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I'm sure all of us Norse mythology nerds out there know about Sol, the personification of the sun in Norse myth, but I've noticed something when looking at other indo-european mythologies... the thunder god seems to almost always have a sun/fire related wife! for Baltic Perkunas there is Saule who cheated on him with the moon causing him to cut the moon in half, Hittite Tarhunna is husband of Arinna, the sun goddess, and Tuireann, the Irish form of Taranis the thunderer is said to have his children with Brigid, the fiery Athena like goddess of Ireland. Loucetios, an epithet of Taranis is thought to be the consort of Sulis, the British Celtic sun god also associated with Minerva/Athena.
Also her hair is said to be golden like grain (or the sun?) and loki once cut it off (an eclipse?) and was forced to get dwarves to make a wig for her till it grew back...
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