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. Many of today's remaining Aztec monuments have structures aligned with the Sun. 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. Incan mythology Inti is the ancient 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. New religious movements Solar deities are revered in many new religious movements. Thelema Thelema adapts its gods and goddesses from Ancient Egyptian religion, particularly those named in the Stele of Revealing, among whom is the Sun god Ra-Hoor-Khuit, a form of Horus. Ra-Hoor-Khuit is one of the principal deities described in Aleister Crowley's Liber AL vel Legis. Theosophy The primary local deity in theosophy is the Solar Logos, "the consciousness of the sun". Other In Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, folklorist Charles Leland alleges that a pagan group of witches in Tuscany, Italy viewed Lucifer as the god of the Sun and consort of the goddess Diana, whose daughter is the messiah Aradia. See also Abram Smythe Palmer Ame-no-Uzume Astrotheology Beaivi Canticle of the Sun Eki (goddess) Five Suns List of solar deities Lunar deity Nature worship Phoenix Solar symbol White horses in mythology Zunbils Footnotes References Bibliography External links The Worship of the Sun Among the Aryan Peoples of Antiquity by Sir James G. Frazer (from archive.org) The Sun God Ra and Ancient Egypt The Sun God and the Wind Deity at Kizil by Tianshu Zhu, in Transoxiana Eran ud Aneran, Webfestschrift Marshak 2003. Comparison between the Egyptian Hymn of Aten and modern scientific conceptions Sakro Sawel The history and practice of the ancient religion of the sun Comparative mythology Mythological archetypes