Ao (mythology) In Māori mythology, Ao ("daylight") is one of the primal deities who are the unborn forces of nature.
Ao is the personification of light and the ordinary world, as opposed to darkness and the underworld. Atanua. Atanua (or Atanea), in Polynesian mythology (specifically: Marquesas Islands) is the goddess of the dawn and wife of Atea (Atea and Atanua emerged from Tanaoa, Atea first, who then made space for Atanua).
Their son is the first man, Tu-Mea. She created the seas after having a miscarriage and filling the oceans with her amniotic fluid.[1] Atarapa. Gnowee. Tama-nui-te-rā. In Māori mythology, Tama-nui-te-rā (Tamanuiterā) is the personification of the Sun.
Etymology[edit] In the Māori language, Tama-nui-te-rā means "Great son the Sun". Wala (goddess) Wuriupranili. In the mythology of the Aboriginal people of northern Australia, the Sun Woman Wuriupranili (or Wuriunpranilli) is a solar goddess whose stringybark torch is the sun.
When she wakes each morning in the east she lights a small fire, which mankind sees as the first glow of dawn. She then decorates her face and body with red ochre. Often the pigment is blown into the air where it stains the clouds, resulting in a red sunrise. As Wuriupranili prepares herself for her journey across the sky the birds break into song, waking the men and women.
Yhi. In Australian Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Karraur), Yhi is a goddess of light and creation, and a solar deity.
She lived in the Dream time and slept until a whistle awakened her. When she opened her eyes, light fell on the Earth.