How the World Views Solar Deities

Document Type : Research Paper

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Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Studies of Art, University of Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Being given such a high position in Iran and India, Mitra (commonly known as Mehr), the god of the sun, friendship, and energy, attained an elevated position in Rome over the centuries after its journey from Persian Empire. Possessing a total of attributes, assisting real patriots and warriors in wars, fighting with the demon of evils, being the god of promise, holding vast lands, a symbol of grace in human, plants, and animals, this deity used to be dominant in the West and East over the centuries, being worshipped and sanctified. Solar deities existed in all world’s nations and peoples and were glorified as the symbol and source of the continuing existence of the universe. These deities have often been superior to other gods in a variety of nations including Egyptians, Mesopotamians, Greeks and Romans, the Chinese and the Japanese, Indonesians, American indigenous tribes, aborigines of Australia, and African people who have been aware of their utmost importance. Aton and Rae in ancient Egypt, Apollo, Helios and Sol in Greece and Rome, Mitra and Surya in Iran and India as well as other deities of the sun in the West and East represent signs and symbols in different cultures and arts.

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Journal of Art and Civilization of the Orient
Volume 8, Issue 30
January 2021
Pages 5-14

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