List of light deities
A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light and/or day. Since stars give off light, star deities can also be included here. The following is a list of light deities in various mythologies.
African
Guanche
- Magec, deity of the sun and light, exact gender unknown
American
- Anpao, two-faced spirit of the dawn
- Tohil, god associated with thunder, lightning, and sunrise
Aztec
- Centzonhuitznahua, 400 gods of the southern stars
- Centzonmimixcoa, 400 gods of the northern stars
- Cipactonal, god of the daytime
- Citlālicue, goddess who created the stars
- Citlalmina, goddess of female stars
- Citlalatonac, god of male stars
- Tianquiztli, star goddesses
- Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day, and heat
Asian
Chinese
- Zhulong, dragon deity of daylight
Hindu
- Aruṇa, personification of the reddish glow of the rising sun
- Dyaus Pita, continues the name of the Proto-Indo-European god of the day-lit sky
- Ushas, dawn goddess
Sumerian
- Inanna, primary goddess of the planet Venus
- Ninsianna, goddess of the planet Venus
- Šul-pa-e, underworld god who became associated with Jupiter
- Shulsaga, stellar goddess
European
Etruscan
- Albina, goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers
- Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with new life
Germanic
- Baldr, god thought to be associated with light and/or day; is known by many other names, all of which have cognates in other Germanic languages, suggesting he may have been a pan-Germanic deity
- Dagr, personification of day
- Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess
- Freyr, god of sunshine, among other things
- Teiwaz, as a reflex of Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky
Slavic
- Dazhbog, god of the sun and day
- Aether, primarily associated with upper air but associated with light in Hesiod's Theogony
- Apollo, god of light, among many other things
- Eos, goddess of the dawn
- Hemera, personification of day
- Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios
- Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- Zeus, as a reflex of Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky
Mari
- Shudyr-Shamich, god of the stars
- Uzhara, god of the dawn
Roman
- Aurora (mythology), goddess of the dawn
- Jupiter, as a reflex of Dyeus, god of the day-lit sky
- Mater Matuta, goddess associated with Aurora
Oceania
Polynesian
- Atanua, Marquesan goddess of the dawn
- Atarapa, goddess of the dawn
- Ira, sky goddess and mother of the stars
- Ao (mythology), personification of light
