and Diana are assumed for the sun and moon; the sphere of Saturn is attributed to C

Ida’s shady brow, Or in the chambers of the East, The chambers of the sun , that now From ancient melody have ceas’d; Wheth

mental, moral, and social attributes of men.” In these deities of the sun , the moon, and the dawn, we do not yet know the p

with moist fleeces, slain by the unerring arrows of Bellerophon, the sun ; or swan-maidens, flitting across the firmament;

nd of the storm-god Thor revealed hidden treasures. The yellow-haired sun Phœbus drove westerly all day in his flaming char

stow attributes of life upon inanimate things and abstract ideas. The sun is nowadays thirsty, the ship is a woman, the clo

allows all things. We look unto the hills whence cometh our help; the sun still rises, and, as Mr. Jasper maintains, “do mo

e presence of magnificent objects of nature — mountains, the sky, the sun , the sea — is universal. It springs from the fact

ls whose flight is higher than that of nature. On the contrary, since sun , sea, and winds move, the savage invests them wit

e purging of evil vision and fear by the baptism of its dew; — if the sun itself is an influence, to us also, of spiritual

language. In ancient languages every such word as day, night, earth, sun , spring, dawn, had an ending expressive of gender

e may, for instance, have said sunrise follows the dawn. The word for sun was masculine; the word for dawn, feminine. In ti

wn, feminine. In time the sentence came to mean Apollo the god of the sun chases Daphne, the maiden of the glowing dawn. Bu

that burned easily, hence might readily be devoted to the god of the sun . So Daphne, the maiden, assuming the form of Daph

life and the parts and passions of persons like themselves. “The sky, sun , wind, sea, earth, mountains, trees, regarded as

visit ghosts and the region of the dead; power over the seasons, the sun , moon, stars, weather, and so forth.”10 The sto

nd governing, the different objects of nature — air, fire, water, the sun , moon, arid stars, the mountains, forests, and st

sprung, and in which both forever remain rooted. Thus, from the real sun , rising and setting; from the real atmosphere, ca

wo omnipresent spiritual influences, of which one illuminates, as the sun , with a constant fire, whatever in humanity is sk

rts — the root and the two branches. The root, in physical existence, sun , or sky, or cloud, or sea then the personal incar

rometheus ascended to heaven, lighted his torch at the chariot of the sun , and brought down fire. With fire in his possessi

lody with his lyre, and the Muses sang in responsive strain. When the sun was set, the gods withdrew to their respective dw

ronus from the heavenly threshold: “All day I flew; and at the set of sun . I fell in Lemnos, and little life was left in me

pollo, the son of Jupiter and Latona, was preëminently the god of the sun . His name Phœbus signifies the radiant nature of

hildren of Niobe. While Phœbus Apollo is the Olympian divinity of the sun , fraught with light and healing, spiritual, creat

(offspring of Hyperion, Titanic deity of light), who represented the sun in its daily and yearly course, in its’ physical

Roscher 4: 603.] ———— “Queen and Huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair. Sta

own the dank ways, past the streams of Oceanus, past the gates of the sun and the land of dreams, to the mead of asphodel i

hed. Whenever the fire did die, it was rekindled from the rays of the sun . § 43. Of the Lesser Divinities of Heaven the mos

ivinities of Sun and Moon respectively. Helios, the charioteer of the sun , is, as has been already said, frequently identif

t even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light; Nor sound o

amed the Cimmerians, and are then located in the far north, where the sun neither rises nor sets. But Homer’s Elysium of th

But Homer’s Elysium of the western seas is a happy land, not tried by sun , nor cold, nor rain, but always fanned by the gen

ch soft light eternally Shines, as in silver dawns of June Before the sun hath climbed the sky! ……………………………………… All these t

diately asked to be permitted for one day to drive the chariot of the sun . The father repented of his promise, and tried to

re rows of chrysolites and diamonds, reflecting the brightness of the sun . While the daring youth gazed in admiration, the

blossom, ultimate of all. Say, does the seed scorn earth and seek the sun ? Surely it has no other end and aim Than to drop,

er own tears and the chilly dew her only sustenance. She gazed on the sun when he rose; and as he passed through his daily

er face became a flower, turning on its stem to follow the journeying sun . In the following lines, Thomas Moore uses the fl

ave him Cedalion, one of his men, to be his guide to the abode of the sun . Placing Cedalion on his shoulders, Orion proceed

ng the golden rams while they raged under the influence of the rising sun . Psyche, observing the directions of the compassi

directions of the compassionate river-god, crossed when the noontide sun had driven the cattle to the shade, gathered the

he turned, with eager eyes aflame, He saw betwixt him and the setting sun The lively image of his loved one. He trembled a

ts had laid Upon the goddess on that very morn, Dyed like the setting sun upon the corn. Speechless he stood, but she now

e, he on his. One morning, when Aurora had put out the stars, and the sun had melted the frost from the grass, they met at

with wet, sad eye, she watched the shade Brighten below a soft-rayed sun that shot’ Arrows of light through all the deep-l

side the truth. Phœbus’ chariot course is run! Look up, poets, to the sun ! Pan, Pan is dead.” True enough from the philos

c. Phœbus’ chariot course shall not be finished so long as there is a sun , or a poet to gaze upon it. And that Pan is not y

shrine, Deep in the bosom of a wood of pine; Faithful thro’ shade and sun , That service due and done May haply earn for me

a sharp mountain-peak of Thessaly Against the red disk of the setting sun , — And instantly the blood sank from his heart. …

— so called because it lay in the west, under the rays of the setting sun . This description is thought to apply to Spain, o

hey flew away. Icarus had been warned not to approach too near to the sun , and all went well till they had passed Samos and

e boy, exulting in his career, soared upward. The blaze of the torrid sun softened the waxen fastenings of his wings. Off t

lamentations. The people wept with them, and to the going down of the sun there was no pause or abatement of their grief. T

they arrived at the Ææan isle, where Circe dwelt, the daughter of the sun . Landing here Ulysses climbed a hill, and gazing

e finding a covert sheltered by intermingling branches alike from the sun and the rain, he collected a pile of leaves and f

ed the waves, and brushed away the clouds from before the face of the sun . Some of the ships which had got on the rocks, he

air, and saw all objects clothed in a purple light. The region had a sun and stars of its own. The inhabitants were enjoyi

