solar myth

British  

noun

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

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solar myth

This is in twelve parts, and is really a solar myth, which recounts the twelve labors of the sun in his yearly passage through the twelve signs of the Chaldæan zodiac.

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

The serpent Python, in accordance with the continual transformations of myth, becomes the Hydra of Lerna, and Hercules, another solar myth, is substituted for Apollo.

From Myth and Science An Essay by Vignoli, Tito

The older interpretation, however, takes the custom back to the Druidic days, and makes it a form of the solar myth.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

We saw that it was a solar myth, known to many nations of antiquity.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

The theft is sometimes explained as a solar myth; the twilight steals the bright days of the sun-god.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew