Throughout human existence many civilizations have praised the life giving abilities of the Sun and have treated it as a deity. Below are a list of different Gods and Goddesses associated with the Sun.
In many mythologies the Sun is often a male and he chases a female Moon goddess across the skies. This is reversed in Norse mythology as the Sun (Sol) is a female and the Moon (Mani) is male.
| Name | Nationality/Religion | God or Goddess? | Notes |
| Amaterasu | Japan | Sun Goddess | Major deity of the Shinto religion. |
| Arinna (Hebat) | Hittite (Syrian) | Sun Goddess | The most important of three Hittite major solar deities |
| Apollo | Roman | Sun God | |
| Freyr | Norse | Sun God | A fertility god associated with the sun. |
| Helios | Greek | Sun God | Before Apollo was the Greek sun god, Helios held that position. Helios road a chariot. |
| Huitzilopochtli (Uitzilopochtli) | Aztec | Sun God | |
| Hvar Khshaita | Iranian/Persian | Sun God | |
| Inti | Inca | Sun God | The national patron of the Inca state. |
| Liza | West African | Sun God | |
| Lugh | Celtic | Sun God | |
| Mithras | Iranian/Persian | Sun God | |
| Ra | Egypt | Mid-day Sun God | An Egyptian god shown with a solar disk. Center of worship was Heliopolis. Later associated with Horus as Re-Horakhty. Also combined with Amun as Amun-Ra, a solar creator god. |
| Shemesh/Shepesh | Ugarit | Sun goddess | |
| Sol (Sunna) | Norse | Sun Goddess | She rides in a horse-drawn solar chariot. |
| Sol Invictus | Roman | Sun God | The unconquered sun. The title was also used of Mithras. |
| Surya | Hindu | Sun God | Rides the sky in a horse-drawn chariot. |
| Tonatiuh | Aztec | Sun God | |
| Utu (Shamash) | Mesopotamia | Sun God |