sun worship
Praising the daystar
Sun worship is religious veneration of the sun as a deity or divine symbol.
Ancient civilizations from Egypt to the Aztecs practiced sun worship, and elements persist in some modern spiritual traditions.
The term sometimes describes secular devotion to sunbathing or outdoor tanning: Every summer she engages in serious sun worship at the beach.
- HeliosGreek solar deity
- AmaterasuShinto sun deity
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- solstice celebrationsEvents marking astronomical extremes
- solar calendarYear measured by sun
Sol Invictus · golden rays · Ra · Inca civilization · Ancient Egypt · Aztec Empire · solstice · morning prayers · sacred fire · ritual offerings · pagan · sacrifice · fire · temple · stone circles · dawn · first light · divine
- Inca cultureMachu Picchu, Cusco, quipu, terrace farming, chicha
- indigenous beliefsshamans, ancestor spirits, nature spirits, spirit world, sacred rituals
- indigenous traditionselder council, powwows, totem poles, healing rituals, sweat lodges
- star worshipsolar deities, lunar deities, Ra, Helios, Selene
- celestial themescelestial navigation, lunar cycles, night sky, heavens, firmament
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
nature worship vs. abstract theology
sun worshipmonotheism
Belief in one god
iconoclasm · atheism · secularism · materialism · secular humanism