Kwixesha elidlulileyo ama-polytheism ayedume kakhulu. Kwimeko nganye engaqondakaliyo abantu banike umphathiswa othile kwaye sele sele bechazile, umzekelo, imvula, isiphepho elwandle kunye nokutshona kwelanga. Unkulunkulu welanga kubantu abaninzi babenemfuno ekhethekileyo kwaye wayehlala ephakathi kwebathathu abathandekayo. Ukuzisa izipho nokubonakalisa unqulo lwabo, abantu bakha amathempeli, iiholide ezibhiyozelwayo, ngokubanzi, kuzo zonke iindlela ezinokwenzeka, babonisa inhlonipho yabo.
UThixo weLanga Ra eYiputa
Ra kuba amaYiputa yayinguThixo obalaseleyo. Abantu bakholelwa ukuba kunika ukungafi kwilizwe lonke. URa unkulunkulu ojongene nobuninzi kunye nokubonakala kwakhe kwahluke, ucinga isixeko, ixesha kunye nexesha lemihla. Ngokomzekelo, ngethuba lolo thixo lidla ngokuboniswa njengendoda ene-disk yelanga ekhanda. Kwamanye amaxesha wayenentloko ye-falcon. URa wayengamkela ingonyama okanye ijebe. Ebonisa ukukhanya kwelanga, uRa wayebonakaliswe njengomntwana omncinane okanye ithole. Ebusuku, unkulunkulu welanga wayemelwe yindoda enentloko yenkunzi yemvu okanye inkunzi yemvu. Ngokutsho komfanekiso uRa, amagama akhe angatshintsha kwakhona. Wayenomxholo ongekho ongaguqukiyo-Ankh, omelelwe ngumnqamlezo ngomtya. Lo mfuziselo wawunexabiso elikhethekileyo kwiYiputa kwaye esi sihloko sisabangela ingxoxo phakathi koososayensi. Esinye isibonakaliso esibalulekileyo yiso lezithixo zelanga. Wayeboniswa kwizakhiwo, eetempileni, emangcwabeni, eenqanawa njalonjalo. Ebudeni bemini, uRa uhamba ngomlambo wasezulwini kwisikhephe seMantjet, kwaye ngokuhlwa watyhila kwenye iinqanawa iMesektet kwaye wehla waya ephasini. AmaYiputa ayekholelwa ukuba apho ulwa nemibutho yamnyama kwaye, xa ephumelele, ubuyela ezulwini ekuseni.
UThixo welanga kwiingoma zamaRoma
U-Apollo wayejongene nelanga nobugcisa, wabizwa ngokuba nguFebos. Ukongezelela, wayeyinkxaso yeyeza, ugada kunye nesiprofeto. Uyise wayenguZeus. Nangona kunjalo ukuba wayengunkulunkulu welanga, usenalo lucala. Wayemmelela ngendoda enhle enomfana kunye neenwele zegolide ezikhulayo emoyeni. Iimpawu zakhe zazikhothambile kunye nomculo. Ngokuphathelele isityalo esingumfuziselo, seApollo, lo yi-laurel. Iintaka ezingcwele zale thixo zazingu-swans ezimhlophe. Njengoko sele kukhankanywe, unkulunkulu welanga unokubonakalisa iimpawu ezingekhoyo zomntu wakhe, umzekelo, ukuchankanya nokukhohlakala. Yingakho wayesoloko edibana neqwenga, inyoka nenkumba.
UHelios unkulunkulu welanga
Abazali bakhe babeyi-titans Hyperion neTheia. Bambonisa njengendoda enesimo esihle esinomso onamandla. Amehlo akhe atshabalalayo nawo ayema. Ekhanda lakhe wayenomqhele okhanyayo okanye isigqoko, kwaye wayembethe izambatho ezikhanyayo. Indawo yakhe yokuhlala yayiqwalaselwa njengelunxwemeni lwase-Ocean. Wadlulela esibhakabhakeni kwiinqwelo zegolide ezidutywe ngamahashe amane anamaphiko. Intshukumo yakhe yayijoliswe kwibhantshini yasentshonalanga, apho enye ibhotwe lakhe lalikho. E-Asia Minor, iifoto ezininzi zazinikezelwa kumaHelios.
Unqulo lwelanga lobuhedeni
Ihashe, iYarilo kunye neDazhdbog bafanise enye yezinto eziphathekayo ilanga. Unkulunkulu wokuqala wayejongene nokukhanya kwebusika, okwesibini - kwentwasahlobo, kunye nesithathu-ehlobo.
Unkulunkulu welanga eScandinavia
Ityuwa yayiyi-personification of sun. Ngenxa yokuzikhukhumeza kwakhe, abanye oothixo bamthuma ezulwini. Wahamba enqwelweni egqityiwe ngamahashe amane egolide. Intloko yakhe yayijikelezwe lilanga. AmaScandinaviya ayekholelwa ukuba wayehlala elandelwa yimvu-enkulu kwaye omnye wabo ekugqibeleni wamgwinya. Oku kwenzeka ngaphambi kokufa kwehlabathi.