Solar Gods

Almost every recorded mythology personifies the sun, and almost every one ties it to a single core idea: sovereignty. The solar god is the lawgiver, the eye that sees, the one who returns. Read across cultures, the family looks remarkably consistent: a chariot or boat that crosses the sky, an underworld journey at night, a daily contest with a serpent or a sister. The differences sit in the details. Ra sails a barque through twelve hours of darkness. Helios drives a four-horse chariot. Amaterasu hides in a cave and the world goes dark until the other gods coax her out.