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Is there a Greek myth of some sort of a god, human, or other creature living in the sun?

yannis
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So far as I know the Greco-Roman myths about the sun consistently refer to it as an object, usually the wheel of a chariot which is handled by Apollo or Helios. The Greeks didn't personify or anthropomorphize the sun.

Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum
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    Since "Helios" actually means "sun" in Greek I do not see how you can claim that "the Greeks didn't personify or anthropomorphize the sun". A very bad answer. – fdb Jan 31 '16 at 23:34
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    @fdb If you are aware of Greek myths which actually cite Helios as the sun and not the sun's charioteer, by all means post an answer and cite them. I'm happy to be proven wrong if you have sources. – Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum Feb 01 '16 at 00:06
  • Lots of sources here: http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/lsj/#eid=48179&context=lsj&action=hw-list-click – fdb Feb 01 '16 at 09:56
  • @fdb Forgive me, I don't read Greek — I have no idea what I'm looking at. If you could translate those and put them into context, make it an answer. – Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum Feb 01 '16 at 10:46
  • My point is very simply that "helios" is the Greek word for "sun". When used as a proper noun ("Helios") it is by definition a personification. – fdb Feb 01 '16 at 11:40
  • @fdb Sorry, we're talking past each other. The OP asked if the Greeks ever thought of the sun as a character/person/god/personality itself, the way they thought of the laurel tree as the person of Daphne, a river nymph. So far as I know, they thought of the sun as the wheel of a chariot driven by a god, originally named Helios; this task was later assigned to the god Apollo. Do any of the stories you link to describe Helios, himself, running or flying across the sky and glowing? That's what the OP is asking. – Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum Feb 01 '16 at 13:51
  • Do you know the Aesopic fable of the North Wind (Boreas) and the Sun (Helios)? – fdb Feb 01 '16 at 14:02
  • @fdb I don't. Please feel free to post a short summary and a link to a source as an answer to the OP's question. – Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum Feb 01 '16 at 17:30
  • Perhaps you could research this yourself? It belongs pretty much to "common knowledge". – fdb Feb 01 '16 at 23:37
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The Hindu Mother goddess lives within the Sun thereby liberating the Sun's energy to the universe. Since then, this form of the Goddess has been known as Kushmanda, namely for her power and capability to live inside the Sun. The glow and radiance of her body are as luminous as that of the Sun.

source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navadurga