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sun god

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sun god
n. Mythology
A god that personifies the sun.
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Noun1.sun god - a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun
deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
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Byline: ANI Varanasi/Patna /Guwahati, Oct 24 (ANI): The Chhath Puja, a festival to thank the Sun God for bestowing the bounties of life on the earth and prosperity was celebrated on Saturday with religious fervors and gaiety.
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Although the purpose of his visit was ostensibly to order the completion of a temple, the Pharaoh took pains to explain his close relationship with his father, the god-king Seti I, and to promote the supremacy of the paternalistic sun god Amun.
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They feared that the annual disappearance of the sun would mean the onslaught of famine and to prevent this from happening would take an annual pilgrimage to Cuzco to honour the sun god and plead for his quick return.
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