rising sun is not without significance in regard to the number of Christians at one time had been adherents of some form of sun worship. It is of course impossible to say precisely in what way their influence manifested itself. We do know, however, of analogues between Christ and the sun; he was designated the Sun of Righteousness; and our date of Christmas falls on the date of the festival of a popular sun-god in Rome."
             Like mentioned previously, almost every civilization had a deity who represented or personified the sun. To the Celts who lived in central Europe, their sun god was Lugh. The god of the underworld, and leader of the evil Fomorii, Balor was his grandfather. According to a prophecy, Lugh was to kill Balor. When Balor tried to prevent this from happening by attempting to kill Lugh, Lugh went to live with Manannan and became an expert warrior. When he was an adult, Lugh joined the people of the goddess Danu to aid them in their battle against the evil Fomorii and Balor. Balor had an evil eye that killed whoever looked at it. Lugh threw a magic stone at it and killed Balor. To the Greeks, Apollo was the god of the sun, reason, logic, music and healing. He was the son of Leto and the king of the gods Zeus. Leto traveled all around Greece for a place to give birth to Apollo and his twin sister Artemis. She came upon the island of Delos, and the island agreed to allow the birth of the children, if Apollo would found a temple on the island. Leto agreed and when Apollo reached manhood, he made the island of Delos into a beautiful paradise. The most famous temple of Apollo was at the site of Delphi, where the Oracle of Delphi was located. The Fon people of West Africa had a sun god named Liza. His sister-wife Mawu, was the moon-god. With the help of the cosmic serpent Da, they created the universe. Liza's son Gu shaped the world. Liza was the god of heat, work and strength. The ancient Chinese peopl...