Family
The family of Surya
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 16
Kinship in an account 15
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Aditi Mother of the gods in the Vedas -
child of (child) Danu daughter of Daksha in Indian mythology - child of (child) Dyaus Pita ancient god of sky in the Vedic religion
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child of (father) Kashyapa legendary Vedic sage, linked to Kashmir - parent of (child) Ashvins Hindu twin gods
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parent of (father) Karṇa character of epic Mahabharata; son of Surya and Kunti -
parent of (father) Śani Planet Saturn, also a Hindu deity - parent of (child) Savarni Manu eighth Manu in Hindu mythology
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parent of (child) Sugrīva younger brother of Vālī in Ramayana -
parent of (father) Tapati Hindu goddess - parent of (father) Vaivasvata Manu current Manu of Hinduism
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parent of (child) Yama god of death in Hinduism, Buddhism, and various Indo-European mythologies -
parent of (child) Yamunā River goddess of life in Hinduism -
partner of (spouse) Chāyā Hindu goddess of shadows - partner of (spouse) Saṃjñā Hindu goddess of clouds and dusk
Family 1
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Connections
How Surya connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 8
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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identified with Helios Greek god and personification of the Sun - identified with Hvare-khshaeta Iranian Avestan divinity
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identified with Mārtanda eighth and last of the Vedic solar deities known as Adityas in Hinduism -
identified with Sol Roman god of the Sun - identified with Sun classical astrological planet
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identified with Surya in Buddhism - identified with Zun sun god of ancient Zamindawar (modern Afghanistan)
- identified with Рави
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
22 statements on this record
- 6 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 16 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Pictures
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Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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