solar myth

British  

noun

1. a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun

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solar myth

It is therefore quite possible that Agamemnon and Menelaos may represent dimly remembered sovereigns or heroes, with their characters and actions distorted to suit the exigencies of a narrative founded upon a solar myth.

From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by Fiske, John

These changing dates do not point to the history of a man, but to the Hero of a solar myth.

From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Besant, Annie Wood

Fairyland, of course, is a childish fiction, Apollo a solar myth, a road is a road, grass is grass and heaven is a state of mind.

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William

This nonsense about Keltic and Teutonic is no more science than Lombroso's extraordinary assertions about criminals, or palmistry, or the development of religion from a solar myth.

From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Mr. Tylor considers the story to be a solar myth.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward