List of light deities
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The Norse light god Baldr
A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light. The following is a list of light deities in various mythologies.
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Celtic mythology
- Belenus – a sun god associated with Apollo
- Belisama – goddess of lakes and rivers, fire, crafts, and light
Egyptian mythology
- Horus – god of the sky and kingship, also the god of light in his form Her-ur (Horus the Elder)
Seth - god of the sun at sunset, also the god of chaos and storms
Greek mythology
- Aether – primarily associated with upper air but associated with light in Hesiod's Theogony
- Apollo – god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light, and knowledge
- Hyperion – a Titan associated with watchfulness, wisdom, and light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios
- Theia - Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos
Māori mythology
- Ao (mythology) – the personification of light and the ordinary world
Norse mythology
- Freyr – god of sunshine, peace, fertility, prosperity and associated with the Ljósálfar (Light Elves)
- Baldr – god associated with love, peace and forgiveness, of justice, light, and purity
- Heimdallr – god of wisdom and light
Slavic mythology
See also
- List of night deities
- List of solar deities
- Ljósálfar, "light elves" of Norse mythology
- Lucifer
- Sky deity
