List of light deities

A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light and/or day. Since stars give off light, star deities can also be included here. The following is a list of light deities in various mythologies.

Egyptian mythology

 * Khepri, god of rebirth and the sunrise
 * Nefertem, god who represents the first sunlight

Guanche

 * Magec, deity of the sun and light, exact gender unknown

Dahomean religion

 * Lisa, deity of the sun, heat, sky

Lakota mythology

 * Anpao, two-faced spirit of the dawn

Maya mythology

 * Tohil, god associated with thunder, lightning, and sunrise

Aztec

 * Centzonhuitznahua, 400 gods of the southern stars
 * Centzonmimixcoa, 400 gods of the northern stars
 * Cipactonal, god of the daytime
 * Citlālicue, goddess who created the stars
 * Citlalmina, goddess of female stars
 * Citlalatonac, god of male stars
 * Tianquiztli, star goddesses
 * Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day, and heat

Zapotec

 * Coquihani, god of light

Incan

 * Inti, god of the sun
 * Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star"), goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet
 * Mama Killa, goddess of the moon

Chinese

 * Zhulong, dragon deity of daylight

Japanese

 * Amaterasu, goddess of the sun
 * Uzume, goddess of the dawn

Hindu

 * Aruṇa, personification of the reddish glow of the rising sun
 * Dyaus Pita, continues the name of the Proto-Indo-European god of the day-lit sky
 * Ushas, dawn goddess

Sumerian

 * Inanna, primary goddess of the planet Venus
 * Ninsianna, goddess of the planet Venus
 * Šul-pa-e, underworld god who became associated with Jupiter
 * Shulsaga, stellar god
 * Aya (goddess), goddess of light and the dawn

Albanian

 * Nëna e Diellit, "the Mother of the Sun"
 * Dielli, personification of the Sun
 * Hëna, personification of the Moon
 * E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit, "the Daughter of the Moon and the Sun"
 * Prende, dawn goddess, also referred to as Hylli i Dritës, Afêrdita "the Star of Light, Afêrdita" (Venus)
 * Zojz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, god of the day-lit sky

Baltic

 * Dievas, creator god in Baltic myths

Celtic

 * Lugh, personification of the sun

Etruscan

 * Albina, goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers
 * Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with new life

Germanic

 * Baldr, god thought to be associated with light and/or day; is known by many other names, all of which have cognates in other Germanic languages, suggesting he may have been a pan-Germanic deity
 * Dagr, personification of day
 * Earendel, god of rising light and/or a star
 * Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess
 * Freyr, god of sunshine, among other things
 * Sól, goddess and personification of the sun
 * Teiwaz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky
 * Thor, god of lightning, thunder, weather, storms, and the sky

Slavic

 * Dazhbog, god of the sun and day

Greek

 * Aether, primarily associated with upper air but associated with light in Hesiod's Theogony
 * Apollo, god of light, among many other things
 * Eos, goddess of the dawn
 * Hemera, personification of day
 * Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios
 * Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios, god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera .
 * 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.
 * Zeus, as a reflex of *Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky

Roman

 * Aurora (mythology), goddess of the dawn
 * Jupiter (mythology), as a reflex of *Dyeus, god of the day-lit sky
 * Mater Matuta, goddess associated with Aurora

Polynesian

 * Atanua, Marquesan goddess of the dawn
 * Atarapa, goddess of the dawn
 * Ira, sky goddess and mother of the stars
 * Tala goddess of the stars

Māori mythology

 * Ao (mythology), personification of light