African mythology
- Anyanwu, Igbo god believed to dwell in the sun
- Magec, Tenerife god of the sun and light
- Mawu, Dahomey goddess associated with the sun and the moon
- Ngai, Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai god of the sun

Australian Aboriginal mythology
- Gnowee, solar goddess who searches daily for her lost sun; the light of her torch is the sun
- Wala, solar goddess
- Wuriupranili, solar goddess whose torch is the sun
- Yhi, Karraur goddess of the sun, light and creation

Ainu mythology
- Chup Kamui, a lunar goddess who switched places with her brother to become goddess of the sun

Arabian mythology
- Malakbel, god of the sun

Aztec mythology
- Huitzilopochtli, god of the sun and war
- Nanauatzin, god of the sun
- Teoyaomicqui, god of lost souls, the sun and the sixth hour of the day
- Tonatiuh, god of the sun and ruler of the heavens
- Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day and heat

Baltic mythology
- Saulė, goddess of the sun and fertility

Basque mythology
- Ekhi, goddess of the sun and protector of humanity

Brazilian mythology
- Meri, folk hero and god of the sun

Canaanite mythology
- Shapash, goddess of the sun

Celtic mythology
- Áine, Irish goddess of love, summer, wealth and sovereignty, associated with the sun and midsummer
- Alaunus, Gaulish god of the sun, healing and prophecy
- Étaín, Irish sun goddess
- Grannus, god associated with spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and the sun
- Lugh, Irish deity sometimes regarded as a sun god
- Mug Ruith, Irish deity sometimes regarded as a sun or storm god

Egyptian mythology
- Bast, cat goddess associated with the sun
- Horus, god of the sky whose right eye was considered to be the sun and his left the moon
- Amun, creator deity sometimes identified as a sun god
- Atum, the "finisher of the world" who represents the sun as it sets
- Aten, god of the sun
- Khepri, god of rebirth and the sunrise
- Nefertem, god of healing and beauty, who represents the first sunlight
- Ra, god of the sun
- Sopdu, god of war and the scorching heat of the summer sun
- Ptah, god creation, the arts and fertility, sometimes said to represent the sun at night

Etruscan mythology
- Albina, goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers
- Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with new life

Germanic mythology
- Sól (Sunna)

Greek mythology
- Alectrona, goddess of the sun, morning and waking up
- Apollo, Olympian god of light, the sun, prophecy, healing, plague, archery, music and poetry
- Eos, Titan goddess of the dawn
- Helios, Titan god of the sun
- Hyperion, Titan god of light

Hinduism
- - Agni, god of fire, associated with the sun
  - Aryaman, god of the sun
  - Mitra, god of honesty, friendship, contracts, meetings and the morning sun
  - Ravi, god of the sun
  - Saranyu, goddess of the dawn and clouds
  - Savitr, god of the sun at sunrise and sunset
  - Surya, god of the sun
- Hittite mythology
  - Arinna, goddess of the sun
  - Istanu, god of the sun and judgment
- Incan mythology
  - Inti, god of the sun and patron deity of the Inca Empire
- Inuit mythology
  - Akycha, solar deity worshipped in Alaska
  - Malina, goddess of the sun found most commonly in the legends of Greenland
- Japanese mythology
  - Amaterasu, goddess of the sun
  - Marishi-Ten, goddess of the heavens, sun and light
- Māori mythology
  - Ao, personification of daylight
  - Tama-nui-te-rā, personification of the sun
- Maya mythology
  - Ah Kin, god of the sun, bringer of doubt and protector against the evils associated with darkness
  - Kinich Ahau, god of the sun
  - Hunahpu, one of the Maya Hero Twins; he transformed into the sun while his brother transformed into the moon
  - Tohil, god associated with thunder, lightning and sunrise
- Mesopotamian mythology
  - Nergal, underworld god who represents the negative aspects of the sun
  - Shamash, Akkadian god of the sun and justice
  - Utu, Sumerian god of the sun and justice
- Native American mythology
  - Wi, Lakota god of the sun
- Norse mythology
  - Baldr, god associated with light, beauty, love and happiness
  - Dagr, personification of the daytime
  - Sól, goddess of the sun
- Persian mythology
  - Nahundi, god of the sun and law
- Polynesian mythology
  - Atanua, Marquesan goddess of the dawn
  - Atarapa, goddess of the dawn
- Roman mythology
  - Aurora, goddess of the dawn, equivalent to the Greek goddess Eos
  - Elagabalus, Syro-Roman god of the sun
  - Sol, god of the sun
- Sami mythology
  - Beiwe, goddess of the sun, spring, fertility and sanity
- Slavic mythology
  - Belobog, reconstructed deity of light and the sun who may or may not have been worshipped by pagan Slavs
  - Dažbog, god of the sun
  - Hors, god of the sun
  - Radegast, god of hospitality, fertility and crops, associated with war and the sun, who may or may not have been worshipped by pagan Slavs
  - Zorya, three (sometimes two) daughters of Dažbog
    - Zorya Utrennyaya, the morning star, who openes the palace gates each dawn for the sun-chariot's departure
    - Zorya Vechernyaya, the everning star, who closes the palace gates each night after the sun-chariot's return
    - Zorya Polunochnaya, the midnight star, who holds the dying sun in her arms each night until he is reborn the following morning

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