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

In an elaborately choreographed ceremony first used in 1936, the foremost of a group of priestesses in long, pleated dresses offers a prayer to the ancient Greek sun god, Apollo.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Then last year Apollo said something about the old god Helios disappearing and leaving him with the duties of the sun god.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan