什么是太陽崇拜

【專家解說】：崇拜太陽或作為太陽神的代表在埃及Atonism，在公元前 14世紀。 Although sun worship has been used frequently as a term for “pagan” religion, it is, in fact, relatively rare.雖然太陽崇拜經(jīng)常被用來作為“異教”的宗教，它是，事實上，比較少見的任期。 Though almost every culture uses solar motifs, only a relatively few cultures (Egyptian, Indo-European, and Meso-American) developed solar religions.雖然幾乎所有的文化利用太陽能圖案，只有相對較少的文化（埃及，印歐語，和中美洲）開發(fā)太陽能宗教。 All of these groups had in common a well-developed urban civilization with a strong ideology of sacred kingship .所有的這些組織有共同發(fā)達的和神圣的王權(quán)強大思想城市文明。 In all of them the imagery of the sun as the ruler of both the upper and the lower worlds that he majestically visits on his daily round is prominent.在所有這些作為兩者的上方和下方世界，他莊嚴地在他訪問的統(tǒng)治者日常一輪太陽意象是突出。 The sun is the bestower of light and life to the totality of the cosmos; with his unblinking, all-seeing eye, he is the stern guarantor of justice; with the almost universal connection of light with enlightenment or illumination, the sun is the source of wisdom.太陽是光明和生命宇宙的總體bestower;與他不眨眼的，全知之眼，他是正義的嚴峻擔保人;與同啟蒙或照明燈幾乎普遍的連接，太陽是源智慧。 These qualities—sovereignty, power of beneficence, justice, and wisdom—are central to any elite religious group, and it is within these contexts that a highly developed solar ideology is found.這些素質(zhì)的主權(quán)，慈善，正義的力量和智慧，是中央對任何宗教精英群體，并在這些一個高度發(fā)達的太陽能意識形態(tài)背景的發(fā)現(xiàn)。 Kings ruled by the power of the sun and claimed descent from the sun.國王統(tǒng)治的太陽的能量，并聲稱來自太陽的后裔。 Solar deities, gods personifying the sun, are sovereign and all-seeing.太陽神，太陽神的化身，是主權(quán)和所有觀光。 The sun is often a prime attribute of or is identified with the Supreme Deity.太陽往往是一個主要屬性，或與最高神確定。 In ancient Egypt the sun god Re was the dominant figure among the high gods and retained this position from early in that civilization's history.在古埃及太陽神是再高的神之間的主導(dǎo)人物，在這留下來的文明歷史早了這一立場。 In the myth relating the voyage of the sun god over the heavenly ocean, the sun sets out as the young god Kheper; appears at noon in the zenith as the full-grown sun, Re; and arrives in the evening at the western region in the shape of the old sun god, Atum.在有關(guān)超過天上的太陽神海洋航行的神話，太陽出來的年輕的神Kheper，在作為豐滿太陽，中午再頂點出現(xiàn)，并在傍晚到達，使西部地區(qū)老太陽神，亞圖姆的形狀。 When the pharaoh Ikhnaton reformed Egyptian religion , he took up the cult of the ancient deity Re-Horakhte under the name of Aton, an older designation of the Sun's disk.當法老埃赫那頓改革埃及的宗教 ，他擔任了古代神崇拜再下阿頓，一個太陽盤面較大的指定名稱Horakhte。 Under Akhenaton, the sun's qualities as creator and nourisher of the Earth and its inhabitants are glorified.根據(jù)阿肯納東，作為創(chuàng)造者和地球nourisher及其居民的太陽的素質(zhì)榮耀。 The sun god occupied a central position in both Sumerian and Akkadian religion, but neither the Sumerian Utu nor the Semitic Shamash was included among the three highest gods of the pantheon.太陽神都被蘇美爾和阿卡德宗教的中心位置，但無論是蘇美爾烏圖，也不是閃米特沙馬什是其中最高的三神的神殿中。 The sun was one of the most popular deities, however, among the Indo-European peoples and was a symbol of divine power to them.太陽是最受歡迎的神明之一，但在印度，歐洲人民是一個神圣權(quán)力的象征他們。 Sūrya is glorified in the Vedic蘇里亞是贊美的吠陀 hymns of ancient India as an all-seeing god who observes both good and evil actions.古印度的贊美詩作為觀察誰看見神既善和惡的行動，。 He expels not only darkness but also evil dreams and diseases.他不僅驅(qū)逐黑暗，而且邪惡的夢想和疾病。 Sun heroes and sun kings also occupy a central position in Indian mythology, where Vivasvant, the father of Yama, corresponds to the Iranian Vivahvant, the father of Yima.孫英雄和太陽王也占了印度神話，在Vivasvant，在閻羅王的父親，對應(yīng)于伊朗Vivahvant，義馬父親的中心位置。 There is a dynasty of sun kings, characteristically peaceful, that is quite distinct from the warlike moon kings.有一個王朝的國王的陽光，典型的和平，這的確是由好戰(zhàn)的月亮國王不同。 In medieval Iran, sun festivals were celebrated as a heritage from pre-Islāmic times.在中世紀的伊朗，太陽節(jié)是慶祝其作為遺產(chǎn)由前伊斯蘭時代。 The Indo-European character of sun worship is also seen in the conception of the solar deity, drawn in his carriage, generally by four white horses, common to many Indo-European peoples, and recurring in Indo-Iranian, Greco-Roman, and Scandinavian mythology.印度的太陽崇拜歐洲性格也看到了太陽神的概念，引起他的馬車，一般由四匹白馬，共同許多印歐語人民和反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的印度和伊朗，希臘，羅馬，和北歐神話。 During the later periods of Roman history, sun worship gained in importance and ultimately led to what has been called a “solar monotheism.” Nearly all the gods of the period were possessed of solar qualities, and both Christ and Mithra acquired the traits of solar deities.在羅馬歷史的后期，太陽崇拜的重要性，并取得最終導(dǎo)致了什么所謂的“太陽神。”幾乎所有這個時期的神明都擁有太陽能素質(zhì)，都基督和太陽神獲得了性狀太陽能神。 The feast of Sol Invictus ( Unconquered Sun ) on December 25 was celebrated with great joy, and eventually this date was taken over by the Christians as Christmas, the birthday of Christ.溶膠永不言敗的（ 不可征服星期日 ）12月25日盛宴懷著極大的喜悅慶?；顒樱@一天終于被作為圣誕，生日基督信徒了。 The most famous type of solar cult is the Sun Dance of the Plains Indians of North America .太陽崇拜的最有名的類型是在對北美 平原印第安人 太陽舞 。 In the Pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico and Peru, sun worship was a prominent feature.在預(yù)墨西哥和秘魯，哥倫比亞太陽崇拜文明是一個突出的特點。 In Aztec religion extensive human sacrifice was demanded by the sun gods Huitzilopochtli and Tezcatlipoca.在阿茲特克宗教廣泛的人的犧牲是要求由太陽神Huitzilopochtli和特斯卡特利波卡。 In both Mexican and Peruvian ancient religion, the Sun occupied an important place in myth and ritual.在墨西哥和秘魯兩個古老的宗教，太陽被一個神話和儀式的重要場所。 The ruler in Peru was an incarnation of the sun god, Inti.秘魯?shù)慕y(tǒng)治者是一個太陽神，印蒂的化身。 In Japan the sun goddess, Amaterasu, who played an important role in ancient mythology and was considered to be the supreme ruler of the world, was the tutelary deity of the imperial clan, and to this day the sun symbols represent the Japanese state.在日本的太陽女神天照大神，誰發(fā)揮了古代神話中的重要作用，被認為是世界的最高統(tǒng)治者，是皇族守護神，而這一天，太陽的符號代表日本的狀態(tài)。