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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

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Egyptian mythology

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  • Khepri, god of rebirth and the sunrise
  • Nefertem, god who represents the first sunlight

Guanche

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  • Magec, deity of the sun and light, exact gender unknown

Dahomean religion

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  • Lisa, deity of the sun, heat, sky[1]

American

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Lakota mythology

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  • Anpao, two-faced spirit of the dawn

Maya mythology

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  • Tohil, god associated with thunder, lightning, and sunrise

Aztec

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Zapotec

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  • Coquihani, god of light

Incan

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  • 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

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Chinese

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Japanese

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Hindu

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Sumerian

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European

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Albanian

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  • Dielli, the Sun, god of light
  • Hëna, the Moon
  • Prende, dawn goddess, also referred to as Hylli i Dritës, Afêrdita "the Star of Light, Afêrdita" (Venus)
  • Zjarri, the Fire, light deity
  • Zojz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, god of the day-lit sky

Baltic

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Celtic

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  • Lugh, personification of the sun

Etruscan

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  • Albina, goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers
  • Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with new life

Germanic

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  • 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

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Greek

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  • Aether, primarily associated with upper air but associated with light in Hesiod's Theogony
  • Apollo, god of light, among many other things
  • Eos, goddess of the dawn
  • Hemera, personification of day
  • Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios
  • Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . 
  • Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
  • Zeus, as a reflex of *Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky
  • Phoebe, titaness daughter of Ouranos and Gaia, whose name means shining or bright, with Kios gave birth to first Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis, and then to Asteria, who with Persea, son of Crius, became mother to Hekate.
  • Astrae is another titaness who is a light being as is Persphone whose name means "light bringer." Armenian.

Mari

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Roman

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Oceania

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Polynesian

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Māori mythology

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mawu-Lisa". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
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