Sky Father

The sky father or heavenly father is a recurring theme in mythology all over the world. The sky father can be the complement of the earth mother and appears in some creation myths, many of which are Indo-European or ancient Near Eastern. Other cultures have quite different myths; Egyptian mythology features a sky mother or Heavenly Mother and an earthly dying and reviving god of vegetation.

A sky father is often also a solar deity, a god identified with the sun, while in contrast, Shinto has a sun goddess. A sky father figure also appears in ancient Turkic religion.

Read more about Sky Father:  History of The Concept, Reconsideration of Theory, Cultural Influences, In Various Religions

Famous quotes containing the words sky and/or father:

    When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 16:2,3.

    My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.
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