sun god

American  

Or sun-god

noun

1. the sun considered or personified as a deity.

2. a god identified or associated with the sun.

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sun-god British  

noun

1. the sun considered as a personal deity

2. a deity associated with the sun or controlling its movements

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Etymology

Origin of sun god

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

In Spell 16, a funerary procession, stacked like a doll’s house, shows Ankhmerwer kneeling before three representations of the sun god.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

At dusk, worshippers stood waist-deep in the river's brown waters to offer prayers to the sun god Surya as the setting orb sank into the haze blanketing New Delhi's skyline, marking the annual Chhath festival.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

“And because of the Aztec mythology of Tonatiuh being the sun god, she woke up from the dream and was like, ‘My kid’s name is going to be Tonatiuh.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Near the end, one poses like a sun god.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Every day she prays to the earth goddess for plentiful vegetables, the river god for plentiful fish, the wind god to bring rain, and the sun god to bring life.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung