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       Litha Deities (sun goddesses)
       By: Merak Date: March 29, 2019, 3:30 pm
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       Hittite:
       Arinna is the goddess of the sun, and the chief goddess in
       Hittite mythology. She offered protection in times of war or
       disasters.
       Aborigine:
       Wala is a solar goddess. Her sister Bara accompanied her across
       the sun each day, but Wala realised she was making the earth too
       hot. She stored the sun in a bag and kept it until the moon
       disappeared
       Basque:
       Ekhi is the goddess of the sun and protector of humanity. As she
       travels across the sky she protects the world from the creatures
       that dwell in the light.
       Turkic:
       Gun Ana/Kun Ana: (see Turkic Pantheon)
       Canaanite:
       Shapesh is the goddess of the sun and is known as the ‘torch of
       the gods’; she is also an all-seeing goddess, and leads the
       souls in and out of the underworld
       Minoan:
       Therasia (her name sounds like "Tirassia") is the sun goddess,
       whose mythos originally had her self-birthing every year at the
       Winter Solstice. Later on, Dionysus was co-opted as a solar year
       king and her son, who is born every year at Midwinter.
       Her symbols are the date palm and the fruit of that tree; the
       griffin - perhaps the fieriest of the mythical creatures in
       Minoan art; the color red, including the famed blood-red murex
       dye that later became known as Phoenician purple; and of course,
       the sun rising over the sacred peaks of Crete. She rides through
       the Underworld (the land of pomegranates) at night, from her
       place of setting in the west to her place of rising in the east.
       Therasia is one of the Minoan Mothers, the goddess triplicity of
       Land/Sea/Sky. For some time now, we have struggled with this set
       of goddesses, putting Ourania (the Minoan cosmic/stellar
       goddess) in the place of Sky. But that always seemed a bit
       awkward; Ourania is beyond the sky, beyond our earth-bound
       realm, wider than the solar system or even the galaxy. Therasia
       now takes her rightful place as Sky within the triplicity,
       alongside Rhea as Earth and Posidaeja as Sea.
       I invite you to approach Therasia, meditate with her, honor her,
       invoke her in your rituals, get to know her. May she shine
       brightly on your life and all your endeavors.
       Celtic:
       Sulis is the Celtic goddess that oversees all of the natural
       springs and sacred wells. She is associated with the sun due to
       her ever-burning fires in her temples.
       Olwen is a female figure that sometimes was originally the Welsh
       goddess of sunlight. It is believed that she leaves a trail of
       white clover in her wake.
       Norse:
       Sol is the Goddess of the Sun and rides through the sky in a
       chariot. She is the personification of the sun in Germanic
       tradition. Sol also appears in other religious traditions as the
       deity connected to the sun, and solar energy.
       Chinese:
       Doumu is the a sun goddess that is sometimes combined with
       Marici. She is also the universal goddess of heavens.
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