List of solar deities

African mythology

Anyanwu, Igbo god believed to dwell in the sun

Magec, Tenerife god of the sun and light

Mawu, Dahomey goddess associated with the sun and the moon

Ngai, Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai god of the sun

Australian Aboriginal mythology

Bila, cannibal sun goddess of the Adnyamathanha

Gnowee, solar goddess who searches daily for her lost son; the light of her torch is the sun

Wala, solar goddess

Wuriupranili, solar goddess whose torch is the sun

Yhi, Karraur goddess of the sun, light and creation

Ainu mythology

Chup Kamui, a lunar goddess who switched places with her brother to become goddess of the sun

Arabian mythology

Malakbel, god of the sun

Shams/Shamsun, a solar goddess exalted in Himyar and by the Sabaeans.

Aztec mythology

Huitzilopochtli, god of the sun and war

Nanauatzin, god of the sun

Teoyaomicqui, god of lost souls, the sun and the sixth hour of the day

Tonatiuh, god of the sun and ruler of the heavens

Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day and heat

Baltic mythology

Saulė, goddess of the sun and fertility

Basque mythology

Ekhi, goddess of the sun and protector of humanity

Brazilian mythology

Meri, folk hero and god of the sun

Buddhist mythology

Marici, goddess of the heavens, sun and light

Surya, the deity of the sun (Suriya Pariththa, Suthra Pitaka, Pali canon, Theravada Buddhism)

Canaanite mythology

Shapash, goddess of the sun

Celtic mythology

Áine, Irish goddess of love, summer, wealth and sovereignty, associated with the sun and midsummer

Alaunus, Gaulish god of the sun, healing and prophecy

Belenos, Gaulish god of the sun

Gronw Pebr, Welsh figure occasionally constructed as a god of light.

Étaín, Irish sun goddess

Epona, horse deity occasionally linked with Étaín.

Grannus, god associated with spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and the sun

Olwen, female figure often constructed as originally the Welsh sun goddess.

Sulis, British deity whose name is related to the common Proto-Indo-European word for "sun" (and thus cognate with Helios, Sól, Sol, Usil and Surya) and who retains solar imagery, as well as a domain over healing and thermal springs. Probably the de facto solar deity of the celts.

Chinese mythology

Doumu, sun goddess sometimes conflated with Marici.

Yuyi, the sun god

Xu Kai, the god of the sun-star

Xihe, sun goddess and mother of the ten suns

Zhulong, dragon deity of daylight.

Egyptian mythology

Bastet, cat goddess associated with the sun

Horus, god of the sky whose right eye was considered to be the sun and his left the moon

Amun, creator deity sometimes identified as a sun god

Atum, the "finisher of the world" who represents the sun as it sets

Aten, god of the sun, the visible disc of the sun

Khepri, god of rebirth and the sunrise

Nefertem, god of healing and beauty, who represents the first sunlight

Ra, god of the sun

Sekhmet, goddess of war and of the sun, and sometimes plagues and creator of the desert

Sopdu, god of war and the scorching heat of the summer sun

Ptah, god of craftsmanship, the arts and fertility, sometimes said to represent the sun at night

Khnum, god of sunset

Etruscan mythology

Albina, goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers

Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with new life

Usil, etruscan equivalent of Helios

Germanic mythology

Sól (Sunna)

Greek mythology

Alectrona, goddess of the morning and man's waking sense

Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, with solar deity characteristics

Apollo, Olympian god of light, the sun, prophecy, healing, plague, archery, music and poetry

Eos, Titan goddess of the dawn

Helios, Titan god of the sun

Hyperion, Titan god of light

Neaera, goddess of the rising sun

Phanes, protogenoi of light and life, described with "golden wings", surrounded by the signs of the Zodiac and equated with Mithras

Theia, a titan goddess associated with the sun

Hindu mythology

Agni, god of fire, associated with the sun

Aryaman, god of the sun

Mitra, god of honesty, friendship, contracts, meetings and the morning sun

Ravi, god of the sun

Saranyu, goddess of the dawn

Savitr, god of the sun at sunrise and sunset

Surya, god of the sun

Ushas, the goddess of light and dawn

Hittite mythology

Arinna, goddess of the sun

Istanu, god of the sun and judgment

Incan mythology

Inti, god of the sun and patron deity of the Inca Empire

Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star") was the goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet

Inuit mythology

Akycha, solar deity worshipped in Alaska

Malina, goddess of the sun found most commonly in the legends of Greenland

Japanese mythology

Amaterasu, goddess of the sun

Lusitanian mythology

Endovelicus, god of health and safety. Worshipped both as a solar deity and a chthonic one.

Neto, claimed to be both a solar and war deity.

Māori mythology

Ao, personification of daylight

Tama-nui-te-rā, personification of the sun

Maya mythology

Ah Kin, god of the sun, bringer of doubt and protector against the evils associated with darkness

Kinich Ahau, god of the sun

Hunahpu, one of the Maya Hero Twins; he transformed into the sun while his brother transformed into the moon

Tohil, god associated with thunder, lightning and sunrise

Mesopotamian mythology

Shamash, Akkadian god of the sun and justice

Utu, Sumerian god of the sun and justice

Minoan mythology

A solar goddess of some sort, possibly the Snake Goddess.

Muisca mythology

Sué, Muisca god of the Sun and husband of Chía; the Moon

Native American mythology

Wi, Lakota god of the sun

Norse mythology

Baldr, god associated with light, beauty, love and happiness

Dagr, personification of the daytime

Freyr, god of fertility, sexuality, peace and sunlight

Sól, de facto solar goddess.

Persian mythology

Nahundi, god of the sun and law

Polynesian mythology

Atanua, Marquesan goddess of the dawn

Atarapa, goddess of the dawn

Roman mythology

Apollo, the Greco-Roman god of light, music, knowledge, and the sun

Aurora, goddess of dawn

Sol

Sami mythology

Beiwe, goddess of the sun, spring, fertility and sanity

Slavic mythology

Belobog, reconstructed deity of light and the sun who may or may not have been worshipped by pagan Slavs

Dažbog, god of the sun

Hors, god of the sun

Radegast, god of hospitality, fertility and crops, associated with war and the sun, who may or may not have been worshipped by pagan Slavs

Zorya, two daughters of Dažbog

Zorya Utrennyaya, the morning star, who openes the palace gates each dawn for the sun-chariot's departure

Zorya Vechernyaya, the evening star, who closes the palace gates each night after the sun-chariot's return

Turkic mythology

Gun Ana, Turkic solar goddess.

Koyash, god of the sun

Zoroastrianism

Hvare-khshaeta, the sun yazata.

Zunism

The Zunbil dynasty and the subjects of Zabulistan worshipped the sun, which they called Zun. They believed that the sun was the god of justice, the force of good in the world and, consequently, the being that drove out the darkness and allowed man to live another day.