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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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Originally? I haven't ever known any other. I've never even heard of Sol as it pertains to Norse lore. The only Sol I know of is Roman. Latin. Sol. "Sun."
Apparently, Wiki has this to say regarding Sol in Norse myth:
In the article on Sif, it connected her with Ceres who was compared with brightness and fire renewing the Earth's fertility. That certainly sounds solar to me, but nowhere in the article does it state that specifically i.e. Sif as a sun goddess.Originally Posted by Wiki:Sol(sun)
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Norse mythology is probably a mix of native, neolithic farmer and indo-European. Thunder gods are usually attributed to fire or has a sibling or spouse who is the god of fire. Like Shango the famous diety in Latin America, Tawhaki who's story has a lot to do with fire, Astrape and Bronte who's stories also talk about fire etc. These narratives are very common. Marduk also uses fire to an extent. Zeus also transforms into fire and fiery creatures several times.
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Not really, there’s plenty of reconstructable indo-european gods,
Dyeus-pth2er: the sky father, Zeus, Jupiter, Rod, Deivas
Perkwunos: the serpent slaying lightning god, Thor, Perun, Taranis, Indra, Perkunas, Heracles
Neptonos: the god of the fire upon the water, Neptune, Nechtan, Poseidon, Ćegir, Apam Napat
Paxuson: the horned shepherd, guardian of pathways, Pan, Pusan, Cernunnos
Gwouwinda: the cow goddess and wife of the sky father, Hera, Boann, Sarasvatī
Xausos: dawn goddess, Aurora, Brigid, Zorya, Eostre, Eos, Usas
And many many more
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Considering the history of those start long after indo-Europeans and trace to the bronze age when all cultures and ethnicities were meshed, makes it pretty bold to say their origins aren't local. Similarities exist across the religious spectrum and the fact we speak a language doesn't make all things interconnected we all speak English on this site and hardly any of us are English. Language spreads through trade. The old notion of everything is indo-European is way outdated and was propagated by scientists who in todays standard would be mostly considered pseudo-scientists. There isn't a consensus is religious anthropology about anything. The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. All those Gods have majorly different stories unique to the areas tthey are native to. The basics of pagan and shamanistic religions are boiler plate and to distinguish one from the other and say this was the first thunder god or this god is that god is dubious when most have little to do with each other the deeper you go.
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