Sol

deity sky Roman single tradition · 22

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.

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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

manifests as
Álfröðull
sibling of
Luna, Aurora, Máni, Sinthgunt
serves
Sköll
consort of
Glenr, Luna, Jana
manifested by
Álfröðull
child of
Mundilfari
served by
Alsviðr, Sköll, Árvakr

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Sources

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“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