#sol Invictus deity

[walkingwiththegods1]

Why Saturnalia/Sol Invictus/Yule, are 100% better; than Christmas!

Since I was a kid, I was part of the celebrations for Christmas (since helping to put the dishes, till wearing new clothes to show to your friends; and/or visiting relatives); but... Sadly, the joy I felt at Christmas's Eve; and during all the season, disappear way before my first decade of life: I really didn't want to celebrate Christmas, anymore! But people never asked me, why I don't like to celebrates "The Most Wonderful Time of The Year!" Well, I'm going to resume it, in three things:

People, behave at its worst in this date...: Fighting in the table, drinking too much and behave badly after; eating till getting sick, and... You name it! (Unbelievable that, in a time for "Peace, Love and Celebrating The Birth of someone of high morale..." People acted, in such poor behavior...)

All revolves around Materialism (...And Selfishness): More than a decade ago in my country, it started the costume than you must give gifts in Christmas; and since then... If you can't find or have money to get the present, you are look badly by the person/s than didn't receive his/her/their gifts; which decides to doesn't speak to you again, till the next Christmas! Also, some people only desires to be the ones than receives attention/help/gifts/ in this time; BUT... Doesn't feel they need to give or return nothing to the people/community, or even; to their friends and/or family. (A time than must be to try to be a better person, than many picks to only thinks in their own needs) And, at last;

The Christmas's Hipocrisy: People/Neighbors wishing you "Happiness and Love in the next year!", but... Never back to speak to you, or remember than you exist, in the next 364/365 days of the year! (Which... Is a very rude and cruel thing, to make)

Now... Since I found out about "The Winter's Pagan Holidays"... I feel like that joy, that I lose in my Childhood; Has returned again into my life!

Why Saturnalia, Sol Invictus and/or Yule; are way better than it's more popular counterpart?! They are for this reasons:

Remarks about acting well and unity in the Family/Community: Since inmemorial times, are stories (real and legendaries) about how people behave with more love and goodness; to their family/friends/the community. So, our ancestors marked the way to behave in this time: Helps to your Community, and... Eat your fest in this time, treating to the ones at your table; with the upmost respect!

Gifts... Are not the most important thing in this time: The most important thing in this time of Saturnalia/Sol Invictus/Yule... Is having a feast with your family, with friends you love as family; or, even sharing a plate of dinner with someone than you know than doesn't have to eat; or to invite to someone you know than will be alone in this time. (Plus: If someone gifts you sometime or not, it doesn't changes your mood; 'cause you feel happy to even being able to celebrate this holiday/s, a year more! ... And the gifts than are handmade, are more than welcome: It means than someone invest their time and efforts, thinking in gives you something made with love, than makes you happy!)

Is a time to do something good for others, and being less selfish: You can take a time to volunteer in the cause of your liking, cleaning repairing old toys and gifts them to poor kids; helping a person to learn to read and write, and... Even giving a helpful advice, or sitting and hearing to someone for five minutes than is in bad moment; are things you came make to brighten someone's day! And, at last;

Reparts Joyness to all around you, in this time... And, beyond!: Says than you wishes than anyone than you greet, than they have a great time and year; from your heart, and... Don't let to your neighbors and friends abandoned, for the rest of the year: Show them than they really are important to you, and than your Winter's Greetings, "Wasn't only to being polite..."

That's all in this post, and remember; to do good and being happy, in this magical time: Happy Sol Invictus, AND... So Be It!

[kingoftheblacksun]

There is reason they deny gender diversity existed, and that's because it is a gateway to transcendental power, which is the power of God. They have become heavy handed with words of identity because they are panicking we'll realize the trick.

The hysterical self-limiting belief we are only 'man' or 'woman' is to keep us bound in ignorance of our potential to become living Gods. This is only true of the "neurodivergent". The typicals and the narcs have no divine potential at all. This is why they are terrified of us.

When we believe we are a 'word' - we become that word. The material limitations put upon us by this weak solar age were exploited to trick us into thinking we are only words and may never break out of words. Words are the bindings of Fenrir, who is power, yet they may not use their power until they break the bindings.

This is real magic. It works. I have been doing "identity magic" for years and my body is changing as the solar age ascends. I am Dacian (aristocratic Scythian) and this ancestry provided internal awareness which bloomed to knowledge. I've had to detangle all the lies of the west and it has been most awful.

I am certainly queer, yet I am also the Angel of Death. Ares + Aphrodite = Sphinx. The Norse Queen Hel is also an androgyne - their skeletal half is a man. The Danes were migrated Dacians. Our evolution is not confined by our material genetics. We have been in a weak solar age for thousands of years and it's ending. As solar power returns, many of us will take new form, yet as we become the truth we hold inside only the brave will deserve the power to rule us.

I think OP might be kin. I'm admittedly desperate for community to form, as it's not right to keep us confined in "LGBTQ" when we are an indigenous people returning to imminence. I love my fellow queer, yet I do not love the socio-eco subversion the libs use to choke the LGBTQ into supporting patriarchy. I do not love patriarchy, which is why I do not love feminism. The women of our tribes were warriors - Amazons - and the bindings of words are keeping them from their power, which is me.

Sigh. It seems I have to grow wings to prove it. Growing wings hurts. The things a dog will do for love...

🏳️‍⚧️⚧🏳️‍🌈

[mysticinalandofdreamers]

In honor of the Soltice of Summer, Sun of Righteousness Great and powerful sun, we honor you this day and thank you for your gifts. Mithra, Ra, Helios, Sol Invictus, Aten, Svarog, you are known by many names.

So May it be

[lionofchaeronea]

Coin minted ca. 280 CE by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus (r. 276-282). Probus is shown in the company of Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun"), a late form of the solar deity whose worship had been promoted by Probus' predecessor Aurelian. The birthday of Sol Invictus (Dies Natalis Solis Invicti) was traditionally celebrated on Dec. 25. On this coin, Probus, who was constantly on campaign during his brief reign, is shown prepared for battle with shield and spear, alongside Sol Invictus, who wears his characteristic radiant crown. Now in the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. Photo credit: ChrisO/Wikimedia Commons.

[whereserpentswalk]

Map update! Things are getting worse (:

Starting my motw campaign: "Hey, it might be cool to add political intrigue to the magical underworld."

Now, over a year in: "These are the factions that control the former united states."

[the-mortuary-witch]

YULE

DATE: December 21st-January 1st

ZODIAC: Capricorn and Aquarius

SYMBOLS: Yule log, evergreen trees, holly, mistletoe, candles, sun wheel, bells, wreaths, lights, ornaments, snowflakes, and gifts.

INCENSE AND OILS: cedar, pine, myrrh, frankincense, cinnamon, orange, juniper, and orange.

SPELLWORK: renewal, rebirth, gratitude, abundance, inner peace and joy, spiritual growth, enlightenment, and healing.

ANIMALS: deer, robins, bears, owls, squirrels, wren, goats, wolves, foxes, and cardinals.

COLOURS: gold, white, red, green, silver, and blue.

FOOD: roasted meats, grains, dried fruits and nuts, root vegetables, baked goods, cider, pudding, fruit cakes, and mice meat.

DEITIES: Sol Invictus, Loki, Mithras, Apollo, Freyja, Balder, Dionysus, Lilith, and Odin.

HERBS AND FLOWERS: evergreen, mistletoe, peppermint, yarrow, holly, bay leaf, cinnamon, orange peel, rosemary, yarrow, poinsettias, ivy, and winter jasmine.

CRYSTALS AND STONES: red jasper, clear quartz, garnet, citrine, bloodstone, labradorite, moonstone, snowflake obsidian, diamond, and ruby.

YULE SIMMER POT: rosemary, cinnamon sticks, orange slices, cranberries, and bay leaves with or without New Year intentions written on them.

[camisoledadparis]

THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

based on: The White Crane Institute's 'Gay Wisdom', Gay Birthdays, Gay For Today, Famous GLBT, glbt-Gay Encylopedia, Today in Gay History, Wikipedia, and more … December 25

Sol Invictus ("the Unconquered Sun") or, more fully, Deus Sol Invictus ("the Unconquered Sun God") was the late Roman state sun god. The cult was created by the emperor Aurelian in 274 and continued until the abolition of paganism under Theodosius I. The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, "the birthday of the unconquered sun."

The use of the title Sol Invictus allowed several solar deities to be worshipped collectively, including Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god; Sol, the patron god of Emperor Aurelian (270-274); and Mithras. Oh, and a Jewish upstart named Jesus.

December 25th was also considered to be the date of the winter solstice, which the Romans called bruma. It was therefore the day the Sun proved itself to be "unconquered" despite the shortening of daylight hours. (When Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 B.C.E., December 25th was approximately the date of the solstice. In modern times, the solstice falls on December 21st or 22nd.)

The Sol Invictus festival has a "strong claim on the responsibility" for the date of Christmas, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia. Solar symbolism was popular with early Christian writers as Jesus was considered to be the "sun of righteousness."

The date for Christmas may also bear a relation to the sun worship. According to the scholiast on the Syriac bishop Jacob Bar-Salibi, writing in the twelfth century:

"It was a custom of the Pagans to celebrate on the same 25 December the birthday of the Sun, at which they kindled lights in token of festivity. In these solemnities and revelries the Christians also took part. Accordingly when the doctors of the Church perceived that the Christians had a leaning to this festival, they took counsel and resolved that the true Nativity should be solemnized on that day." (cited in "Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries", Ramsay MacMullen).

The Death of Epaminondas

418 B.C. – Epaminondas, Greek warrior and general, born (d: 362 B.C.). Considered to have been one of the great military geniuses of the ancient world, he is included here, on Christmas Day, not because of his victories in battle, but because he was revered for his moral character. He was revered, too, since he had risen from an impoverished family because of his goodness, strength and character.

Epaminondas was well educated; his musical teachers were among the best in their disciplines, as was his dance instructor. Most notably, his philosophy instructor Lysis of Tarentum (who had come to live with Polymnis in his exile) was one of the last major Pythagorean philosophers. Epaminondas was devoted to Lysis and was noted for his excellence in philosophical studies.

Not merely an academic, Epaminondas was noted for his physical prowess, and in his youth he devoted much time to strengthening and preparing himself for combat. In 385 B.C., in a skirmish near the city of Mantinea, Epaminondas, at great risk to his own life, saved the life of his future partner Pelopidas, an act thought to have cemented the life-long friendship between the two.

He was, like most Greek warriors, homosexual - but with a difference. He never married and did not produce an heir. His delight in boys was complete in itself for him. His two favorite boys, Asopichus and Leuctra, both fell in battle, as did Epaminondas. Both, by his order, are buried in his tomb.

1642 – Sir Isaac Newton (d.1726/27) was an English mathematician, astronomer, theologian and physicist (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first published in 1687, laid the foundations of classical mechanics. Newton also made pathbreaking contributions to optics, and he shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing the infinitesimal calculus.

Isaac Newton was born (according to the Julian calendar, in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 (NS 4 January 1643) "an hour or two after midnight", at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire.

From the age of about twelve until he was seventeen, Newton was educated at The King's School, Grantham, which taught Latin and Greek and probably imparted a significant foundation of mathematics. He was removed from school, and by October 1659, he was to be found at Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, where his mother, widowed for a second time, attempted to make a farmer of him. Newton hated farming. Henry Stokes, master at the King's School, persuaded his mother to send him back to school so that he might complete his education. Motivated partly by a desire for revenge against a schoolyard bully, he became the top-ranked student, distinguishing himself mainly by building sundials and models of windmills.