This material was scattered like seed among the heavenly bodies, the sun , moon, and stars. Of this seed the inferior gods

eriods of day and night and the seasons by placing in the heavens the sun and moon, and appointing to them their respective

moon, and appointing to them their respective courses. As soon as the sun began to shed its rays upon the earth, it caused

. But he demanded for his reward the goddess Freya, together with the sun and moon. The gods yielded to the terms, provided

nge the heavens in darkness by permitting the giant to carry away the sun and the moon. They all agreed that no one but Lok

, and lifting up his mallet, paid the workman his wages, not with the sun and moon, and not even by sending him back to Jöt

ts, or Elves of Light, were exceedingly fair, more brilliant than the sun , and clad in garments of a delicate and transpare

rfs, of a dirty brown color, appeared only at night. They avoided the sun as their most deadly enemy, because his beams cha

frost be severe, the wind piercing, the weather tempestuous, and the sun impart no gladness. Three such winters will pass

rts fire and flames over the world, and the universe is consumed. The sun grows dim, the earth sinks into the ocean, the st

able, powerful; the king; later, the signification was limited to the sun . Oceanus probably means flood. Tethys: the nouris

Tethys: the nourisher, nurse. Hyperion: the wanderer on hig‌h399 the sun . Thea: the beautiful, shining; the moon. She is c

he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day; and with the setting sun Dropped from the zenith, like a falling star, On

re explained by many scholars as symbolic of the annual course of the sun . Apollo is born of Leto, who is, according to hyp

to, who is, according to hypothesis, the Night from which the morning sun issues. His conflict with the dragon reminds one

he forces of winter, which are overcome by the rays of the springtide sun . The dragon is called Delphyne, or Python. The la

yths of Apollo as referring to the annual and diurnal journeys of the sun is justifiable. To explain the savage and sensele

the Delphinia, in May, to celebrate the genial influence of the young sun upon the waters, in opening navigation, in restor

purpose of this festival was twofold: to propitiate the deity of the sun and forefend the sickness of summer; to celebrate

ball, and thence little globes were hung.”“The greater ball means the sun , the smaller the moon, the tiny globes the stars,

ord of the unerring bow, The god of life, and poetry, and light — The sun , in human limbs arrayed, and brow All radiant fro

1: 190, note 4); and even if light is born of or after darkness, the sun (Apollo) and the moon (Artemis, or Diana) can har

nd Phœbus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun , is set.” See Milton’s Sonnet, “I did but prompt

morning (Phœnicia). Her brother Cadmus, who pursues her, would be the sun searching for his lost sister or bride. Very fanc

or the immortals.” Turn off to the left: indicating the course of the sun , west by south. The Serpent, or Dragon: a constel

o assumed many of the attributes of Helios, the older divinity of the sun , who is ordinarily reputed to be the father of Ph

The name Phaëthon, like the name Phœbus, means “the radiant one.” The sun is called both Helios Phaëthon and Helios Phœbus

and the destruction of its icy offspring under the rays of the spring sun (Sci. Relig. 372). According to Homer (Iliad 24:

es her golden-tinted, wintry mists or clouds with the splendor of the sun and moon. Others look upon the myth as significan

0. Interpretative. — Perhaps the unceasing and unvarying round of the sun led to the conception of him as a servant. Max Mü

as a servant. Max Müller cites the Peruvian Inca who said that if the sun were free, like fire, he would visit new parts of

the appearance of the dawn in the eastern sky, then the rising of the sun as if hurrying after his bride, then the gradual

fading away of the bright dawn at the touch of the fiery rays of the sun , and at last her death or disappearance in the la

Flowers, “I will not have the mad Clytie. Whose head is turned by the sun ,” etc.; W. W. Story, Clytie; Mrs. A. Fields, Clyt

he simplest explanation of the Endymion myth, the hero is the setting sun on whom the upward rising moon delights to gaze.

n the supposition that the herds of Apollo are the bright rays of the sun , a plausible physical explanation of the relation

hly probable, theory explains the golden touch of Midas as the rising sun that gilds all things, and his bathing in Pactolu

s gaze, as the mists of morning vanish before the glory of the rising sun ( Cox). It might be more consistent to construe E

ew-drop (from Greek Prōx, dew) which reflects the shining rays of the sun . The “head of the day,” or the rising sun, Cephal

cts the shining rays of the sun. The “head of the day,” or the rising sun , Cephalus, is also wooed by Aurora, the Dawn, but

the first ruddy flush of morning ( Welcker); or, as a solar-myth, the sun in his setting and waning, — Tithonus meaning, by

opper, would then typify the presumable weariness and weakness of the sun at night. Illustrative. — Spenser, Epithalamion;

s existence as king of an eastern land or his identity with the young sun , and strengthens the theory according to which hi

d as the glowing clouds that meet in battle over the body of the dead sun . Illustrative. — Milton, Il Pens.; Drummond, Sum

ds along the hillside. The clouds are the sheep that he pastures; the sun glowering through the vapor is his single eye ( C

, been explained as the morning breeze, or even as the chariot of the sun . The invisible helmet may be the clouds under whi

ot of the sun. The invisible helmet may be the clouds under which the sun disappears. Compare the cloak of darkness in the

the Gardens of the Hesperides suggests, naturally, the circuit of the sun toward the flushing western horizon; and, of cour

reminds one of that of Hyacinthus. The quoit suggests the rays of the sun , and the name Acrisius may be construed to mean t

from Medusa, the thunder-cloud, when she falls under the sword of the sun , is Pegasus, the rain-cloud. In his contest with

ller). At the end of the day, falling from heaven, this knight of the sun walks in melancholy the pale fields of the twilig

ce with those mentioned by Homer. Interpretative. — All myths of the sun represent that luminary as struggling against, an

Hercules in his cradle are explained as powers of darkness which the sun destroys; and the cattle that he tended, as the c

sson of conduct. His lion’s skin may denote the tawny cloud which the sun trails behind him as he fights his way through th

ation of these vapors. His insanity may denote the raging heat of the sun at noonday. The Nemean lion may be a monster of c

ads of vapor. The Cerynean Stag may be a golden-tinted cloud that the sun chases; and the Cattle of the Augean stables, clo

hither and thither, now hiding, now revealing the mangled body of the sun .” In this way Cox, and other interpreters of myth

age of the Argo through the Symplegades, the nocturnal journey of the sun down the west; the Oak with the Golden Fleece, a

an other solar heroes— Hercules, Perseus, Apollo — are to theirs. The sun must leave the colors and glories, the twilights

udge in Hades. Various fanciful interpretations, such as storm-cloud, sun , etc., are given of the Bull. Cox explains the Mi

to the underworld. Ariadne may be another twilight-sweetheart of the sun , and, like Medea and Dejanira, she must be desert

of life. The central fire was surrounded by the earth, the moon, the sun , and the five planets. The distances of the vario

at Heliopolis as the son of Phtha; Like Osiris (see below) he is the sun of the underworld. Seb: the father of the Osiria

esiri: the good principle. Identified with the vivifying power of the sun , and of the waters of the Nile. In general, the m

hem. He becomes protector of the shades, judge of the underworld, the sun of the night, the tutelary deity of the Egyptians

arily overcomes Seth. The myth may refer to the daily struggle of the sun with darkness, and also to the unending strife of

one. Ho′rus or Har: son of Osiris and Isis, who, as the strong young sun of the day, avenges his father, the sun of the un

sis, who, as the strong young sun of the day, avenges his father, the sun of the underworld. He is Horus the child, Horus t

derworld. Ra: originally the deity of the physical attributes of the sun ; but ultimately the representative of supreme god

eek counterpart is not Apollo, but Helio’s. Mentu: Ra, as the rising sun . Atmu: Ra, as the setting sun. Shu: the solar l

but Helio’s. Mentu: Ra, as the rising sun. Atmu: Ra, as the setting sun . Shu: the solar light; son of Ra, Mentu, or Atmu

er god. As Amen-Ra he is the king of Theban gods, the divinity of the sun . He is of human form; rarely with a goat’s head a

us. Neith: goddess of the upper heaven; self-produced; mother of the sun ; goddess, consequently, of wisdom, the arts of pe

; Com. § 75. He′lios, confounded with Apollo, 61; his family, 73; the sun , 75, 189; Com. §§ 17. 75- Hel′le, 244; Com. §§ 14

far and wide, everywhere awakening men, preparing the pathway of the sun , and leading his white steed (Gk. Eos). Surya:

leading his white steed (Gk. Eos). Surya: the god who dwells in the sun (Gk. Helios). Savitar: the golden-handed sun in

e god who dwells in the sun (Gk. Helios). Savitar: the golden-handed sun in his daily course; the shining wanderer, comfor

: originally a benevolent Vedic deity, with certain attributes of the sun ; adopted by a sect as its special god, and then a

said, “There must be some mighty people living above us, who rule the sun and the moon and the stars and the oceans and the

from one year’s end to the other. Sometimes the mighty rulers of the sun and the moon and all the world left their homes a

ome of them, I will tell you who they were. Apollo was the god of the sun , of music, and of love. He was very beautiful, as

he gods were; but he was the fairest of them all. He drove his golden sun chariot through the heavens every day, and on his

ot wonderfully well with his golden arrows. 2. “He drove his golden sun chariot through the heavens.” Aurora ( Guido Ren

gone. In vain the brooks gurgled as they sped merrily by; in vain the sun looked down with his cheery smile; in vain the bi

ugh from the brook that runs to the sea. And look at the broad-faced sun , how he smiles     On the dewy earth that smiles

her cloak was always held so as to shield them, not herself, from the sun . The mother was glad to suffer anything for her c

nature; and when next we hear of them, Apollo is the great god of the sun and of music, and Diana, his beautiful twin siste

d. The golden arrow did its work only too well. For no sooner had the sun god caught a glimpse of the beautiful nymph than

y to run from me. I love you, and will do you no harm. I am the great sun god Apollo.” 8. “I am the great sun god Apollo.

do you no harm. I am the great sun god Apollo.” 8. “I am the great sun god Apollo.” Apollo Belvedere (Vatican, Rome).

es when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung, as sun and showers     There had made a lasting spring.

love, What have I done! what have I done!” And then I saw no more the sun ,     And lost were life and love. Francis W. Bo

evening, when Apollo, her twin brother, sank from sight in his golden sun chariot, she arose and guided her silver car acro

ed quite away. Ye open the eastern windows,     That look toward the sun , Where thoughts are singing swallows     And the

he water may clog your wings, and if you fly too high the heat of the sun will scorch them.” He kissed his beloved child, a

o blue above him. But alas! The higher he flew, the more fiercely the sun beat down upon him. Before long the great heat me

ful palace hall, With its airy chambers, light and boon, That open to sun and stars and moon; That open to the bright, blue

orne By a strong, free wing, through the rosy morn! To meet the young sun , face to face, And pierce like a shaft the boundl

rocked to rest on their mother’s breast,     As she dances about the sun . I wield the flail of the lashing hail,     And

nches overhead, where it hung, making the forest bright as though the sun were shining upon it; then he hastened back to hi

remember the sad story about Apollo’s friend Cyparissus, and how the sun god grieved when the poor boy died. This story is

t breath of spring, to remind us of the story of the great god of the sun and the little lad whom he loved so dearly. ———

and more clearly, till at last, one evening, the light of the setting sun fell around the statue of the loveliest young gir

Apollo to enter with him into a contest of musical skill. Apollo, the sun god, was, as you know, the sweetest singer in the

s, said that to his taste Pan’s music was far more beautiful than the sun god’s. To punish him for this stupid use of his e

fields or the young trees, and more pleasing to me than the winter’s sun or the summer’s shade. Why, then, do you fly from

My cave is in the heart of the mountain, where the heat of the midday sun is never felt, nor the icy cold of midwinter; the

clops. I have but one eye in the middle of my forehead, yet the great sun in heaven, which sees all things, likewise has bu

killed by a boar, and turned by Venus into an anemone. “Even as the sun with purple-colored face Had ta’en his last leave

m into a cock because he did not warn his master of the rising of the sun . Al′fadur [Alfadur], in Scandinavian Mythology t

known by several names, but principally by the following: — Sol (the sun ); Cynthius, from the mountain called Cynthus in t

ose rosy fingers ope the gates of day.” She was daughter of Sol, the sun , and was the mother of the stars and winds. She i

t get old and decrepit. See Tithonus. “… So soon as the all-cheering sun Should, in the farthest east, begin to draw The s

[Belphegor], see Baal-Peor. Be′lus [Belus]. The Chaldean name of the sun . Berecyn′thia [Berecynthia], a name of Cybele, f

er native bed, on which bleak Boreas blew, And bore her nearer to the sun …” Young, 1710. Boundaries, see Terminus. Boxi

ous [Eous]. One of the four horses which drew the chariot of Sol, the sun . The word is Greek, and means red. Eph′ial′tes [

E′thon [Ethon], one of the horses who drew the chariot of Sol — the sun . The word is Greek, and signifies hot. Et′na [Et

see Genii. Harœ′ris [Harœris]. The Egyptian god, whose eyes are the sun and moon. Har′pies, The [Harpies], (literally, s

unt Helicon. Heliop′olis [Heliopolis], in Egypt, was the city of the sun . He′lios [Helios]. The Grecian sun-god, or chari

the sun. He′lios [Helios]. The Grecian sun-god, or charioteer of the sun , who went home every evening in a golden boat whi

Æthra, and they formed a constellation which, when it rises with the sun , threatens rain. Hy′dra [Hydra]. A monster serpe

l of manly beauty, synonymous with Apollo. The personification of the sun . “So excellent a king; that was to this Hyperion

he wings were fixed to the shoulders by wax. Icarus flew too near the sun , and the heat melting the wax, caused the wings t

and the future; or, according to others, because he was taken for the sun , who opens the day at his rising, and shuts it at

vocations. Thus the Sol or Sun worshipers turn to the east, where the sun rises, and the Mohammedans turn toward Mecca. Ke

stream which it was supposed surrounded the earth, and into which the sun and moon and other heavenly bodies sank every day

ght restored, as Longfellow says, by fixing “His blank eyes upon the sun .” He was afterward slain by Diana and placed amo

s’ sinews.” Shakespeare. Osi′ris [Osiris]. The Egyptian god of the sun , the source of warmth, life, and fruitfulness; he

h hymns divine the joyous banquet ends, The Pæans lengthened till the sun descends.” Pope. Palæ′mon [Palæmon], or Melice

his skill in horsemanship, he was allowed to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. The horses soon found out the incapa

t-legged horse of Odin, the chief of the Scandinavian gods. Sol. The sun . The worship of the god Sol is the oldest on reco

Su′ry′a [Surya]. The Hindoo god corresponding to the Roman Sol, the sun . Swallow, see Itys. Swan, see Cygnus and Leda.

(Eos). See Favonius. “Wanton Zephyr, come away. ……………………………………… The sun , and Mira’s charming eyes,     At thy return more

pped the works of God, and also adored good men as divine beings. The sun , moon, and stars, the sea, the rivers, and the el

h burned in honour of Vesta. This fire was renewed by the rays of the sun yearly, during the calends of March, or latter pa

how that he was the dispenser of light, and is often mentioned as the sun himself. We sometimes hear of Sol. Sol appears to

lf. We sometimes hear of Sol. Sol appears to have been a name for the sun , distinct from Apollo. Apollo frequently appears

d. He is sometimes drawn in a car, commonly called the chariot of the sun . Apollo’s chariot was drawn by horses which no ha

uld ask. Phaeton petitioned to be allowed to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. Apollo in vain assured him that he c

he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day; and with the setting sun , Drops from the zenith, like a falling star, On L

ven. He was accused of having taken this fire from the chariot of the sun ; he probably obtained it by concentrating the sun

ls, had their day and night.                             The radiant sun , to mortal sight, Descending swift, rolled down t

the young girls to rest upon, and an umbrella to screen them from the sun ; they also carried water and honey for the libati

ies. Apollo and Diana are commonly regarded as representatives of the sun and moon. The Egyptians called her Isis. Among th

eal origin of Pan was extremely ancient. The Egyptians worshipped the sun as Osiris, and the moon as Isis, and the several

lling of Somnus, to be in the country of Cimmeria. Into this cave the sun never shone, and perfect stillness prevailed, exc

Yama or Yamen, the god of death. He is esteemed to be a child of the sun : he is called also, King of Justice. He is distin

ho is Maritale? ——— The Hindus pay adoration to the Sun and Moon The sun is adored under the name of Surya. Surya is repre

guided by his charioteer Arun, or the dawn. Temples, in honour of the sun , now exist in India. One of these is thus describ

, pearls, and diamonds, of inestimable value.” Another temple of the sun at Juggernaut is of surprising magnificence: It i

hich is a large dome, constructed of stone, upon which are carved the sun and the stars; and round them is a border on whic

ol of their faith, learn the Gayteree, or invocation of praise to the sun . The Hindus regard the moon as a male deity, to w

teps. Under these porticoes, multitudes assemble at the rising of the sun , and having bathed in the stream below, await the

ll of the Druids was a region of utter darkness, which no beam of the sun , no ray of light ever visited. There serpents stu

to the maintenance of the sacred animals, adored in Lower Egypt. The sun and moon appear to have been the chief objects of

men from the east , who visited the infant Jesus. Besides adoring the sun , the ancient Persians worshipped the moon and the

hem his dwelling-place. They venerated fire as his sacred emblem; the sun as his image; and their worship of him consisted

rites. Mithras was a deity of the Persians, supposed to signify the sun ; and inferior to Orosmades, but perfectly benevol

            How with stars. By him the heavens were spangled; how the sun , Refulgent Mithras, purest spring of light, And g

they will meditate upon the objects around them. They will admire the sun , and moon, the earth, and all that grows upon it;

ures, savages describe that God as many gods, and fancy that the warm sun , and the mild moon, or the refreshing waters, are

g waters, are themselves gods, or that there are gods who live in the sun , moon, and ocean, to take care of them, and to ma

he soul. They called Heaven the House of the Sun. They worshipped the sun as a god, by a name which signified the Prince of

emselves into the fire, and afterwards appeared in the heavens as the sun and moon. Quet-zal-cot, or Feathered Serpent, wa

icans a similar fable, and how did they account for the origin of the sun and moon? Who was the Mexican god of air, and who

n of the Peruvians. The Peruvians are said to have worshipped the sun , moon, and the sea, under different names. They d

ver the temple stood, if practicable, it was made to front the rising sun — the image of the god standing in the middle of

ng and evening supplications were offered. “Both at the rising of the sun and moon, one might everywhere behold the Greeks

de of swearing besides using the name of God, as by the elements, the sun , moon, or stars; or, a king would swear by his sc

s swearing by certain objects signifies, as surely as this thing, the sun , or moon, for example, exists, and as God hears m

ple of it? What is meant to be understood when a person swears by the sun or moon, etc., and what is the reason of our Savi

ed that she could move, if she would. Down under the earth, where the sun never shines, the Greeks thought that there was a

done; for he feared that the earth might have been so harmed that the sun would shine through into his kingdom. As he drove

whole region. It was the earth, through which they had come; for the sun never shines in the underworld, and there are no

s, turned and went out into the fresh, bright air, where the careless sun was shining and the birds were singing, where the

s, when he did sing: To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung, as sun and showers         There had made a lasting spri

es, exposed to wind and snow and rain, and to the blazing heat of the sun , because he had stolen fire from heaven. Hercules

joy of victory on his face, while Death fled like a shadow before the sun . Alcestis was saved. She lay upon the ground, bre

then, Pygmalion married. Phaëton. As Helios, the god of the sun , was once driving his flaming chariot across the

east, where the sky comes down to the earth. There the palace of the sun stands blazing with burnished gold and flaming je

d. “No one, even of the other gods, dares to drive the chariot of the sun — no, not Jupiter himself. I alone can control it

n. Below him he heard the chorus of birds singing to greet the rising sun . He heard the lowing of cattle, and the voices of

people of earth had been gazing up with horror at the scene. Now the sun was near the north star, now it took a sudden tur

ant as ever. When the day should have been ending, the chariot of the sun was careering toward the north, above the eastern

alaces of sunset and went on into the region where the chariot of the sun is never seen. At last, in this ghostly, gloomy l

d the beautiful youth. “Paris,” said Mercury, “this evening, when the sun is down and the crimson light is on these slopes,

elf standing alone with the golden apple in his hand. Long before the sun went down, Paris was waiting in the grove for the

, her son. Never on earth had such armor been seen. It shone like the sun , and the friends of Achilles had to turn away the

they rowed away, and came to the land of the Læstrygonians, where the sun never sets. It was a beautiful and fertile land,

heart did make. They sat them down upon the yellow sand, Between the sun and moon upon the shore; And sweet it was to drea

1. Helen was then taken back to Sparta, 211. He΄lios. The god of the sun ; father of Phaëton, 112; owner of cattle slain by

Son of Helios and Clymene, 112. Attempted to drive the chariot of the sun , 117; lost control of the horses, 118, and was de

of his lyre, to which the Muses sang in responsive strains. When the sun was set, the gods retired to sleep in their respe

he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day; and with the setting sun Dropped from the zenith, like a falling star, On

upiter and Latona, and brother of Diana, (Artemis.) He was god of the sun , as Diana, his sister, was the goddess of the moo

as severely punished, and the fire was rekindled from the rays of the sun . Liber is the Latin name of Bacchus; and Mulciber

nerva, went up to heaven, and lighted his torch at the chariot of the sun , and brought down fire to man. With this gift man

e no nearer. Next morning, when Aurora had put out the stars, and the sun had melted the frost from the grass, they met at

a cool spring. All was agreed on, and they waited impatiently for the sun to go down beneath the waters and night to rise u

velin was a sure weapon in all cases. Fatigued with hunting, when the sun got high he would seek a shady nook where a cool

in goddess punished an invader of her privacy. It was midday, and the sun stood equally distant from either goal, when youn

gs     Railed at Latona’s twin-born progeny,     Which after held the sun and moon in fee.” The persecution which Latona e

diately asked to be permitted for one day to drive the chariot of the sun . The father repented of his promise; thrice and f

solites and diamonds which reflected all around the brightness of the sun . While the daring youth, gazed in admiration, the

lake embowered in woods, which screen it from the fervid rays of the sun , while the moist ground is covered with flowers,

h broke in the furrow, the seed failed to come up; there was too much sun , there was too much rain; the birds stole the see

in each, till mingling into one, Their lot the same for shadow or for sun , A type of true love, to the deep they run.” The

in his proper person, as a comely youth. It appeared to her like the sun bursting through a cloud. He would have renewed h

other side, for as long as they are under the influence of the rising sun , they burn with a cruel rage to destroy mortals w

y mortals with their sharp horns or rude teeth. But when the noontide sun has driven the cattle to the shade, and the seren

t the grass grew fresh around it, and the rocks sheltered it from the sun . Hither came one day the youth, fatigued with hun

ink, her own tears and the chilly dew her only food. She gazed on the sun when he rose, and as he passed through his daily

ace became a flower, which turns on its stem so as always to face the sun throughout its daily course; for it retains to th

: — “I will not have the mad Clytie,     Whose head is turned by the sun ; The tulip is a courtly quean,     Whom therefore

s night came on, he reached the western limit of the earth, where the sun goes down. Here he would gladly have rested till

an eagle, when from his lofty flight he sees a serpent basking in the sun , pounces upon him and seizes him by the neck to p

) so called because it lay at the west, under the rays of the setting sun . This description is thought to apply to Spain, o

on and soar upward as if to reach heaven. The nearness of the blazing sun softened the wax which held the feathers together

side the truth. Phœbus’ chariot course is run! Look up, poets, to the sun !                             Pan, Pan is dead.”

