Editing Solar deity (section)

== Americas ==

=== Aztec mythology ===
[[File:Huitzilopochtli_1.jpg|thumb|[[Huitzilopochtli]], the Aztec god of the sun and war.]]
In [[Aztec mythology]], ''[[Tonatiuh]]'' ({{langx|nah|Ollin Tonatiuh}}, "Movement of the Sun") was the sun god. The [[Aztec]] people considered him the leader of ''[[Tollan]]'' ([[heaven]]). He was also known as the fifth sun, because the Aztecs believed that he was the sun that took over when the fourth sun was expelled from the sky. According to their [[cosmology]], each sun was a god with its own cosmic era. According to the Aztecs, they were still in Tonatiuh's era. According to the Aztec [[creation myth]], the god demanded [[human sacrifice]] as tribute and without it would refuse to move through the sky. The Aztecs were fascinated by the Sun and carefully observed it, and had a [[solar calendar]] similar to that of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]]. Many of today's remaining Aztec monuments have structures aligned with the Sun.<ref>{{cite book|title=Diccionario de Mitología Nahua|editor=Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología|language=es|year=1905|location=México|pages=648, 649, 650|isbn=978-9684327955}}</ref>

In the [[Aztec calendar]], Tonatiuh is the lord of the thirteen days from 1 Death to 13 Flint. The preceding thirteen days are ruled over by [[Chalchiuhtlicue]], and the following thirteen by [[Tlaloc]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

=== Incan mythology ===
[[File:Pachacuteckoricancha.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Pachacuti|Emperor Pachacútec]] worshiping Inti in the temple [[Coricancha]], drawing by [[Martín de Murúa]] of 1613.]]
[[Inti]] is the ancient [[Inca Empire|Incan]] sun god. He is revered as the national patron of the Inca state. Although most consider Inti the sun god, he is more appropriately viewed as a cluster of solar aspects, since the Inca divided his identity according to the stages of the sun.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Murra |first1=John V. |last2=Conrad |first2=Geoffrey W. |last3=Demarest |first3=Arthur A. |date=1985–2009 |title=Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2802453 |journal=Man |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=553 |doi=10.2307/2802453 |jstor=2802453 |issn=0025-1496}}</ref> Inti is represented as a golden disk with rays and a human face.

The Inca dedicated many ceremonies to the Sun in order to ensure the Sapa Inca's welfare.{{sfn|D'Altroy|2003|p=148}} The Incas would set aside large quantities of natural and human resources throughout the empire for Inti. Each conquered province was supposed to dedicate a third of their lands and herds to Inti as mandated by the Inca. Each major province would also have a Sun Temple in which male and female priests would serve.{{sfn|D'Altroy|2003|p=148}}