Newton's Principia formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that dominated scientists' view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. By deriving Kepler's laws of planetary motion from his mathematical description of gravity, and using the same principles to account for the trajectories of comets, the tides, the precession of the equinoxes, and other phenomena, Newton removed the last doubts about the validity of the heliocentric model of the Solar System and demonstrated that the motion of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies could be accounted for by the same principles. Newton's theoretical prediction that the Earth is shaped as an oblate spheroid was later vindicated by the geodetic measurements of others, thus convincing most Continental European scientists of the superiority of Newtonian mechanics over the earlier system of Descartes.

Newton also built the first practical reflecting telescope and developed a sophisticated theory of colour based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into the colours of the visible spectrum. Newton's work on light was collected in his highly influential book Opticks, first published in 1704. He also formulated an empirical law of cooling, made the first theoretical calculation of the speed of sound, and introduced the notion of a Newtonian fluid.

Newton was a fellow of Trinity College and the second Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He was a devout but unorthodox Christian, who privately rejected the doctrine of the Trinity and who, unusually for a member of the Cambridge faculty of the day, refused to take holy orders in the Church of England.

Beyond his work on the mathematical sciences, Newton dedicated much of his time to the study of alchemy and biblical chronology, but most of his work in those areas remained unpublished until long after his death. Politically and personally tied to the Whig party, Newton served two brief terms as Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge, in 1689–90 and 1701–02. He was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705 and he spent the last three decades of his life in London, serving as Warden (1696–1700) and Master (1700–1727) of the Royal Mint, as well as president of the Royal Society (1703–1727).Although it was claimed that he was once engaged, Newton never married. The French writer and philosopher Voltaire, who was in London at the time of Newton's funeral, said that he

"was never sensible to any passion, was not subject to the common frailties of mankind, nor had any commerce with women—a circumstance which was assured me by the physician and surgeon who attended him in his last moments".

The widespread belief that he died a virgin has been commented on by writers such as mathematician Charles Hutton, economist John Maynard Keynes, and physicist Carl Sagan.

Newton did have a close friendship with the Swiss mathematician Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, whom he met in London around 1689. Their intense relationship came to an abrupt and unexplained end in 1693, and at the same time Newton suffered a nervous breakdown. Some of their correspondence has survived.

In September of that year, Newton had a breakdown which included sending wild accusatory letters to his friends Samuel Pepys and John Locke. His note to the latter included the charge that Locke "endeavoured to embroil me with woemen". Items like these have led some historians to speculate that Newton was homosexual.

"Artist and Model" - John Minton

1917 – John Minton (d.1957) was a painter of landscapes, town scenes, and figure subjects in oil and watercolor, as well as an acclaimed illustrator. Minton's homosexuality was an important influence on his work. One of his main themes was the young male figure in emotionally charged settings.

Like many middle class gay men of his generation, Minton was drawn to men who fulfilled a manly ideal, and this attraction manifested itself in much of his work, where he portrayed his handsome working class lovers and other ideals of masculinity such as Guardsmen and matadors.

Two Bullfighters

Minton's early work focused on the urban landscape he discovered during nocturnal jaunts around London, where he also discovered an active sexual underground. Visits to Spain in 1949 and Jamaica in 1950 offered Minton a fresh repertoire of subjects and enriched his palette of colors.

Although Minton was dedicated to painting, his reputation developed as a result of his skill as an illustrator for a wide range of books, as well as for magazines such as The Listener and The Radio Times.

Between 1950 and 1952 Minton lived openly with his lover Ricky Stride, a bodybuilding ex-sailor, often his model. Theirs was a volatile relationship and ended as a result of almost constant fighting, which often resulted in violence on Stride's part.

On January 12, 1950, The Listener published a letter Minton wrote in response to a review of a new biography of Oscar Wilde which discussed Wilde's sexuality and relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas in a denigrating fashion. Outraged, Minton pointed out the enormous contribution made to society by homosexuals and highlighted the fact that "the same vicious law which imprisoned Wilde still operates" and pleaded for a "saner and more comprehensive attitude towards the homosexual in society."

Minton's character revealed some great contradictions—his wild gaiety and love of wit and banter disguised and competed with an inner melancholy that verged on depression. Towards the end of his life, Minton began to express an obsession with death, and he was particularly moved by the death of film star and symbol of disaffected youth James Dean.

Minton's output was considerable. Between 1945 and 1956 he had seven solo exhibitions at the Lefevre Gallery, notwithstanding his work as tutor to the painting school of the Royal College of Art in 1949, a post that he held until the year before his death. Minton's appearance in this period is shown in a 1952 portrait by Lucian Freud, as well as in self-portraits. In the 1940s Minton, Freud and fellow artist Adrian Ryan had been in a love triangle.

Minton's last painting, which remained unfinished, was initially based upon a car crash that he had witnessed in Spain; but it also, he told his friend Ruskin Spear, represented "James Dean and all that." As a result the painting was posthumously titled Composition: The Death of James Dean in September 1955.

On January 20, 1957 John Minton committed suicide by taking an overdose of Tuinal.

1950 – Time magazine ran its first article on homosexuality. It said that homosexuals should not work in government jobs because they are a security risk.

1950 – Yehuda Poliker is an Israeli singer, songwriter, musician, and painter. Poliker first became known in the 1980s as the lead vocalist for the band Benzene. In 1985, after the band was dismantled, he began a varied solo career that included motifs from rock, pop and traditional Greek music. He is openly gay.

Yehuda Poliker (birth name: Leonidas Polikaris) was born in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa, Israel. His parents were Greek Jews and Holocaust survivors who were deported to Auschwitz from Thessaloniki.

