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Since stars give off light, <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">star</a> deities can also be included here. The following is a list of light deities in various mythologies. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="African">African</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: African"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Egyptian_mythology"><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_mythology" title="Egyptian mythology">Egyptian mythology</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Egyptian mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khepri" title="Khepri">Khepri</a>, god of rebirth and the sunrise</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a>, god who represents the first sunlight</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guanche">Guanche</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Guanche"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magec" title="Magec">Magec</a>, deity of the sun and light, exact gender unknown</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dahomean_religion"><a href="/wiki/Dahomean_religion" title="Dahomean religion">Dahomean religion</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Dahomean religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dahomean_religion#Mawu_and_Lisa" title="Dahomean religion">Lisa</a>, deity of the sun, heat, sky<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="American">American</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lakota_mythology"><a href="/wiki/Lakota_mythology" title="Lakota mythology">Lakota mythology</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lakota mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anpao" title="Anpao">Anpao</a>, two-faced spirit of the dawn</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maya_mythology"><a href="/wiki/Maya_mythology" title="Maya mythology">Maya mythology</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Maya mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tohil" title="Tohil">Tohil</a>, god associated with thunder, lightning, and sunrise</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aztec">Aztec</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Aztec"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centzonhuitznahua" class="mw-redirect" title="Centzonhuitznahua">Centzonhuitznahua</a>, 400 gods of the southern stars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centzonmimixcoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Centzonmimixcoa">Centzonmimixcoa</a>, 400 gods of the northern stars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cipactonal" title="Cipactonal">Cipactonal</a>, god of the daytime</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citl%C4%81licue" title="Citlālicue">Citlālicue</a>, goddess who created the stars</li> <li>Citlalmina, goddess of female stars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citlalatonac" title="Citlalatonac">Citlalatonac</a>, god of male stars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianquiztli" class="mw-redirect" title="Tianquiztli">Tianquiztli</a>, star goddesses</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiuhtecuhtli" title="Xiuhtecuhtli">Xiuhtecuhtli</a>, god of fire, day, and heat</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zapotec">Zapotec</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Zapotec"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Coquihani, god of light</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incan">Incan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Incan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inti" title="Inti">Inti</a>, god of the sun</li> <li>Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star"), goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet</li> <li>Mama Killa, goddess of the moon</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Asian">Asian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Asian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chinese">Chinese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Chinese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhulong_(mythology)" title="Zhulong (mythology)">Zhulong</a>, dragon deity of daylight</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese">Japanese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Japanese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amaterasu" title="Amaterasu">Amaterasu</a>, goddess of the sun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzume" class="mw-redirect" title="Uzume">Uzume</a>, goddess of the dawn</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hindu">Hindu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Hindu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aru%E1%B9%87a" class="mw-redirect" title="Aruṇa">Aruṇa</a>, personification of the reddish glow of the rising sun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyaus_Pita" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyaus Pita">Dyaus Pita</a>, continues the name of the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology" title="Proto-Indo-European mythology">Proto-Indo-European</a> god of the day-lit sky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ushas" title="Ushas">Ushas</a>, dawn goddess</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sumerian">Sumerian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sumerian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inanna" title="Inanna">Inanna</a>, primary goddess of the planet Venus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninsianna" title="Ninsianna">Ninsianna</a>, goddess of the planet Venus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ul-pa-e" class="mw-redirect" title="Šul-pa-e">Šul-pa-e</a>, underworld god who became associated with Jupiter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulsaga" class="mw-redirect" title="Shulsaga">Shulsaga</a>, stellar god</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aya_(goddess)" title="Aya (goddess)">Aya (goddess)</a>, goddess of light and the dawn</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="European">European</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: European"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albanian">Albanian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Albanian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dielli_(Albanian_paganism)" title="Dielli (Albanian paganism)">Dielli</a>, the Sun, god of light</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%ABna_(Albanian_paganism)" title="Hëna (Albanian paganism)">Hëna</a>, the Moon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prende" title="Prende">Prende</a>, dawn goddess, also referred to as <i>Hylli i Dritës, Afêrdita</i> "the Star of Light, Afêrdita" (Venus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zjarri_(Albanian_paganism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zjarri (Albanian paganism)">Zjarri</a>, the Fire, light deity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zojz_(deity)" title="Zojz (deity)">Zojz</a>, as a reflex of *<a href="/wiki/Dyeus" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyeus">Dyeus</a>, god of the day-lit sky</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baltic">Baltic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Baltic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dievas" title="Dievas">Dievas</a>, creator god in <a href="/wiki/Baltic_mythology" title="Baltic mythology">Baltic myths</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Celtic">Celtic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Celtic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lugh" title="Lugh">Lugh</a>, personification of the sun</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etruscan">Etruscan</h3><span 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other Germanic languages, suggesting he may have been a pan-Germanic deity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagr" title="Dagr">Dagr</a>, personification of day</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurvandill" title="Aurvandill">Earendel</a>, god of rising light and/or a star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eostre" class="mw-redirect" title="Eostre">Eostre</a>, considered to continue the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology" title="Proto-Indo-European mythology">Proto-Indo-European</a> <a href="/wiki/Hausos" class="mw-redirect" title="Hausos">dawn goddess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freyr" title="Freyr">Freyr</a>, god of sunshine, among other things</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B3l_(Germanic_mythology)" title="Sól (Germanic mythology)">Sól</a>, goddess and personification of the sun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teiwaz" class="mw-redirect" title="Teiwaz">Teiwaz</a>, as a reflex of *Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Thor</a>, god of lightning, thunder, weather, storms, and the sky</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Slavic">Slavic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Slavic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dazhbog" title="Dazhbog">Dazhbog</a>, god of the sun and day</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greek"><a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Greek"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aether_(mythology)" title="Aether (mythology)">Aether</a>, primarily associated with upper air but associated with light in <a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Theogony" title="Theogony">Theogony</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a>, god of light, among many other things</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eos" title="Eos">Eos</a>, goddess of the dawn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemera" title="Hemera">Hemera</a>, personification of day</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperion_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyperion (mythology)">Hyperion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Titan_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (mythology)">Titan</a> of light; sometimes conflated with his son <a href="/wiki/Helios" title="Helios">Helios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampetia" title="Lampetia">Lampetia</a>, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theia" title="Theia">Theia</a>, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. 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title="Marquesan">Marquesan</a> goddess of the dawn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atarapa" title="Atarapa">Atarapa</a>, goddess of the dawn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_(mythology)" title="Ira (mythology)">Ira</a>, sky goddess and mother of the stars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tala_(goddess)" title="Tala (goddess)">Tala</a> goddess of the stars</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Māori_mythology"><span id="M.C4.81ori_mythology"></span><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_mythology" title="Māori mythology">Māori mythology</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Māori mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ao_(M%C4%81ori_mythology)" title="Ao (Māori mythology)">Ao (mythology)</a>, personification of light</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_night_deities" title="List of night deities">List of night deities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_solar_deities" title="List of solar deities">List of solar deities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucifer" title="Lucifer">Lucifer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_deity" title="Sky deity">Sky deity</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_deities&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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