The peoples of the world not only endowed the gods with a name, but also indicated their responsibilities. For each, the proportion over which he ruled was determined. The supreme God, of the seas and oceans, nature, fertility, love, hunting … But there is one that is different from the others. He has no subordinates, but nevertheless, without him there would be no plants, animals, people would be sad and would not fall in love, would not see the beauty of the world. This is the sun god, who was present in many pagan cultures. Thanks to him, day replaces night, he gives warmth to the rays of the fireball, which makes the people of the whole planet happy. So how did different civilizations imagine the god of the Sun?
Egyptian god Ra
This god was very revered in Egypt. His cult began to form after the unification of the country, noticeably crowding out existing religious beliefs. The sun god Ra began to gain popularity during the reign of the fourth dynasty of the pharaohs.
They added it to their name, thereby showing the people their power. And Ra, they thus showed their admiration for him. The name of the Egyptian deity in translation means "Sun." The fifth dynasty was marked by the peak of popularity of this patron of heavenly bodies. According to legend, the first three pharaohs of this kind were considered the sons of the sun god Ra.
The Colossus of Rhodes
The glorious Greek religion could not do without the sun god. He was Helios, who lived in the east of the ocean in a castle. Every morning, the Greek sun god rode out in a golden chariot drawn by four horses and rode across the sky, marking the beginning of the day. In the evening, in the same way, Helios returned home from the western part of the ocean to the castle. According to myths, the sun god could not attend the separation of powers in the world due to the strong daily employment in the sky, so he did not get anything.
To soften his situation a little, Helios decided to raise the island from the ocean floor, which he named Rodoss in honor of the wife of Roda. Once this commander tried to capture the commander Demetrius Polyorket, but Helios managed to dissuade him, than saved the inhabitants of this territory. They, as a thank you, erected a 36-meter statue of clay and metal, which they had been building for 12 years. This monument is one of the seven wonders of the world and is called the Colossus of Rhodes. With his legs wide apart, he leaned on special supports, sheathed in metal, between which ships could freely sail. The statue was visible from afar, but due to the fact that the main material used in the construction was clay, and the metal was only outside, the Colossus was destroyed by an earthquake in 222 BC. e.
Slavic Dazhdbog
Our ancestors had no less patrons than the Greeks. One of the most beloved and revered was considered the Slavic god of the Sun Dazhdbog. His name is not at all connected with the rain; it means "giving god."
According to legend, every morning he drives out to the sky in a chariot drawn by four horses. The patron saint of the sun travels across the sky all day and gives people the sunlight that comes from his shield. The Slavs imagined that their god of the Sun was unusually beautiful and bright. His gaze was full of sincerity and could not stand the lie; sunny hair fell in skeins from a mighty shoulder; blue eyes, deep as lakes, made him ideal in the understanding of the Slavs. They believed that the son of Heaven gives warmth to his people with reflections of his shield, illuminates fields, rivers, forests and takes care of animals.