In 1981, Poliker began his career-long collaboration with writer and producer Yaakov Gilad. Poliker's band, Benzene, released two albums: 24 Sha'ot (24 Hours) and Mishmeret Layla (Night Watch), which included hit singles such as "Hofshi Ze Legamrei Levad" ("Free Is Totally Alone"), "Geshem" ("Rain") and "Yom Shishi" (Friday). After Benzene broke up, Poliker began a solo career. In 1985, he released his first solo album, Einaim Shely (These Eyes of Mine). All of the tracks on the album were well-known Greek songs literally translated into Hebrew. In 1986, Poliker released his second solo album, Kholem Behakitz (Daydreamer). His third album, Efer VeAvak (Dust and Ashes), released in 1988, dealt mostly with the children of Holocaust survivors. It sold more than 70,000 copies, and in 2005, was rated by Ynet as number one of the top 100 best albums ever recorded in Israel.

Poliker's father, Jacko, told the story of his escape from Auschwitz in the 1988 film Because of That War (Hebrew: B'Glal Hamilhamah Hahi), which featured music by his son. The film included interviews with Yehuda Poliker and Yaakov Gilad, whose parents, Polish Jews, also survived Auschwitz.

1978 – Dylan Vox is an American actor and producer who has worked in television, film and theatre.

Vox was born in Marietta, Georgia, and was adopted one month after birth by Donna Blount. At an early age, he began riding horses and showed Western Pleasure placing in both regional and national competitions. After high school graduation, Vox received bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Journalism from the Georgia Southern University before moving to Denver, Colorado and training with Olympic Ice Dancer Carol Fox where he had some success on the national level with his partner Erin Bales. Vox retired from skating, and attended and graduated from law school.

Vox starred in the Los Angeles premiere of Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical and the world premiere of the hip-hopera "City Kid" earning a LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award nomination and a NAACP theatre award nomination.. He also was an original cast member of Hunky Dory, an original musical interpretation of the 1971 David Bowie album.

Vox appeared as himself on the reality television series Fight for Fame, Open Call, and the Spike detective series Murder. Vox has appeared in the here! cable station's gothic horror series Dante's Cove as Colin and as a series regular in here!'s vampire series The Lair also playing a character named Colin (although they are different characters).

Under the name Brad Benton, Vox performed in many hard and soft gay pornographic films, including Big Timber, Blades, BuckleRoos, Desperate Husbands, Devil Inside, and Longhorns. and was nominated for over 12 GayVN Awards and 15 Grabby Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor at the GayVN Awards in 2004 and 2005 and nine Grabby awards over all.

Vox has written for a number of LGBT-themed websites and writes a blog entitled "21st - Century Vox." He currently serves as the Sports Editor and as a featured columnist for GayWired.com.

1982 – Two married US Army men are found, fully clothed, in bed together and are accused of sex. They say they only fell on the bed while drunk, but accept honorable discharges rather than fight the charges and possibly receive dishonorable discharges.

[talonabraxas]

Solar Diety

A solar deity (also sun god(dess)) is a deity who represents the sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength. Solar deities and sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. Hence, many beliefs have formed around this worship, such as the "missing sun" found in many cultures.

Solar deities throughout cultures

In different religions solarised supreme deities carry different names and are associated with different aspects of the cultural universe of the society, but for the most part its raw image remains identical.

The Neolithic concept of a solar barge, the sun as traversing the sky in a boat, is found in the later myths of ancient Egypt, with Ra and Horus. Earlier Egyptian myths imply that the sun is within the lioness, Sekhmet, at night and can be seen reflected in her eyes or that it is within the cow, Hathor during the night, being reborn each morning as her son (bull). Proto-Indo-European religion has a solar chariot, the sun as traversing the sky in a chariot.

During the Roman Empire, a festival of the birth of the Unconquered Sun (or Dies Natalis Solis Invicti) was celebrated on the winter solstice — the "rebirth" of the sun. In Germanic mythology this is Sol, in Vedic Surya, and in Greek Helios (occasionally referred to as Titan) and (sometimes) as Apollo. Mesopotamian Shamash plays an important role during the Bronze Age, and "my Sun" is eventually used as an address to royalty. Similarly, South American cultures have emphatic Sun worship, see Inti.

During the later periods of Roman history, sun worship gained in importance and ultimately led to what has been called a “solar monotheism.” Nearly all the gods of the period were possessed of solar qualities, and both Christ and Mithra acquired the traits of solar deities. The feast of Sol Invictus (Unconquered Sun) on December 25 was celebrated with great joy, and eventually this date was taken over by the Christians as Christmas, the birthday of Christ.[1]

Hinduism

The Ādityas are one of the principal deities of the Vedic classical Hinduism belonging to Solar class. In the Vedas, numerous hymns are dedicated to Mitra, Varuna and Savitr.

Even the Gayatri mantra, which is regarded as one of the most sacred of the Vedic hymns is dedicated to Savitr, one of the principal Ādityas. The Adityas are a group of solar deities, from the Brahmana period numbering twelve. The ritual of sandhyavandanam, performed by Hindus, is an elaborate set of hand gestures and body movements, designed to greet and revere the sun.

The sun god in Hinduism is an ancient and revered deity. In later Hindu usage, all the Vedic Ādityas lost identity and metamorphosed into one composite deity, Surya, the sun. The attributes of all other Ādityas merged into that of Surya and the names of all other Ādityas became synonymous with or epithets of Surya.

The Ramayana has Lord Rama as a descendant of the Surya, thus belonging to the Surya Vansh or the clan of the Sun. The Mahabharata describes one of its warrior heroes Karna as being the son of the Pandava mother Kunti and Surya.

The sun god is said to married to the goddess Ranaadeh, also known as Sanjnya. She is depicted in dual form, being both sunlight and shadow, personified. The goddess is revered in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

The charioteer of Surya is Aruna, who is also personified as the redness that accompanies the sunlight in dawn and dusk. The Sun God is driven by a seven-horsed Chariot depicting the seven days of the week.