en noon came and the hour when men and herds retreat from the glaring sun to indulge in quiet slumber, Proteus issued from

nds of robbers or did some private enemy slay him? The all-discerning sun alone can tell, for no other eye beheld it. Yet n

ave him Kedalion, one of his men, to be his guide to the abode of the sun . Placing Kedalion on his shoulders, Orion proceed

,     And climbing up the narrow gorge, Fixed his blank eyes upon the sun .” Tennyson has a different theory of the Pleiad

Memnon. Ancient writers record that when the first rays of the rising sun fall upon this statue a sound is heard to issue f

ntations. The people all wept with them, and to the going down of the sun there was no pause or abatement of their grief. T

they arrived at the Ææan isle, where Circe dwelt, the daughter of the sun . Landing here, Ulysses climbed a hill, and gazing

, finding a covert sheltered by intermingling branches alike from the sun and the rain, he collected a pile of leaves and f

ed the waves, and brushed away the clouds from before the face of the sun . Some of the ships which had got on the rocks he

air, and saw all objects clothed in a purple light. The region has a sun and stars of its own. The inhabitants were enjoyi

This material was scattered like seed among the heavenly bodies, the sun , moon, and stars. Of this seed the inferior gods

of life. The central fire was surrounded by the earth, the moon, the sun , and the five planets. The distances of the vario

or proceeded Osiris and Isis. Osiris was worshipped as the god of the sun , the source of warmth, life, and fruitfulness, in

ature with invisible beings, and supposed that every object, from the sun and sea to the smallest fountain and rivulet, was

sacrifices on the tops of mountains. They adored fire, light, and the sun as emblems of Ormuzd, the source of all light and

e; 3. Yama, the god of the infernal regions; 4. Surya, the god of the sun . Brahma is the creator of the universe, and the s

eriods of day and night and the seasons by placing in the heavens the sun and moon and appointing to them their respective

moon and appointing to them their respective courses. As soon as the sun began to shed its rays upon the earth, it caused

. But he demanded for his reward the goddess Freya, together with the sun and moon. The gods yielded to his terms, provided

nge the heavens in darkness by permitting the giant to carry away the sun and the moon. They all agreed that no one but Lok

, and lifting up his mallet, paid the workman his wages, not with the sun and moon, and not even by sending him back to Jot

ts, or Elves of Light, were exceedingly fair, more brilliant than the sun , and clad in garments of a delicate and transpare

untry was called Alfheim, and was the domain of Freyr, the god of the sun , in whose light they were always sporting. The bl

dirty brown color, they appeared only at night, for they avoided the sun as their most deadly enemy, because whenever his

t be very severe, the wind piercing, the weather tempestuous, and the sun impart no gladness. Three such winters will pass

e and flames over the world, and the whole universe is burned up. The sun becomes dim, the earth sinks into the ocean, the

ns, and were used in the worship of the deity under the symbol of the sun . That the Druids offered sacrifices to their deit

asion a large fire was kindled on some elevated spot, in honor of the sun , whose returning beneficence they thus welcomed a

ell or bubbling fountain clear     The Naiad dries her tresses in the sun , Nor longer may we in the branches hear     The D

the stag that she pursues, who takes the diversion of the chase. The sun is a god, who, riding in a car of fire, diffuses

nfashioned and unframed, Of jarring seeds; and justly Chaos named. No sun was lighted up, the world to view; No moon did ye

thereal regions bind, Five, correspondent, are to earth assigned: The sun with rays, directly darting down, Fires all benea

tumn, winter did appear, And spring was but a season of the year. The sun his annual course obliquely made, Good days contr

formance, assisted ‌by Minerva, he stole fire from the chariot of the sun , wherewith to animate his image. Insérer image an

hard From Nature’s common rights to be debarred. This, as the genial sun , and vital air, Should flow alike to every creatu

e can be no doubt that the worship which is offered to Phœbus, as the sun , is due also to Apollo; and indeed, under both ti

the plant which turns itself without ceasing, towards its deity, the sun . “On the bare earth she lies, her bosom bare, Lo

he dew, She turned about, but rose not from the ground, Turned to the sun still as he rolled his round; On his bright face

oved object the fond leaves pursue, Still move their root, the moving sun to view And in the Heliotrope the nymph is true.”

self destroyer’s madness? Phrensy, ensanguined wreaths entwines: The sun of chivalry declines; —     The wreck of glory’s

n; and at the instigation of his mother, he visited the palace of the sun , to beg that Phœbus, if he really were his father

quired; and Phaeton demanded of him to drive his chariot (that of the sun ) for one day. In vain Phœbus represented the impr

g of a harp when it is wound up. This was effected by the rays of the sun when they fell on it. At its setting, the form ap

ish modern travellers by their grandeur and beauty. “Unto the sacred sun in Memnon’s fane, Spontaneous concords quired the

lord of the unerring bow, The god of life, and poesy, and light, The sun in human limbs arrayed, and brow, All radiant fro

the crow, supposed to read the future, the eagle who can gaze on the sun , the cock whose cry welcomes his return, and the

e he had been for some years, becoming oppressed with the heat of the sun , he threw himself on the sea-shore, and fell fast

By shepherds is forgotten, when in June, Tall chesnuts keep away the sun and moon,     I rushed into the folly! “Within h

three days’ journey in a moment done, And always at the rising of the sun , About the wilds they hunt, with spear and horn,

ereal height; Tossed all the day in rapid circles round; Nor till the sun descended, touched the ground; Breathless I fell

he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day; and with the setting sun , Dropped from the zenith like a falling star, On

s, and the shield of Hercules described by Hesiod. The chariot of the sun was also by this deity. “A golden axle did the w

mmer crowned, Sheds its own night twilight round; Glancing there from sun to shade,                Bright wings play; Here

g his coronet of golden corn. Where are the songs of summer? with the sun , Opening the dusky eyelids of the south, Till sha

o represent the appearance of old age. “When first the fiery mantled sun His heavenly race began to run; Round the earth,

n a cavern dwells the drowsy god, Whose gloomy mansion nor the rising sun Nor setting, visits, nor the lightsome noon; But

e silent air; In vain the wild bird carolled on the steep To hail the sun , slow wheeling from the deep; ‌In vain, to sooth

ed to rest, till Lucifer begun To wake the morn, the morn to wake the sun .     Here Atlas reigned of more than human size,

he ghosts were opened, and they swarm Like bees in clusters, when the sun grows warm!” Not only was the god of the inferna

t of fire,                                         ‘I go, I go, Thou sun , thou golden sun, I go Far from thy light to dwel

