How to Use sun god in a Sentence

sun god

noun
  • The Vikings thought pines were special to the sun god, Balder.
    — Faith Bottum, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The Sun God lawn used to be like this little grassy area, where the sun god statue is.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That is why helium gets its name from Helios, the Greek sun god.
    — Sanjana Curtis, Scientific American, 4 July 2023
  • Porter as an Egyptian sun god, carried on a litter by six shirtless men.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2023
  • This last surviving boat makes its way to the island of Helios, the sun god.
    — Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2019
  • She was loved and the representation of perfection to the sun god.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The Inca believed gold fell from the sky as either the tears or the sweat of the sun god Inti.
    — Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2017
  • The sun god had six catches for 70 yards in another game last season against the Bears.
    — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2023
  • In Peru, people honor the return of the sun god on the winter solstice.
    — Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Billy Porter as an Egyptian sun god, carried on a litter by six shirtless men.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • Osiris is the Egyptian god of the underworld and Ra is the Egyptian sun god.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
  • Osiris is the Egyptian god of the underworld, and Ra is the Egyptian sun god.
    — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Shab-e Yalda has its roots in ancient Iran, when local clans worshiped the sun god Mithra.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • At the center of the table is the sun god Apollo, recognizable by a halo of light around his head.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • The festival celebrates the triumph of Mithra — the sun god — over darkness.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Atum is the sun god and the center of Heliopolitan theology and its creation myths.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022
  • These findings suggest that cacao played a role in the changing of Maya religious worship of a maize god to a sun god.
    — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Artemis lunar program — named after the Greek goddess of the moon and twin sister of sun god Apollo.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Among the other figures is Ishtar, goddess of love and war, the sun god Shamash, and Nabu, god of wisdom.
    — National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2020
  • As depicted in paintings and sculptures, the Maya sun god, giver of life, is no Apollo.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • In Greek mythology, Artemis is the goddess of the moon and twin sister of the sun god Apollo.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • In order to free herself up to speak her mind, Rainer writes from the point of view of Apollo Musagétés, the sun god.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Worshippers held offerings to the sun god standing waist-deep in the river, while some bathed in the polluted waters.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The latest way to soak it all in in style is Viking’s new 82-passenger ship, , named for the Egyptian sun god.
    — Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2023
  • One of the most iconic ones is the Kinich Kakmó, a pyramid dedicated to the Maya sun god.
    — Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
  • One of the most iconic ones is the Kinich Kakmo pyramid, dedicated to the Mayan sun god.
    — Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
  • There is also Apophis, who, in Egyptian mythology, is the enemy of the sun god Ra.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • To greet the sun god, the temple entrance faced east and was flanked by two colossal statues of Amenhotep III.
    — National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The novel is a loose retelling of Ovid’s myth of Daphne and Apollo, in which the forest nymph prefers her freedom over the greedy love of the sun god.
    — Natalie Serber, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The site forms part of the sprawling necropolis of Heliopolis, the city that served as the center of the cult of the sun god Ra for centuries.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026

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