Sun god

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A personification of the sun worshipped as a god.

    "The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife."

  2. 2
    a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun wordnet

Example

More examples

"The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife."

Etymology

From sun + god.