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	Sun Mythology
		There were the Anasazi Sun watchers, the Priest of the Sun in the Zuni, and in Hopi villages, solar observations were made by the head of the society responsible for upcoming ceremonies to determine the date for rituals.
		In Chinese mythology, the Sun is the palace of Shen I, the Divine Archer.
		Perhaps the suppression of the Sun in Hawaiian mythology is due to its ties to sorcery and secrecy or possibly because it is phallic in nature.
	homepages.ius.edu /mcreceli/mythology.htm (699 words)

	Sun - Wikinfo
		The Sun is a main sequence star, with a spectral class of G2, meaning that it is somewhat bigger and hotter than the average star but far smaller than a red giant star.
		All matter in the Sun is in the form of plasma due to its extreme temperature.
		The differential rotation of the Sun's latitudes causes its magnetic field lines to become twisted together over time, causing magnetic field loops to erupt from the sun's surface and trigger the formation of the Sun's dramatic sunspots and solar prominences.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Sun (1375 words)

	Sun Wu-Kung
		Sun, his family name, is based on the Chinese word for monkey.
		Sun Wu-Kung is the one of the major characters in the classic tale "Journey to the West", about the Tang Monk Tripitaka and his journey to the Western Heaven to gain holy scriptures from Buddha and bring them back to China.
		Sun Wu-Kung was born of primal chaos, hatching from a stone egg impregnated by the sky.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/s/sun_wu-kung.html (1010 words)

	Sun Worship - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Sun Worship, religious devotion paid to the sun either as a deity or as the symbol of a deity.
		Sun worship was practised by the Iroquois, Plains,...
		Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Sun_Worship.html (135 words)

	Solar deity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Japanese mythology, the sun goddess Amaterasu is angered by the behavior of her brother, Susanoo, and hides herself in a cave, plunging the world into darkness.
		In the Vedas, numerous hymns are dedicated to Surya deva, the Sun personified, and Savitar, "the impeller", a solar deity either identified with or associated with Surya.
		The Mahabharata describes its warrior hero Karna as being the son of Kunti and the Sun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sun_mythology (932 words)

	Helios - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In earlier Greek mythology, the sun was personified as a deity called Hêlios (Greek for "the sun"), whom Homer equates with the sun titan Hyperion.
		The equivalent of Helios in Roman mythology is Sol.
		Helios was often depicted as a haloed youth in a chariot, wearing a cloak and with a globe and a whip.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Helios (934 words)

	The Warmth of the Sun
		Like millions of practitioners, Mary had experienced the seduction of surya namaskara (“obeisance to the sun”), better known as the sun salutation, and which I shall call simply the “Sun.” The Sun is the graceful sequence of 12 postures executed as one continuous flow and linked with the breath.
		In Hindu mythology, the sun god Surya is worshipped as a symbol of health and immortal life.
		The Sun is also said to have an intrinsic connection to the yama (abstention) of satya (non-lying, or truthfulness).
	www.yogachicago.com /jul04/sunsalutation.shtml (822 words)

	The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Solar deity
		The neolithic concept of a solar barge, the sun as traversing the sky in a boat, is found in ancient Egypt, with Ra and Horus.
		In Japanese mythology, the sun goddess Amaterasu is angered by the behavior of her brother, Susanoo, and hides herself in a cave, plunging the world into darkness.
		In the Vedas, numerous hymns are dedicated to Surya, the Sun personified, and Savitar, "the impeller", a solar deity either identified with or associated with Surya.
	www.book-of-thoth.com /thebook/index.php/Solar_deity (866 words)

	Blastitude 13
		One of the backgrounds of the film is the ideological conflict between Sun Ra and the Black Panthers that came to a crisis in 1972 and led to The Arkestra's departure from Oakland.
		Sun Ra's great opponent in the film, however, is not a representative of the Black Panther Party but someone called 'The Overseer', a name both referring to plantation foremen and the title 'The Overseer Of Light' which in gnostic writings is assigned to the demiurge, the evil creator of the Earth, Lucifer.
		Sun Ra's liberators, including the one that has just died, and the fl part of his manager are the only ones allowed to join them.
	www.blastitude.com /13/ETERNITY/sun_ra.htm (3082 words)

	Planets (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Sun is personified by Apollo (in Greek mythology) and by Hellos (in Roman mythology).
		Mythology reports that Chronos (Saturn) ate his children because he thought their power hunger would drive them to murder him, as he dethroned his father by killing him.
		In Mythology, Neptune or Poseidon is the god of the sea and lord of the water, which is the element that forms the basis of all life.
	www.manic-raven.com /astrology/Planets.htm (1839 words)

