Light deity

A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light and/or day. Since stars give off light, star deities can also be included here. The following is a list of light deities in various mythologies.

Aztec

 * Centzonhuitznahua, 400 gods of the southern stars
 * Centzonmimixcoa, 400 gods of the northern stars
 * Cipactonal, god of the daytime
 * Citlālicue, goddess who created the stars
 * Citlalmina, goddess of female stars
 * Citlalatonac, god of male stars
 * Tianquiztli, star goddesses
 * Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day, and heat

Chinese

 * Zhulong, dragon deity of daylight

Egyptian mythology

 * Khepri, god of rebirth and the sunrise
 * Nefertem, god who represents the first sunlight

Etruscan

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

Germanic

 * Baldr, god thought to be associated with light and/or day; is known by many other names, all of which have cognates in other Germanic languages, suggesting he may have been a pan-Germanic deity
 * Dagr, personification of day
 * Ēostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess
 * Freyr, god of sunshine, among other things
 * Teiwaz, as a reflex of Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky

Slavic

 * Dazhbog, god of the sun and day

Greek mythology

 * Aether, primarily associated with upper air but associated with light in Hesiod's Theogony
 * Apollo, god of light, among many other things
 * Eos, goddess of the dawn
 * Hemera, personification of day
 * Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios
 * Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
 * Zeus, as a reflex of Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky

Guanche

 * Magec, deity of the sun and light, exact gender unknown

Hindu

 * Aruṇa, personification of the reddish glow of the rising sun
 * Dyaus Pita, continues the name of the Proto-Indo-European god of the day-lit sky
 * Ushas, dawn goddess

Lakota mythology

 * Anpao, two-faced spirit of the dawn

Mari

 * Shudyr-Shamich, god of the stars
 * Uzhara, god of the dawn

Maya mythology

 * Tohil, god associated with thunder, lightning, and sunrise

Polynesian

 * Atanua, Marquesan goddess of the dawn
 * Atarapa, goddess of the dawn
 * Ira, sky goddess and mother of the stars

Māori mythology

 * Ao (mythology), personification of light

Roman

 * Aurora, goddess of the dawn
 * Jupiter, as a reflex of Dyeus, god of the day-lit sky
 * Mater Matuta, goddess associated with Aurora

Sumerian

 * Inanna, primary goddess of the planet Venus
 * Ninsianna, goddess of the planet Venus
 * Šul-pa-e, underworld god who became associated with Jupiter
 * Shulsaga, stellar goddess