                                   ‘I go, I go, Thou sun, thou golden sun , I go Far from thy light to dwell: Thou shalt not

dwell: Thou shalt not find my place below, Dim is that world — bright sun of Greece, farewell!     The laurel and the glori

d thee.     Yet doth my spirit faint to part,     I mourn thee not, O sun !     Joy, solemn joy, o’erflows my heart, Sing m

hyestes with horror. The deed was so cruel and impious, that the very sun is said to have started back in amazement; and th

nged upon Atreus the infamous and atrocious conduct at which the very sun itself had started. Insérer image anonyme_heathen

the beautiful bride, who had sate watching, and waiting for the weary sun to go down; when, lo “Her turret torch was blazi

water from the palms of their hands upon the ground, and towards the sun , which they adore as the likeness of the Eternal,

th arrows. Apollo and his sister Diana presided respectively over the sun and moon. The sun is often called Phœbus, or Apol

and his sister Diana presided respectively over the sun and moon. The sun is often called Phœbus, or Apollo, and in ancient

re subject to him. He regulated the day by guiding the chariot of the sun . Ques. What else is said of Apollo? Ans. Many a

been the first wife of Jupiter, the mother of Apollo and Diana, (the sun and moon) and the nurse of the earth and stars. T

as Aurora? Ans. She was the goddess of the morning and sister of the sun and moon. She is represented as seated in a golde

ly asserted by ancient writers that when the first rays of the rising sun fell upon this statue, it acknowledged the presen

klace of Hermione, the crown of Ariadne, and the brazen palace of the sun . The shield of Achilles was enamelled with metals

and was identified with the moon, as her brother Apollo was with the sun . In hell, she was called Hecate [Hec′ate], and as

rus disregarded his father’s instructions, and approached so near the sun that its heat melted the wax which united the fea

ins. Spring brought with it neither birds nor flowers. In Summer, the sun was obscured by clouds; the Autumn shed no fruits

at a later period introduced awnings to screen the audience from the sun , but the Greeks would have regarded such a precau

tutelar deity of the Egyptians. He was regarded as identical with the sun , while Isis was supposed, like Cybele, to personi

he moon, in the same manner as Baal was held to be identical with the sun . The Hebrews always connected the worship of thes

nities take in the creation? Ans. Ormuzd created men and angels, the sun , moon and stars, and everything which can contrib

, but they worshipped only the first. Ques. Did they not worship the sun ? Ans. They probably did in later times, but the

d in later times, but the early followers of Zoroaster reverenced the sun and fire as emblems of Ormuzd. Perpetual fire was

ned by an infinite number of spirits. The chief of these animates the sun ; others rule the moon, stars, and different eleme

hers rule the moon, stars, and different elements. The worship of the sun is the most important exterior part of their reli

ail and snow. Odin next regulated the days and seasons by placing the sun and moon in the heavens, and appointing them thei

heavens, and appointing them their respective courses. As soon as the sun shed its rays upon the earth, the plants and tree

Elves was called Alfheim, and was the domain of Freyr, the god of the sun , in whose light they were always sporting. Ques.

l fall unceasingly on the earth; tempests will sweep the sea, and the sun will impart neither heat nor gladness. Three such

perish. When all are slain, the world will be wrapped in flames, the sun will become dim, the stars will fall from heaven,

ar temples, open at the top; the worship of fire as the emblem of the sun , and the celebration of the ancient Tauric festiv

n of the ancient Tauric festival, (held on the first of May, when the sun enters Taurus.) Ques. What name did the Druids g

was worshipped among the Celts as Bel or Belen. As he represented the sun , the Romans recognized in him their god Apollo. D

e spoil. He is crushed by the swift returning stones, and the morning sun finds the grim sentinels silent and motionless as

of maize are now waving where the golden gardens once sparkled in the sun , and the church of St. Dominic, one of the most m

d. Poor Psyche, when she had quite come to herself, and felt the warm sun , and had drunk a draught of milk, which a young g

oomy kingdom; for such, all who dwelt in in the cheerful light of the sun , fancied Pluto’s domain must be. Pluto, however,

; this shall be thine Cyane. Wear it for my sake.” At that moment the sun was overcast, and a noise like distant thunder st

her; and us, your friends; and these pleasant groves, and this bright sun , and the sparkling waters.” “Hear me, Proserpina;

ing old woman. The dwelling of Envy was a cave, which the rays of the sun never entered, and it was stained all over with t

sued from her mouth, forked lightnings played about her feet, and the sun , as if he sickened at the sight of her, was overc

name, the Atlantic; and there, every evening when the people saw the sun set, they said the horses of Apollo had descended

her. Lucifer is a name of the planet Venus, when she rises before the sun , and is called the Morning Star. When that star i

gods of antiquity, Apollo was the most beautiful. He was perhaps the sun , and was sometimes represented driving the chario

day over the heavens. His car was drawn by two fiery horses. When the sun set in the sea, the pagans who worshipped Apollo,

and as often in the cottages of peasants. In fact, like the “blessed sun ,” he was every where, making all eyes glad, resto

earth, and when she found herself by the side of Jupiter, the bright sun enlivened every surrounding object, and the white

have often told you, they are the very same. Go to the palace of the sun ; the god of day will receive you with tenderness,

before his eyes, shading them from the intense lustre of the beaming sun , and instantly removed from his brow the diadem w

ge of this promise, and asked for one day to guide the chariot of the sun , which was drawn by two coursers of such power an

car, and to cheer the earth mice mere with the smiles of the blessed sun . ——— Hours, Days, Months, Seasons, Years, and Ag

