Sol
Sol was the Roman sun god with whom the Syrian deity Elagabalus was assimilated. The combined deity became known as Sol Invictus, meaning the unconquered Sun.
↻ synthesized from 22 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Roman sun god assimilated with the Syrian deity Elagabalus during the reign of Emperor Elagabalus in the early 3rd century CE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Minerva, Urania, Mundilfari, Bil, solar deity, sun deity, Sköll, Savitr, Hvare-khshaeta, Anemoi, Hyperion, Astraeus, Hati Hróðvitnisson, Asclepius, Apulu, Leto, Aegletes, Lyceus, Phanaeus, Hygieia, Sirona, Mother of the Gods, Core, Mars Sagatus, Cautes, Cautopates, Oceanus, Saturn, Victoria, Elagabal, Saulė, Sol Elagablus, Apollo-Helios, Árvakr, Alsviðr, Osiris, Sekhmet, Horus, Hathor, Atum, Sol Invictus, Máni, Hjúki, Jupiter, Juno, Proserpina, Selene, Cupid, God, the Father, Phoebe, Mercurius, Serapis, Castor, Pollux, Juno Dolichena, *Dyēus, Pallas, Hera, Cronus, Poseidon, Demeter, Styx, Calypso, Iris, Jove, Hypnos, Astarte, Dielli, Njörðr, Freyr, Zeus, Inti, Ra, Shamash, Hecate, Vulcan, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Diana, Isis, Hermes, Artemis (Diana)
- syncretized with
- Elagabalus, Phoebus, Helius, Malakbel, Apollo, Helios, Sūrya, Sulis, Tsar Solnitse, Usil, Janus
- enemy of
- Sköll, monstrous wolf, Fenrir
- manifests as
- Álfröðull
- serves
- Sköll
- parent of
- daughter (unnamed), Phaethon
- manifested by
- Álfröðull
- child of
- Mundilfari
- has aspect
- Sol Indiges, Sol Invictus
Mentioned by
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Sources
Source passages
“The Syrian deity was assimilated with the Roman sun god known as Sol and became known as Sol Invictus ("the unconquered Sun") among the Romans.”
#3684 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The English word sun derives from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ. The Sun is sometimes referred to by its Latin name Sol or by its Greek name Helios.”
#15327 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“She has two siblings, a brother— Sol, the Sun— and a sister— Luna, the Moon.”
#15691 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Indo-European linguistic connections between Norse Sól, Sanskrit Surya, Common Brittonic Sulis, Lithuanian Saulė, Latin Sol, and Slavic Tsar Solnitse.”
#16185 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Sol (Roman) ( ), "Sun" in Latin”
#16409 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001