In India, at Konark, in the state of Orissa, a temple is dedicated to Surya. The Konark temple has also been declared a UNESCO world heritage site. Surya is the most prominent of the navagrahas or nine celestial objects of the Hindus. Navagrahas can be found in almost all Hindu temples. There are further temples dedicated to Surya, one in Arasavilli, Srikakulam District in AndhraPradesh, one in Gujarat and another in Rajasthan. The temple at Arasavilli was constructed in such a way that on the day of Radhasaptami, the sun's rays directly fall on the feet of the Sri Suryanarayana Swami, the deity at the temple.

Chhath (Hindi: छठ, also called Dala Chhath) is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to Surya, the chief solar deity, unique to Bihar, Jharkhand and the Terai. This major festival is also celebrated in the northeast region of India, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and parts of Chhattisgarh.Hymns praying to the sun can be found in the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. Practiced in different parts of India, the worship of the sun has been described in the Rigveda.

Ancient Egypt

Sun worship was exceptionally prevalent in ancient Egyptian religion. The earliest deities associated with the sun are Wadjet, Sekhmet, Hathor, Nut, Bastet, Bat, and Menhit. First Hathor, and then Isis, give birth to and nurse Horus and Ra. Hathor the horned-cow is one of the twelve daughters of Ra, gifted with joy and is a wet-nurse to Horus.

The sun's movement across the sky represents a struggle between the Pharaoh's soul and an avatar of Osiris. Ra travels across the sky in his solar-boat; at dawn he drives away the demon apep of darkness. The "solarisation" of several local gods (Hnum-Re, Min-Re, Amon-Re) reaches its peak in the period of the fifth dynasty.

In the eighteenth dynasty, Akhenaten changed the polytheistic religion of Egypt to a monotheistic one, Atenism of the solar-disk and is the first recorded state monotheism. All other deities were replaced by the Aten, including, Amun-Ra, the reigning sun god of Akhenaten's own region. Unlike other deities, the Aten did not have multiple forms. His only image was a disk—a symbol of the sun.

Soon after Akhenaten's death, worship of the traditional deities was reestablished by the religious leaders (Ay the High-Priest of Amen-Ra, mentor of Tutankhaten/Tutankhamen) who had adopted the Aten during the reign of Akhenaten.

Chinese mythology

In Chinese mythological cosmology, there were originally ten suns in the sky, who were all brothers. They were supposed to emerge one at a time as commanded by the Jade Emperor. They were all very young and loved to fool around. Once they decided to all go into the sky to play, all at once. This made the world too hot and nothing grew. A hero named Hou Yi shot down nine of them with a bow and arrow to save the people of the earth. He is still honored to this day. In another myth, the solar eclipse was caused by the magical dog of heaven biting off a piece of the sun. The referenced event is said to have occurred around 2,160BCE. There was a tradition in China to make lots of loud celebratory sounds during a solar eclipse to scare the sacred "dog" away. The Deity of the Sun in Chinese mythology is Ri Gong Tai Yang Xing Jun (Tai Yang Gong / Grandfather Sun) or Star Lord of the Solar Palace, Lord of the Sun. In some mythologies, Tai Yang Xing Jun is believed to be Hou Yi. Tai Yang Xing Jun is usually decipted with the Star Lord of the Lunar Palace, Lord of the Moon, Yue Gong Tai Yin Xing Jun (Tai Yin Niang Niang / Lady Tai Yin).

Buddhism

In Buddhist cosmology, the bodhisattva of the sun is known as Ri Gong Ri Guang Pu Sa (The Bright Solar Boddhisattva of the Solar Palace) / Ri Gong Ri Guang Tian Zi (The Bright Solar Prince of the Solar Palace) / Ri Gong Ri Guang Zun Tian Pu Sa (The Greatly Revered Bright Solar Prince of the Solar Palace / one of the 20 or 24 guardian devas). In Sanskrit, He is known as Suryaprabha. He is usually decipted with Yue Gong Yue Guang Pu Sa (The Bright Lunar Boddhisattva of the Lunar Palace) / Yue Gong Yue Guang Tian Zi ( The Bright Lunar Prince of the Lunar Palace) / Yue Gong Yue Guang Zun Tian Pu Sa (The Greatly Revered Bright Lunar Prince of the Lunar Palace / one of the 20 or 24 guardian devas) or known as Candraprabha in Sanskrit. With Yao Shi Fo / Bhaisajyaguru Buddha (Medicine Buddha), these two boddhisattvas create the Dong Fang San Sheng or the Three Holy Sages of the East.

Africa

The Munshi tribe considers the sun to be the son of the supreme being Awondo and the moon is Awondo's daughter. The Barotse tribe believes that the Sun is inhabited by the sky god Nyambi and the Moon is his wife. Even where the sun god is equated with the supreme being, in some African mythologies he or she does not have any special functions or privileges as compared to other deities.

Aztec mythology

In Aztec mythology, Tonatiuh (Nahuatl:Ollin Tonatiuh "Movement of the Sun") was the sun god. The Aztec people considered him the leader of Tollan, heaven. He was also known as the fifth sun, because the Aztecs believed that he was the sun that took over when the fourth sun was expelled from the sky. According to their cosmology, each sun was a god with its own cosmic era. According to the Aztecs, they were still in Tonatiuh's era. According to the Aztec creation myth, the god demanded human sacrifice as tribute and without it would refuse to move through the sky. It is said that 20,000 people were sacrificed each year to Tonatiuh and other gods, though this number is thought to be inflated either by the Aztecs, who wanted to inspire fear in their enemies, or the Spaniards, who wanted to vilify the Aztecs. The Aztecs were fascinated by the sun and carefully observed it, and had a solar calendar second only in accuracy to the Mayan's. Many of today's remaining Aztec monuments have structures aligned with the sun.

