Albanian major traditional festivities and calendar rites are based on the Sun, worshiped as the god of light, sky and weather, giver of life, health and energy, and all-seeing eye. In Irish, the name of the Sun, Grian, is feminine. The symbolization of the cult of the Sun, which is often combined with the crescent Moon, is commonly found in a variety of contexts of Albanian folk art, including traditional tattooing, grave art, jewellery, embroidery, and house carvings. As soon as we found ourselves facing an ecological crisis, a global nuclear war or an impending comet collision, the gods would emerge. Joseph Baker and Buster Smith assert that one of the common themes of atheism is that most atheists “typically construe atheism as more moral than religion”. Much more ancient was the cult of Sol Indiges, supposed to have been introduced among Roman deities by the Sabines at the times of Titus Tatius. In this loveliest of temples, could we place the luminary in any more appropriate place so that he may light the whole simultaneously. Neither religion seriously attempts conversion in Rwanda; although, there is a Hindu Temple of Rwanda as a place of worship.

In Chinese mythology (cosmology), there were originally ten suns in the sky, who were all brothers. Saule is among the most important deities in Baltic mythology and traditions. As the wide set of cultic traditions dedicated to him indicates, the Albanian Sun-god appears to be an expression of the Proto-Indo-European Sky-god (Zot or Zojz in Albanian). The December holiday has assimilated a wide range of customs and traditions from many cultures, and mistletoe is one of them. They were supposed to emerge one at a time as commanded by the Jade Emperor. Following on from 1, no matter if it’s a major religion or some small supported off beat cult the followers always think that theirs is the one that’s right in spite of the conflicting views. Roll right up to Romulus and Remus, who founded Rome in a mythological kind of way. Stephen Corrigan, who was a fourth-year Catholic seminarian at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Gloucester, England when we interviewed him in 2019. (He has since been ordained). Every day, she walks to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and every day she sobs at the altar of Golgotha, mourning the death of her son, Jesus. Was Jesus kicked out of the Jewish religion?

Sigmund Freud is most famous for the psychoanalytic school of thought he founded, but he also took a keen interest in religion. In some countries, including the United States, it is fairly common for adults to leave their childhood religion and switch to another faith (or no faith). Worship of the moon goddess Chang’e and her festivals are very popular among followers of Chinese folk religion and Taoism. Illyrian material culture shows that the Sun was the chief cult object of the Illyrian religion. The Sun (Albanian: Diell-i) holds the primary role in Albanian pagan customs, beliefs, rituals, myths, and legends. In some folk tales, myths and legends the Sun and the Moon are regarded as husband and wife, also appearing as the parents of E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit (“the Daughter of the Moon and the Sun”); in others the Sun and the Moon are regarded as brother and sister, but in this case they are never considered consorts. Solemn oaths (Besa), good omens, and curse formulas, involve and are addressed to, or taken by, the Sun. Ritual calendar fires or bonfires are traditionally kindled before sunrise in order to give strength to the Sun and to ward off evil.

In the middle of all sits the Sun on his throne. In Germanic mythology, the sun is personified by Sol. In Albanian pagan beliefs and mythology the Sun is a personified male deity, and the Moon (Hëna) is his female counterpart. Nëna e Diellit (“the Mother of the Sun” or “the Sun’s Mother”) also appears as a personified deity in Albanian folk beliefs and tales. The Deity of the Sun in Chinese mythology is Ri Gong Tai Yang Xing Jun (Tai Yang Gong/Grandfather Sun) or Star Lord of the Solar Palace, Lord of the Sun. Tai Yang Xing Jun is usually depicted with the Star Lord of the Lunar Palace, Lord of the Moon, Yue Gong Tai Yin Xing Jun (Tai Yin Niang Niang/Lady Tai Yin). In Yazidism, the angel Şêşims is venerated as the Xudan or Lord of sun and light. Therefore we must cultivate the habit to see the mercy and kindness of Almighty LORD at every moment and during every situation in our life. The Sun is very significant to Bakongo people, who believe that the position of the sun marks the different seasons of a Kongo person’s life as they transition between the four moments of life: conception (musoni), birth (kala), maturity (tukula), and death (luvemba).