tution of the Isthmian games. Page 339. — The notion of regarding the sun and the earth under a conjugal relation, by which

d of the sea ; the regular courses, the rising and the setting of the sun and moon, appeared to him plainly to indicate the

believed that Helios, the Hindoo that Surya, guided the course of the sun each day. When, therefore, we shall in future spe

ay. When, therefore, we shall in future speak of gods of the sea, the sun , the moon, we would not be understood to mean per

fications of these objects. In truth, a personification of the sea or sun is not a very intelligible expression. We mean by

se in which the archangel Uriel is by Milton called the regent of the sun . Personification properly accords only with quali

ing. The people raised altars to her as a goddess, and they named the sun and moon after her hapless children. The Titans t

ream. It is always so called by these poets115, and they describe the sun and the other heavenly bodies as rising out of an

nly in the western part. He describes it as a region unvisited by the sun , and therefore shrouded in perpetual darkness, th

alanced on her centre hung’ in the midst of the round world ; and the sun , the moon, and the other heavenly bodies were set

the earth ; from Coios, Crios, Hyperiôn, Theia, and Phœbe spring the sun , moon, and other luminaries and light-beings ; an

e origin of this seems to lie in the simple fact that men, seeing the sun rise in the east and set in the west each day, we

esponsive strains pour forth their melodious voices in song. When the sun descends, each god retires to repose in his own d

llness of evening succeeding the toils of the day, the majesty of the sun sinking as it were to rest amid the glories of th

ally, the analogy of the conclusion of the day and the setting of the sun with the close of life, may have led the Greeks48

o, says a legend most prettily told by Ovid603, arrived in Lycia. The sun was shining fiercely, and the goddess was parched

e, while the Muses sang611. Thus they the whole day long till set of sun Feasted ; nor wanted any one his part Of the equa

to the Latin pello, to drive away ; by others again from ἀέλιος, the sun , with the digamma F between the two first vowels.

ts on both sides. In favour of the theory of Apollo and Artemis being sun and moon, it is alleged that they were early so c

that Callimachus726 blames those who separate these deities from the sun and moon. This however might have been nothing mo

y unstrained etymology, may be rendered Night ; and the origin of the sun and moon, and their affinity, could not be more a

s. These waving locks are a simple representation of the beams of the sun , who in the Psalms is described as ‘a bridegroom

hology ; and the arrows may well express the penetrating beams of the sun , or the coups de soleil and diseases caused by hi

ames Phœbos and Artemis, as above explained, agree perfectly with the sun and moon. Apollo being conceived armed with bow a

bow and arrows, was naturally held to be the god of archery ; and the sun , whose eye surveys everything, might be looked on

be the god of prophecy. The cheerfulness which the appearance of the sun induces over all nature, vivified and refreshed b

on the fact of Apollo and Artemis being so totally distinct from the sun and moon in all the elder poetry731. Chapter

hammuz yearly wounded ; and to be a Phœnician personification of the sun , who during a part of the year is absent, or as t

mourning for Adonis being a testimony of grief for the absence of the sun during the winter, is not, however, to be too rea

ss beheld the earth and starry heaven, the fishy sea and beams of the sun , so long she hoped to see her mother and the trib

Demeter entreats that he will say who the ravisher is. The god of the sun gives the required information, telling her that

Demiurgos or creator of the world ; the Torch-bearer (Daduchos), the sun  ; the Altar-man (Epibomios), the moon ; the Heral

r the West, and in Greece was known as that of Apollo, the god of the sun and light. The wild religion of Seeva, which had

ts peculiar deities a very extensive sphere of action, as gods of the sun , the moon, the heaven, the earth, and other parts

ed Pan, i. e. All : for he has horns in similitude of the rays of the sun and the horns of the moon : his face is ruddy, in

n-formed, having one eye and one tooth in common, on whom neither the sun with his beams nor the nightly moon ever looks’12

es beyond (καθύπϵρθϵν) Ortygia, where are the turnings (τρπαὶ) of the sun . Syria, he proceeds, is not large, but it is frui

lution of the year, denoted by Apollo and Artemis (other forms of the sun and moon), withers up and destroys her progeny ;

ments of his journey1753. Being scorched with the burning rays of the sun , he had the hardihood to bend his bow against the

as the sun-god, and his twelve labours regarded as the passage of the sun through the twelve signs of the zodiac. The Greci

the air ; but Icaros ascending too high and approaching too near the sun , its heat melted the wax, and the youth fell into

ydeukes rather than with Castôr. The brothers may also be regarded as sun and moon, to which their names and the form of th

mpic cycle of four years. In such case Endymiôn would probably be the sun , who with the moon is the author of the months ;

of the year (the round number being employed as usual), of which the sun and moon are the parents. The conjunction of thes

‘hid in her vacant interlunar cave.’ Endymiôn is perhaps the setting sun who goes into (ἐνδύϵι) the sea, or possibly in th

Bright). Though we do not believe that the mystic mode of viewing the sun as a bull and the moon as a cow prevailed in earl

me forth, and seated on his maple throne looked for the rising of the sun . The orb of day was just wholly emerged above the

as severely punished, and the fire was rekindled from the rays of the sun . The temple of Vesta was round : it contained no

347. Hes. W. and D. 566. Thus Milton also, P. L. v. 139. ……………………the sun , who scarce uprisen, With wheels yet hovering o'e

glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream ; And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pa

e (coast of Africa) and in the West Indies, is more powerful than the sun  ; meat hung in the rays of the former becomes tai

(we have read) will expose themselves without fear to the rays of the sun , but they cover themselves up against those of th

is youth had a similar idea. In his Hymn on the Nativity he calls the sun Nature's ‘lusty paramour,’ and in one of his Lati

, and Polydeukes the same as Polyleukes (Lightful), and views them as sun and moon. Ib. 271. 2012. Eurip. Hel. 639. 2013.

. Lunæ, 2. 2014. Paus. iii. 16, 1. The moon was the daughter of the sun  : see above, p. 61. 2015. Paus. i. 18, 1 ; ii. 2