	ASTROLOGY - Stars Foretell, Daily Horoscope, Astrology, Hindu Astrology, Numerology, Personal readings, Palmistry ...
		The position of the planets and the sun and moon in the twelve houses at the moment of birth is decisive.
		While, the sun, Jupiter, and Mars are masculine; the moon and Venus are considered feminine, Mercury belonging again to both classes.
		Judicial astrology also took into consideration the position of the sun in the zodiac at the moment of birth; the signs of the zodiac also had a special astrological significance in respect to the weal and woe of the newborn, particularly his health.
	www.starsforetell.com /Content-2/Astrology.html (688 words)

	Aztecs, Maya and Incas
		The windows were aligned to the motion of the sun so that the stars admired as Gods showed up on certain days in these openings, in order to insure to humans their favor.
		The name of the stone reads translated: " stone, at which the sun is lashed ".Most probably the priests observed the sun on certain days of the year.Since the stone is larger than humans at that time were, the sun could disappear directly behind it or come up just as well e.g.
		The God of the Sun had even his own fields in the land of the Incas, which was taken from the ordinary peasants or from the peasants.
	library.thinkquest.org /C002091/data/mytho2eg.htm (798 words)

	Sun — FactMonster.com
		The Colossos of Rhodes was consecrated to the sun.
		sun, in astronomy - sun sun, intensely hot, self-luminous body of gases at the center of the solar system.
		Deification and adoration of the sun occurred primarily in agrarian...
	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/sun.html (414 words)

	The Best of Free Spirit Presents: The Sun
		She was the controller of the cosmos, the sun and the celestial cycles.
		In Greece, the sun, Helios, is the eye of Zeus; in Egypt, the eye of Ra; in northern Europe, the eye of Odin; in Oceania, the eye of Atea; and in Islam, the eye of Allah.
		The sun was the golden ancestor of the imperial families of ancient Egypt, India, Peru and Mexico.
	deoxy.org /annex/celest_s.htm (2551 words)

	Buber's Basque Page: On Basque Astronymy: The Sun in Mythology
		buber.net > Basque > Astro > On Basque Astronymy: The Sun in Mythology
		One poetic metaphor [+], in which the sun is like an open eye in the immensity of the sky, has given place to various myths, as much in India [+] as in other regions of antiquity.
		In Vedic mythology the sun is the `eye of the gods', above all of Surya, Mitra, Varuna [+] and Agni.
	www.buber.net /Basque/Astro/node12.html (459 words)

	Sun Ra - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Sun Ra (1914–1993), American jazz keyboard player, bandleader, and composer, whose eccentricity matched his avant-garde experimental music.
		Ra, in ancient Egyptian mythology, sun god depicted with a human body and the head of a hawk.
		The only important god who was worshiped with consistency was Ra, chief of cosmic deities, from whom early Egyptian kings claimed descent.
	encarta.msn.com /Sun_Ra.html (146 words)

	Sun Worship
		Sun worship persisted in Europe even after the introduction of Christianity, as is evidenced by its disguised survival in such traditional Christian practices as the Easter bonfire and the Yule log on Christmas.
		The sun was born, and fires ("Yule logs," still traditionally symbols of Christmas, though usually in the form of a chocolate cake) flamed in the forest villages, the huts were decorated with holly and evergreens, Yule trees were laden with presents, and stores of solid food and strong drink were lavishly opened.
		So in Greek mythology the cock was regarded as the herald of the Sun and was accounted sacred to him; and Plutarch speaks of an image of Apollo holding a cock in his hand, which he naturally interprets as a symbol of the dawn and sunrise.
	smithbrad.nventure.com /sunworship.htm (19938 words)

	Helios - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		In earlier Greek mythology, the sun was personified as a deity called Hêlios (Greek for "the sun"), whom Homer equates with the sun titan Hyperion.
		The equivalent of Helios in Roman mythology is Sol.
		Helios was often depicted as a haloed youth in a chariot, wearing a cloak and with a globe and a whip.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/Helios (849 words)

	Sivananda Yoga - Sun Salutation
		In Hindu mythology, the sun god is worshipped as a symbol of health and immortal life.
		The Sun Salutation is a graceful sequence of twelve positions performed as one continuous exercise.
		One round of Sun Salutation consists of two sequences, the first leading with the right foot in positons 4 and 9, the second leading with the left.
	www.sivananda.org /teachings/asana/sunsal.html (444 words)

