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sun god: see sun worship sun worship. Deification and adoration of the sun occurred primarily in agrarian societies. When man became a farmer, and thus dependent upon daily and seasonal changes of weather, he often turned to worship the great force that regulated these changes—the ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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| One way the Maya aided the sun god and the forces of good was to engage in wars of subjugation against the surrounding nations. Enmeduranna, the Sumerian, taught divinatory rites by the sun god, and his adviser, Utuabzu (who was seventh on a list of antediluvian sages) was said to have ascended to heaven (Hess: 2:508). Pericles: The sun god Helios blesses us with his warmth. |
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