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sun god

sun god noun: a personification of the sun worshipped as a god.

sun god: a personification of the sun worshipped as a god
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Noun

sun god (plural sun gods)

  1. A personification of the sun worshipped as a god.
    • The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife.1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 11, column 2
    • In the New Kingdom, the power of Amen was nearly absolute. Amen is paired with the sun god, Ra, and is referred to as “a fierce red-eyed lion.”2009, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama, editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 38

sun god meaning in Telugu

sun god in Telugu

the sun god
జగత్సాక్షి jagatsākṣi

Examples of sun god in a sentence

  • So they sacrificed to the sun god in the morning, to the earth goddess at noon, and to a mixed lot of fairies and demons in the evening.2019, Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Random House, →ISBN:
  • He claims that the pendulums can have a hypnotic effect on the sun god and cause him to sink into a long slumber.2014, Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem, Tor Books, →ISBN:

Synonyms of sun god

Forms of sun god

pluralsun gods
alternative formsun-god
alternative formsungod

Origin of sun god

From sun + god.

Questions about sun god

What does sun god mean?
Sun god means a personification of the sun worshipped as a god.
What is sun god in Telugu?
Sun god in Telugu is జగత్సాక్షి (jagatsākṣi). See Sun god meaning in Telugu.
How do you use sun god in a sentence?
So they sacrificed to the sun god in the morning, to the earth goddess at noon, and to a mixed lot of fairies and demons in the evening.
What part of speech is sun god?
Sun god is a noun.
What is the plural of sun god?
The plural of sun god is sun gods.

Words near sun god in the dictionary

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  5. sun glasses
  6. sun god
  7. sun goddess
  8. sun goddesses
  9. sun gods
  10. sun grannies
  11. sun granny

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sun god (page history and authors); జగత్సాక్షి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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