"The Sun is a mass of fiery stone, a little larger than Greece." - Anaxagoras 434 BC

Folklore is now so ingrained in our world's history that it is sometimes difficult to differentiate truth from exaggeration or myth. The following stories and legends are told by different peoples about the Sun. It is interesting that different cultures had similar stories about the Sun.

A Siberian Tale of the Sun How a Young Hunter Caught the Sun "One Who Walks All Over the Sky" The Spider and the Sun The Sun and Her Daughter The Judeo-Christian Story of the Creation of the Sun Joshua and the Sun The Epic of Gilgamesh