In the Aztec calendar, Tonatiuh is the lord of the thirteen days from 1 Death to 13 Flint. The preceding thirteen days are ruled over by Chalchiuhtlicue, and the following thirteen by Tlaloc.

Indonesian mythology

The same swapping process is seen in Indonesia. The solar gods have a stronger presence in Indonesia's religious life and myth. In some cases the sun is revered as a "father" or "founder" of the tribe. This may apply for the whole tribe or only for the royal and ruling families. This practise is more common in Australia and on the island of Timor, where the tribal leaders are seen as direct heirs to the sun god.

Some of the initiation rites include the second reincarnation of the rite's subject as a "son of the sun", through a symbolic death and a rebirth in the form of a sun. These rituals hint that the Sun may have an important role in the sphere of funerary beliefs. Watching the un's path has given birth to the idea in some societies that the deity of the Sun descends in to the underworld without dying and is capable of returning afterward. This is the reason for the Sun being associated with functions such as guide of the deceased tribe members to the underworld, as well as with revival of perished. The sun is a mediator between the planes of the living and the dead.

Theosophy The primary local deity in Theosophy is the Solar Logos, i.e., the consciousness of the sun.

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Gods & Goddesses of Rebirth & Renewal Around the World

Deities representing the concepts of rebirth and renewal have been a vital aspect of the human condition for thousands of years. Early animistic belief systems venerated the sun, which later became associated with powerful deities, such as Ra of ancient Egypt, as other gods and goddesses were associated with different natural phenomena or life experiences.

Among these, and including those representing the life-giving energies of the sun, are the gods and goddesses specifically associated with rebirth, transformation, and renewal. Some of these, such as Sol Invictus and Saturn of ancient Rome, were celebrated in December through festivals, which influenced the development of Yule (Yuletide) and Christmas traditions, while others were honored through festivals at different times of the year, as in the case of the Hindu goddess Saraswati (also given as Sarasvati) and her Vasant (Basant) Panchami festival in January or February or the Great Dionysia, honoring the ancient Greek god Dionysus, held in March.

The purpose of these deities and their respective festivals was to give hope to the people that, through faith, they could experience transformation and rebirth, meaning and purpose in their daily lives, and – in many cases – freedom from the fear of death in the promise of eternal life beyond the grave.

The following image gallery presents a sample of these deities from around the world, some more famous than others, but all representing the belief in transformation and rebirth through faith in a higher power.

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[elianzis]

Hi! Just wanted to clarify after the last ask you had, that Apollo was also a sun god... Not the Sun itself and the one who drives the sun across the sky, that was always Helios in greek mythology! Same with Artemis and Selene (and Hekate who was associated with the Moon too)

Someone in the comments section had explained very well, but in roman times Helios and Apollo (and Selene and Artemis) were fully conflated, they were syncretized and this fully conflation in roman times made that in Renaissance, when artists took inspiration in grecorroman's culture, put Artemis and Apollo as the ones who drives the sun and moon chariots. But that never happenned in greek mythology.

Btw, they had associations with moon and sun, so is not wrong to call them sun and moon deities... What is wrong and inaccurate is to say that Odysseus' crew killed Apollo's cows, that's not true... That cattle was always from Helios, the sun god itself, the sun incarnate. Was Helios' cattle in Odyssey and in Epic too!

Also yes... Artemis and Apollo had many others domains and roles in greek mythology, and they weren't sun and moon deities primarly, is not their main role, but is not wrong to say that they were associated with those too... Could be because their roles are linked to the moon and sun, like hunt, wildness, childbirth and transitions are linked to the Moon, and healing, purification, inspiration and truth (like illumination of the mind) are linked to the Sun... (this is a theory, i don't know specifically how or why they were fully associated, but they were at one point, becoming a sun god and a moon goddess)

Anyway, the history and cult of the gods were differents in each region and period... Greek mythology (religion in those times) is not like "god of this" and "god of that", domains and roles of differents gods merged and deites could share domains. How many "fertility's gods and goddesses" are? Is not weird that more of two deities were linked to the Sun and the Moon. Even Zeus was linked to the sun in later times, i believe (please someone correct me if i'm wrong) that Sol Invictus was seeing as a conflation between Helios and Zeus i some period.

Selene and Helios are the Moon and Sun itself, Helios is the owner of the cattle that Odysseus' crew killed, they never faded, but the olympian twins were associated to them and become in later times, sun and moon deities too.

i just will say thank you for info!

[agnoscoveteris-vestigiaflammae]

Okay this might mean nothing but…get your red string ready cause this is my Doctor Who S14/S1 theory masterpost

*Disclaimer in case of inaccuracies, I started writing this before Dot and Bubble was released and then I got busy and more things happened and now it's release day for The Legend of Ruby Sunday (which won’t be available to watch in my country until this evening) and I didn’t want it to go to waste so I finished it lol okay thanks* 

I’ve been thinking a lot about @waywardwes9 ’s theory regarding Ruby Sunday and other character names in this series of Doctor Who. So we’ve had Ruby SUNDAY, MUNDI (Monday) Flynn in episode three, and MARTI (Mardi/Martes/Tuesday/etc) Bridges in episode four, with dialogue bringing attention to the uniqueness/significance of each of their names. So when the casting list was released for episode five, ‘Dot and Bubble’, I couldn’t help but notice…Cooper Mercy, a slightly adjusted form of the words Mercury, or Mercredi (fr)/Miércoles (sp)/Mercoledì (it)/dydd Mercher (welsh)/etc. all of which means Wednesday!! So up until episode six, ‘Rogue’, this theory appeared to be holding up. It then became difficult to speculate further as we had little to no character backgrounds for these individuals and the cast lists for the remaining episodes are still incomplete but twice is a coincidence, four times is a pattern. 

Now we know that in the ancient Greco-Roman tradition, the days of the week were named after the sun, moon and planets which were in turn named after certain gods:

Monday - Moon - Selene/Luna

Tuesday - Mars - Ares/Mars

Wednesday - Mercury - Hermes/Mercurius

Thursday - Jupiter - Zeus/Jove

Friday - Venus - Aphrodite/Venus

Saturday - Saturn - Cronus/Saturnus

Sunday - Sun - Helios/Sol

Because of her surname, Ruby Sunday would be aligned with the Roman God ‘Sol Invictus’, who was considered the most supreme or important god for several decades of the mid to late Roman empire. So I decided to do a little research into this deity and found out that his feast day and the main festival dedicated to him, ‘Dies Natalis Solis Invicti’, occurred every year on December 25th… The day on which at the stroke of midnight, baby Ruby was discovered in a snowy churchyard, after being abandoned by her mysterious mother. This could just be a coincidence but it’s interesting nonetheless as it adds to the themes and theories regarding the “Pantheon of Discord” which includes godlike figures such as The Toymaker and Maestro. Could this suggest that Ruby is secretly a member of the Pantheon of gods? Or maybe she was created to be a pawn, a messiah-like figure, in their masterplan? Or maybe she’s a part of an antithetical pantheon of ‘good’ gods?

So returning to the characters named after weekdays, we may have expected a character with some variation of Thursday/Jeudi/Giovedì/dydd Iau/etc. as their name to appear in Rogue but unfortunately, there appeared to be nothing at all that would correlate to this theory… until people began to notice that the ring which Rogue uses to propose to The Doctor is emblazoned with The Caduceus, the staff of Hermes… also known as Mercurius or Mercury. 

It seems that our story has become stuck on Wednesday instead of continuing with the remaining weekdays, but why? Why could Wednesday or Mercury be significant?  Well gang, guess what the god Mercury is known as…

THIS IS HOW THE TRICKSTER TRUTHERS CAN STILL WIN !! Additionally, Rogue’s name originates from the DnD archetype, ‘Rogue’, who is regarded as ‘the trickster’. Very Inch Arresting. but we’ll return to the Trickster as ‘The One Who Waits’ theories a little later on.

The theory regarding The Caduceus can also play into the theory about Rogue possibly being an incarnation of The Master, or signalling the return of The Master. The Caduceus symbol, which can represent travel, thievery and mischief (which aligns with characteristics of The Rogue, The Trickster and The Master) is commonly mistaken or used in place of The Rod of Asclepius, which is used by healthcare organisations as it represents healing, care and the duties of doctors (which obviously aligns with The Doctor). 

These antithetical yet similar symbols could easily represent the Doctor and The Master and their shared past and turbulent relationship, or alternatively could represent the theme that things that appear too good to be true usually are, but who knows.

Now if you’ve made it this far, stay with me for this part because we’re about to get even more delulu, but I promise we’ll come back around into more plausible theory territory very soon. 

So with all this attention being drawn to character names, I decided to do some further research into the names of the characters named after days of the week and found something interesting. In the case of Mundi Flynn, we can presume Mundi is intended to mean Monday but Flynn actually means…Red or ruddy/reddish, which would make her name Monday Red… or Red Monday… just like Ruby Sunday. This got me extremely excited…until…I couldn’t find any connections to the colour red within Marti’s surname ‘Bridges’. However… Marti is named after Mars, which is known as… The Red Planet! Which would still make her first name Red Tuesday, or even Ruby Tuesday just like the famous song by the Rolling Stones. Now That is a stretch but we persist nonetheless by going even deeper into delusional valley with Dot and Bubble’s character: Cooper Mercy, Cooper…an uncommon name that is very close to the word ‘Copper’.. another shade of red, making her Wednesday Red/Ruby Wednesday. Also worthy to note that the character Cooper had red hair, which was a purposeful choice as it is not the actor’s natural hair colour. Okay, last one… while there doesn’t appear to be any weekday names mentioned in Rogue, (as we seem to be stuck on Wednesday) I couldn’t help but notice that ‘Rogue’ is an anagram of Rouge… the french word for red. Listen, either this all actually connects or RTD has quite literally been sprinkling RED herrings throughout the narrative. So what could this mean? Personally, this kind of repetitive naming convention reminds me of a dream-like logic or storytelling convention centred around Ruby,  which could play into everyone’s TV show/fairytale/dream theories (which are too expansive to get into and I don’t have much to add).

*I’ve heard that the Identity of Susan Twist has been revealed in today’s episode but thankfully I haven’t seen any spoilers yet so just ignore this if it’s completely off the wall lol*

However, this could also link to the idea of Susan Twist as a show director or writer, making cameos throughout her own work. In this light, she could be considered The Storyteller… TS… but if you physically twist the initials around…ST… Susan Twist.  

Then, there is of course the theory that Susan Twist is a physical manifestation of the Tardis. Particularly because in The Legend of Ruby Sunday she has been listed as Susan Triad, S.Triad, an anagram of Tardis. Could it be that the tardis is broken down or malfunctioning and is creating these scenarios to keep itself, the Doctor and Ruby entertained? I guess I’ll find out tonight hehe.

Okay getting back to The Trickster theory. By now most people have probably seen other posts that show that Ruby’s musical theme is almost identical to The Trickster’s theme from SJA, that the Doctor invoking a superstition at the edge of the universe could have brought back the Trickster,  that RTD could be using Ruby as a replacement for Sky from SJA, the baby that Sarah Jane discovered abandoned on her doorstep and adopted, who was originally supposed to be revealed as a child of the Trickster and a trap for Sarah Jane, and as well ofc that the hooded figure that drops baby Ruby off obviously resembles The Trickster. 

But another thing I can’t stop thinking about is the theme of the fragility of memory and existence that has been popping up throughout this series, particularly in the first few episodes, and how this correlates to the powers of The Trickster. In Space Babies, we see how the doctor’s memories of the night of Ruby’s birth are manipulated in real time to show him something totally different. In 73 Yards, we see how the Doctor is zapped out of existence, and then brought back through a future-past paradox. In several episodes we see the blurring of reality, the past and fiction with events such as the snow from Ruby Road appearing in places where present day Ruby is. We see on two occasions how history is changed by the simplest of actions such as stepping on a butterfly or a fairy circle. And of course in 73 Yards we hear Kate’s cryptic “This timeline is suspended along your event” line. All of these elements appear to correspond with the Trickster’s powers of time and memory manipulation as demonstrated in SJA, to the point that I’m actually gonna be disappointed if all this build up doesn’t result in an appearance from everyone’s fav SJA villain lol. 

Another thing to consider is The Doctor’s continuous references to the sea constantly getting closer to the land such as the ���Everywhere is a beach eventually.” line from episode three and the “The war between the land and the sea” comment in episode four, the latter of which could of course just be a nod to the forthcoming dw spin-off series of the same name… or… could in fact be a reference to ‘the one who waits’. The last time the Trickster was defeated he was locked up in a box and thrown into the ocean, where he could be waiting patiently to return to the shore, to claim what he wants. Could this also be linked to Mrs FLOOD, whose water-related name may suggest that she is the one who waits for the oncoming flood. Who knows ! I’m just throwing things at the red string board and hoping something sticks. 

Okay that’s all for my crazy wacky wild bananas bonkers theories today. Can’t wait to see how many of these are disproven in approximately one hour lmaoooo. If you made it this far, I commend ur patience <3

[katerinaaqu]

little question: why is helios sometimes refered as hyperion? like im pretty sure thats a titan (and his father apparently)

Hey! Thanks for the question for it does pop up a lot and is very valid!

Helios Hyperion literally means "Sun Up Above"

"Hyperion" comes from the greek word "hyper" which means "over" or "above".

Just like humans in homeric poems gods too have epithets and "sirnames" which they get identified with (for example "Pallas Athena", "Cyan/Dark-Haired Poseidon", "Cloud Gatherer Zeus" etc)

Helios is indeed a Titan that also is worshipped as a minor deity or divinity as a personification of the sun (also related to the myth of Phaethon, the youth that drove the carriage of Helios but couldn't control it, leading to a crazy ride that caused harm to the world and eventually was striken down by Zeus if I recall correctly and he fell to his death).

In a way "Helios Hyperion" here is the "greek version" of "Sol Invictus" (the Unbeatable Sun in latin), if someone can make that analogy. In the Odyssey he keeps his cattle in the island of Thrinacia.

Of course sometimes yes they treat Hyperion as a separate entity and a titan who is the father of Helios, in the Odyssey it is more like an epithet for the sun itself. So Helios Hyperion is also in a way a deity in the Odyssey in a way since we also see Odysseus's men offering sacrifice to him or promising more glorious sacrifices to.

However it highly depends on the person who transfers the myth. In the Odyssey seems to be used as an epithet of Helios. In Homeric Hymns for example Hymn for Demeter we apparently see them as two different entities. Perhaps Helios in the homeric poems uses the name of his father as an epithet? Either way it seems to be used as such. I hope that helps.

[claer]

1st-4th century A.D. carved marble head of the Buddha with rays emanating from it, suggesting syncretism with Apollo, Mithras/Sol Invictus, or possibly another deity. Found at Berenike, a Ptolemaic-Roman port on the Red Sea coast of Egypt.

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[chryza]

Listening to a podcast about ancient deities and in the section on Sol Invictus the narrator said “[To the Romans] Judaism and Christianity were Oriental cults.” And I did the most enormous double take as my frame of reference shifted. We’re so used to discussing Judaism and Christianity within the context of the Big Three I forget that for a very long time they were seen as backward, mundane, and politically charged within the major power of Europe.

[khaire-traveler]

hey, I feel really drawn to the sun god Elagabalus but I can find like. Nothing on him. Any sources or information or anything?

Hey, Nonny!

Honestly, I have no clue who this deity is. Unfortunately, I have not heard of him. One of the few things I can find on him that seems...informative is on Wikipedia (still a source, just not usually a good one to use). This is the source here. I also found this source which tells us that, in Rome specifically, Elagabalus was worshipped as part of the Sol Invictus (Invincible Sun) cult. With that knowledge, looking into that cult might be worth your while, although the Romans were not the first worshippers of Elagabalus - that would seemingly be the Syrians. Not big on using Britannica as a source, but it also seems to be one of the few trustworthy ones out there.

Elagabalus also did not have any dedicated statues. He did, however, have large stone slabs with markings - some indefinable still - that seemed to venerate him. The image of an eagle with its wings spreading protectively over an object was also a major thing of his; this image was seen on Syrian-Phoenician coins.

I suggest looking into the Syrian practices related to this god, if any have been recorded. Since this god is originally Syrian, I think it'd be good to see what the original beliefs were about him. If you can't find anything, which can unfortunately happen, maybe stick with this Roman stuff until you're able to find a good resource on the Syrian stuff. I'd recommend looking into books that cover the topic of ancient Syrian gods in general. This could definitely lead you somewhere.

I'm sorry that sources are so far and few between, but I hope you're able to find something good from this post. I wish you the best on your journey ahead. Take care, and have a good day/night. 🧡

[priestessofall]

why/when did @the-literal-sun become your patron deity?

It's a long story. Let's say I was a quite a sick child and Apollo's presence always helped with my poor health conditions and brightened my days, as well as pushed my artistic interests in order to express myself in such challenging limited times.

I don't know why exactly he blessed me, you'd have to ask him that. Perhaps because I was born at the Sol Invictus Day? But I like to imagine us like this when I was a baby: