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sun maiden
sun maiden n. chiefly Mythology a maiden associated or identified with the sun or the sun-god; spec. the sun personified as a maiden.
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1870 R. C. Jebb tr. Juvenal Satires v, in tr. Theophrastus Θεοφραστου Χαρακτηρες 194 In Virro's own hands are beakers on which the tears of the Sun-maidens [L. Heliadum] have stiffened, and saucers embossed with beryl.
1877 Academy 29 Sept. 312/2 One bright day a man saw a Daughter of the Sun sitting at the foot of a crag, and..seized her... He built a hut, carefully closing every aperture, in obedience to the Sun-maiden's orders.
1887 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. Suppl. II. 770/2 When the cruel Pizarro came to Peru..the beautiful daughters of the Incas, the virtuous sun-maidens, became a prey to the insolent warriors.
1895 J. F. Hewitt Ruling Races Prehist. Times II. vii. 11 The marriage of the moon-god Soma to the sun-maiden.
1932 Jrnl. Eng. Folk Dance & Song Soc. 1 67 The woman in both folk-dramas representing the imprisoned sun-maiden.
2005 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 Dec. (Travel section) 2 The Latvians had a ritual before that involving the rebirth of the sun maiden, and some of the activities reflect the ancient rite.
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