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"Dead Man Standing in Barge of the Sun Worshipping..."
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Credit (button images): Corel Corporation, The Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico, and The National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik.
Visit the Ulysses mission around the sun named after the famous Roman hero Ulysses.
 
Egyptian: Re
Celts: Lugh
Aztec: Tonatiuh
Aztec: Huitzilopochtli
Greek: Apollo
Roman: Apollo
African: Liza
Chinese: Ten Suns
Polinesian: Maui
Japanese: Amaterasu
Sumerian: Shamash
Navajo: Tsohanoai
Inca: Inti
Inuit: Malina
Hindu: Surya
Hindu: Garuda
Mamaiuran: Kuat
Norse: Freyr



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