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Solar Deity
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In Syrian Emesa, the Solar Deity was known by the name Elah Gabal (God of the Mountain) and revered in the image of a sacred black meteoric stone. This icon was brought to Rome by the teenage emperor, Avitus Bassianus, who became known as Elagabalus through the name of the God, whom he considered to be a universal supreme deity. That notion was then quite alien to Roman Religion, though it was embraced by Constantine only a century later.
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Judaism built much on the solar deity cults of the Mediterranean world, especially the Osiris-Isis cult. This carried over to Christianity. Mary is essentially Isis. Seth, the enemy of Isis- Osiris-Horus, turned into Herod. Christianity is ... just a renaming exercise. A very important source is the Mitras cult and its relative, the Sol Invictus.
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This monumental quartzite wall relief depicts the solar deity Aten as a disk hovering above the pharaoh Akhenaten (ruled 1353-1336 B.C.) and a female member of the royal family. Some time after the restoration of the traditional religion, this relief was cut down, placed face down on the ground, re-inscribed, and reused, probably as a base for a statue in the shape of a sphinx for the later pharaoh Merenptah (ruled 1213-1204 B.C.). Ironically, this recycling unintentionally preserved the decorated front of the relief from complete destruction. (Courtesy University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) [LARGERIMAGE]
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His worship later spread to the Roman empire, where he became a solar deity in the 2nd century AD. The worship of Attis and the Great Mother included the celebration of mysteries at the beginning of spring.
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