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单词 sun man
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sun man
sun man n. (a) a man who worships the sun, a sun worshipper (obsolete); (b) (also with capital initials) (the name of) the sun personified as a male being. [In quot. 1613 reflecting a patristic interpretation of Byzantine Greek Σαμψαῖοι , the name of a religious group in Persia (see Sampsaean n. and the discussion at that entry).
In later use after Navajo Jóhonaa’éí Hastiin ( < jóhonaa’éí sun + hastiin man).]
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1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. viii. 127 And in worshipping of the Sunne, whereof they were called the Sampsæans, or Sunners, Sun-men, as Epiphanius interpreteth that name.
1882 Trans. Anthropol. Soc. Washington 1 85 This woman went then to a great ocean in the West, where she still lives; and she and the sun-man are the deities which are reverenced by the Navajos.
1978 J. A. Maxwell America's Fascinating Indian Heritage vii. 272/1 Sun-Man..existed but had little impact on the affairs of men.
2006 Wicazo Sa Rev. 21 118 Sun Man, the father of the clouds, must restore cosmic balance by winning back the stormclouds.
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