	Genesis : Search for Origins \| JPL \| NASA
		Communities of sun watchers all over the world have used the sun as a scientific tool to determine when to plant their crops, tell time, explain natural marvels, and understand the world.
		The sun is believed to be the source of life for the people of India.
		There is evidence that suggests that this sun clock was influenced by the clepsydra (water clock) used in China during the latter part of the seventh century.
	www.genesismission.org /product/genesis_kids/sunwatchers/sunwatchers2.html (2294 words)

	What the Ancients Thought about the Sun
		The Sun dance was an important ritual for the North American Plains Indians.
		The Sun god is one of the principal deities in the ancient Hindu religion.
		The Egyptian Sun god, Ra, traveled half the time through the twelve domains of the underworld and half through the twelve domains of the day.
	observe.arc.nasa.gov /nasa/exhibits/sun/sun_4.html (291 words)

	Yellow
		The Sun was one of the most important symbols for Man and was worshiped in many cultures as God.
		According to Greek mythology the Sun-god Helios wearing a yellow robe rode in a golden chariot drawn by four fiery horses across the heavenly firmament.
		Both the sun and gold were yellow and shared the qualities of being imperishable, eternal and indestructible.
	facweb.cs.depaul.edu /sgrais/yellow.htm (1686 words)

	Sun
		The Sun is a yellow dwarf star, which means it is a medium size star.
		The Sun is personified in many mythologies: the Greeks called it Helios and the Romans called it Sol.
		This odd behavior is due to the fact that the Sun is not a solid body like the Earth.
	members.fortunecity.com /homework1/205sun.html (747 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Egyptian mythology
		Egyptian mythology (or Egyptian religion) is the name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt until the coming of Christianity and Islam.
		A short interval of monotheism (Atenism) occurred under the reign of Akhenaten, focused on the Egyptian sun deity Aten.
		Egyptian mythology put up surprisingly little resistance to the spread of Christianity, sometimes explained by claiming that Jesus was originally a syncretism based predominantly on Horus, with Isis representing Mary.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Egyptian_mythology (2030 words)

	Skyscript: The Roaring Sun
		The planetary rulership of the signs are dependant on it,[2] the planetary natures are derived from it,[3] and the meanings of the houses are largely an extension of it.
		In astrology, where the Sun is found, truth and light should manifest - in natal astrology it indicates the 'true being', the 'heart of consciousness'; in horary charts the Sun unafflicted brings the truth of the matter to light.
		In Roman mythology the Sun-god Apollo was the twin sister of the Moon-goddess Diana.
	www.skyscript.co.uk /sunintro.html (1235 words)

	Tour the Solar System and Beyond - The Sun (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We now know that the Sun is a huge, bright sphere of mostly ionized gas about 5 billion years old and is the closest star to earth at a distance of 145 million km (one Astronomical Unit).
		The Sun's power causes the seasons, the climate, the currents in the ocean, the circulation of the air, and the weather in atmosphere...
		The Sun's "surface," known as the photosphere is just the visible 500 km thick layer from which most of the Sun's radiation and light finally escapes, and is the place where sunspots are found.
	spacekids.hq.nasa.gov /osskids/animate/sun.html (770 words)

	Sun \| Encyclopedia of Religion
		In modern thinking, the sun often stands for individual consciousness, and the moon (or night) for the unconscious, the ocean, or the feminine principle.
		In many primitive mythologies, the sun is an object tossed up or hung in the sky by mortals or trickster figures.
		In Norse mythology the sun and moon are sparks from Muspelheim, the realm of fire.
	www.bookrags.com /research/sun-eorl-13 (500 words)

	Egyptian mythology : Egyptian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Egyptian mythology (or Egyptian religion) is the name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt until the coming of Christianity and Islam.
		Where they are much throughout the hours of light, only venturing abroad after nightfall which exist in the wilder localities where they are still plentiful.
		greatest heat, and again in the middle part of the night, unless there afternoon, and end their morning roaming soon after the sun is above long, and then wander but little in the daytime.
	www.explainthat.info /eg/egyptian-mythology.html (353 words)

	The Sun in Astrology
		The SIGN in which the Sun falls in your chart describes your essential personality and the way of being that is most natural to you.
		Many people identify very strongly with their Sun sign, while others are overwhelmingly influenced by other factors that may overshadow the Sun.
		The HOUSE placement of the Sun in your chart determines in what area of life you have a distinctive purpose or drive, feel most relaxed and at ease with yourself, and tend to perform well, excel and shine.
	www.mooncatsastrology.com /astro/sun.htm (247 words)

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