Gallery: Sun Gods and Goddesses. News. By Live Science Staff published 18 May 2012 ... In Japanese myth, the sun goddess Amaterasu hid in a cave after becoming angry with her brother.

Zodiac Signs As Gods And Goddesses Aries (March 21 - April 19): Ares, Greek God of War. The sign of Aries is one of action, fire, lust, and rage.

As the daughter of the Earth goddess, Coatlicue, and the sister of the Sun god, Huitzilopochtli, Coyolxauhqui tricked her four hundred sisters and brothers to murder their shamed pregnant mother.

Birth of the Sun Goddess. In the legendary account of Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters), the god Izanagi and goddess Izanami create the islands of Japan.Izanami goes on to give birth to a host of ...

One reason the sun served as a god or goddess in so many cultures was its awesome power: Looking directly at it would severely damages the eyes, a sign of the sun diety’s wrath.