Gun Ana

Gun Ana
Goddess of the Sun, Life, Fertility, Warmth and Health
Abode7th floor of the Sky
SymbolsSun, Khatun
GenderFemale
Ethnic groupTurkic peoples
ConsortAy Ata
Equivalents
CanaaniteShapash
HinduSurya

Gun Ana (Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰣𐰀, Turkish: Gün Ana, Azerbaijani: Gün Ana, Kyrgyz: Күн Эне, Kazakh: Күн Ана, Hungarian: Nap Anya, Sakha: Күн Ий̃э, Balkar: Кюн Ана, sometimes called Yaşık Ana) is the common Turkic solar deity, treated as a goddess in the Kazakh and Kyrgyz mythologies. Gün Ana or Kün Ana means "Sun Mother" in Turkic languages.

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