
The Norse light god Baldr
A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light and/or day. Since stars give off light, star deities can also be included here. The following is a list of light deities in various mythologies.
African
Egyptian mythology
Guanche
- Magec, deity of the sun and light, exact gender unknown
 
Dahomean religion
American
Lakota mythology
- Anpao, two-faced spirit of the dawn
 
Maya mythology
- Tohil, god associated with thunder, lightning, and sunrise
 
Aztec
- Centzonhuitznahua, 400 gods of the southern stars
 - Centzonmimixcoa, 400 gods of the northern stars
 - Cipactonal, god of the daytime
 - Citlālicue, goddess who created the stars
 - Citlalmina, goddess of female stars
 - Citlalatonac, god of male stars
 - Tianquiztli, star goddesses
 - Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day, and heat
 
Zapotec
- Coquihani, god of light
 
Incan
- Inti, god of the sun
 - Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star"), goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet
 - Mama Killa, goddess of the moon
 
Asian
Chinese
- Zhulong, dragon deity of daylight
 
Hindu
- Aruṇa, personification of the reddish glow of the rising sun
 - Dyaus Pita, continues the name of the Proto-Indo-European god of the day-lit sky
 - Ushas, dawn goddess
 
Sumerian
- Inanna, primary goddess of the planet Venus
 - Ninsianna, goddess of the planet Venus
 - Šul-pa-e, underworld god who became associated with Jupiter
 - Shulsaga, stellar god
 - Aya (goddess), goddess of light and the dawn
 
European
Albanian
- Nëna e Diellit, "the Mother of the Sun"
 - Dielli, personification of the Sun
 - Hëna, personification of the Moon
 - E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit, "the Daughter of the Moon and the Sun"
 - Prende, dawn goddess, also referred to as Hylli i Dritës, Afêrdita "the Star of Light, Afêrdita" (Venus)
 - Zojz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, god of the day-lit sky
 
Baltic
- Dievas, creator god in Baltic myths
 
Celtic
- Lugh, personification of the sun
 
Etruscan
Germanic
- Baldr, god thought to be associated with light and/or day; is known by many other names, all of which have cognates in other Germanic languages, suggesting he may have been a pan-Germanic deity
 - Dagr, personification of day
 - Earendel, god of rising light and/or a star
 - Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess
 - Freyr, god of sunshine, among other things
 - Sól, goddess and personification of the sun
 - Teiwaz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky
 - Thor, god of lightning, thunder, weather, storms, and the sky
 
Slavic
- Dazhbog, god of the sun and day
 
Greek
- Aether, primarily associated with upper air but associated with light in Hesiod's Theogony
 - Apollo, god of light, among many other things
 - Eos, goddess of the dawn
 - Hemera, personification of day
 - Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios
 - Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera .
 - Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
 - Zeus, as a reflex of *Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky
 
Mari
Roman
- Aurora (mythology), goddess of the dawn
 - Jupiter (mythology), as a reflex of *Dyeus, god of the day-lit sky
 - Mater Matuta, goddess associated with Aurora
 
Oceania
Polynesian
- Atanua, Marquesan goddess of the dawn
 - Atarapa, goddess of the dawn
 - Ira, sky goddess and mother of the stars
 
Māori mythology
- Ao (mythology), personification of light
 
See also
References
- ↑ "Mawu-Lisa". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
 
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