# 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.

## African
### 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

## American
### 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

## Asian
### 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

## European
### Albanian

* Dielli, the Sun, god of light
* Hëna, the Moon
* Prende, dawn goddess, also referred to as Hylli i Dritës, Afêrdita "the Star of Light, Afêrdita" (Venus)
* Zjarri, the Fire, light deity
* 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

## Oceania
### 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