Archetype:Solar Deity

Solar Deity
Helios/Sol (Greco-Roman Mythology) Personification and God of the Sun, Light, Fire, Health, Life, Creation, the Seas, Knowledge and All Sight
The Archetype of:	a Deity of the Sun.

"Of course, even without my help, other forces would keep the cosmos chugging along. Many different belief systems powered the revolution of the planets and stars. Wolves would still chase Sol across the sky. Ra would continue his daily journey in his sun barque. Tonatiuh would keep running on his surplus blood from human sacrifices back in the Aztec days. And that other thing — science — would still generate gravity and quantum physics and whatever."

― Apollo after being turned Human (The Trials of Apollo)

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a deity of the sun. Variation of Celestial Deity. Opposite to Lunar Deity.

Also Called

• God/Goddess Of The Sun
• Solar God/Goddess
• Sun Deity/God/Goddess Physiology
• Transcendent Solar Physiology

Properties

As an archetype, a solar deity is a god or goddess 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.

Associated Powers

• Celestial Divinity
  • Deity Soul
  • Divine/Solar Aura
• Solar Embodiment (for Personification Deities only)
  • New God/Old God-Patron God
  • All Sun-Based Abilities
  • Solar Empowerment
  • Solar Generation
  • Solar Halo Generation
  • Solar Manipulation
    • Esoteric Sun Manipulation
    • Fire Manipulation
    • Heat Manipulation
    • Light Manipulation
    • Solar Energy Manipulation
    • Sun Blocking
  • Solar Physiology
  • Solarportation
  • Solar Vision
• Solar Power

Variations

• Dawn Deity
• Dusk Deity
• Eclipse Deity

Associations

• Dawn Manipulation  
• Day Manipulation  
• Dusk Manipulation  
• Celestial Deity
• Celestial Divinity
• Fertility Deity
  • Fertility Manipulation  
• Fire Deity
• Health Deity
  • Health Manipulation
    • Healing
• Light Deity
• Mother Goddess
• Nature Spirit
• Old/New God-Patron God
• Seer
• Sky Father
• Solar Angel
• Solar Magic
• Solar Physiology
• Temporal Cognition
• Transcendent Physiology

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Deity Consumption/Imprisonment/Slayer/Banishment
• Divine Power Negation/absorption/immunity
• Divinity Nullification
• Sun Destruction
  • This may in fact destroy or nullify a solar deities power if they are directly connected to a particular sun (star).
• May have little or no power over the earth.

Known/Example Characters

Also See: God of Light and The Power of the Sun

Anime/Manga/Manwha

• Apollomon (Digimon)
• Sun Goddess Ra (Ennead)
• Sun (Undead Unluck)
• Solgaleo (Pokémon)
• Ra-Horakhty (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie; Gods Apocalypse)
• Amaterasu (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Bujinki Amaterasu (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Cartoons

• Apollo (Blood of Zeus)
• Mirana (Dota: Dragon’s Blood)
• Maya (Maya and the Three)

Comics

• Rao (DC Comics)
• Amaterasu (The Wicked+the Divine)

Mythology/Folklore

• Gnowee (Aboriginal Mythology)
• Raphael (Abrahamic Mythology)
• Gurzil (Amazigh Mythology)
• Quetzalcoatl (Aztec Mythology)
• Xolotl (Aztec Mythology)
• Huitzilopochtli (Aztec Mythology)
• Eki (Basque Mythology)
• Shahar (Canaanite Mythology)
• Shalim (Canaanite Mythology)
• Shapash (Canaanite Mythology)
• Áine (Celtic Mythology)
• Belenus/Bel (Celtic Mythology)
• Étaín (Celtic Mythology)
• Brigid Of Kildare (Christian Mythology)
• Atum (Egyptian Mythology)
• Bastet (Egyptian Mythology)
• Iusaaset (Egyptian Mythology)
• Hathor (Egyptian Mythology)
• Ra (Egyptian Mythology)
• Sekhmet (Egyptian Mythology)
• Sobek-Ra (Egyptian Mythology); sun showers.
• Serapis (Greco-Egyptian Mythology)
• Apollo (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Eos/Aurora (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Helios/Sol/Sol Invictus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Hyperion (Greek Mythology)
• Phanes (Greek Mythology)
• Eostre/Ostara (Germanic Mythology)
• Chaxiraxi (Guanche Mythology)
• Arinna (Hittite Mythology)
• Dhisana (Hindu Mythology)
• Mitra (Hindu Mythology)
• Savitr (Hindu Mythology)
• Surya (Hindu Mythology)
• Inti (Inca Mythology)
• Tama-nui-te-rā (Māori Mythology)
• Nergal (Mesopotamian Mythology)
• Shamash/Utu (Mesopotamian Mythology)
• Jóhonaaʼéí (Navajo Mythology)
• Haashchʼééłtiʼí (Navajo Mythology)
• Hashchʼéoghan (Navajo Mythology)
• Freyr (Nordic Mythology)
• Sól (Norse Mythology)
• Kadaw La Sambad (Philippine Mythology)
• Amaterasu (Shinto Mythology)
• Dažbog (Slavic Mythology)
• Svarog (Slavic Mythology)
• Mayora/Marohu (Taino Mythology)
• Hadit (Thelema)
• Ra-Hoor-Khuit (Thelema)
• Therion (Thelema)
• Gun Ana (Turkish Mythology)
• Horned God (Wiccan Mythology)
• Mithra (Zoroastrianism)
• Soranus, God of the Sun (Etruscan Mythology)

Literature

• Various Sun Gods (Riordanverse)
  • Apollo
  • Helios
  • Ra

Video Games

• Helios (God of War)
• Buluc (Mortal Kombat)
• Khonsu (Shin Megami Tensei V); as Khonsu Ra
• Solaris (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Amaterasu (Smite)
• Ra (Smite)
• Sol (Smite)
• Amaterasu (TYPE-MOON)
• Karna (TYPE-MOON); Demigod
• Amaterasu (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Amenohoakari (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Hiderigami (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Marici (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Armorterasu (Yo-kai Watch)

Gallery

Anime/Manga

Apollomon (Digimon)

Cartoons

Apollo (Blood of Zeus)

Comics

Rao (DC comics) solar god in the kryptonian culture.

Amaterasu (The Wicked+the Divine)

Literature

Apollo (Riordanverse)

Helios (Riordanverse)

Ra (Riordanverse)

Mythology

Ra (Egyptian Mythology) God of Sun, First Divine Pharaoh.

Sekhmet (Egyptian Mythology)

Apollo (Greco-Roman Mythology)

Chaxiraxi (Guanche Mythology)

Nergal (Mesopotamian Mythology)

Freyr (Norse Mythology)

Amaterasu (Shinto Mythology) the goddess of the sun and the universe.

Mithra (Zoroastrianism)

Video Games

Lucas (Dislyte) as the Esper of Apollo.

Narmer (Dislyte) as the Esper of Ra.

Helios (God of War) is the greek god of the sun.

After stealing the Crest of Ra and the Falcon's Head, Khonsu uses both to transform himself into the image of Ra, becoming the sun god Khonsu Ra.

Amaterasu (Smite)

Ra (Smite)

Sol (Smite)

Solaris (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Amaterasu (TYPE-MOON)

Karna (TYPE-MOON) is the Demigod son of Surya.