06/14/2026
☀️ Sunday: Sunna, Bearer of the Sun ☀️
Sunna is the divine personification of the Sun, illuminating the worlds with her light and marking the passage of days. In Norse cosmology, the Sun is not merely a celestial body but a goddess who rides across the heavens, bringing warmth, life, and order to Midgard.
Like her brother Máni, Sunna is the daughter of Mundilfœri. According to the myths, their father named his children after the Sun and Moon, an act the gods viewed as prideful. As both punishment and sacred duty, Sunna was placed in the heavens to guide the Sun’s course through the sky.
Each day Sunna drives her shining chariot across the heavens, pulled by the horses Árvakr (“Early Awake”) and Alsviðr (“All Swift”). Beneath their harnesses the gods placed cooling bellows, for the heat of the Sun would otherwise consume them.
Sunna is relentlessly pursued by the wolf Sköll, whose chase drives the movement of the Sun across the sky. At Ragnarök, Sköll will finally catch her, plunging the worlds into darkness before a renewed Sun rises in the age to come.
"Sól tér sortna,
sígr fold í mar."
— Völuspá
Though later traditions often reduce the Sun to a symbol of simple light or happiness, Sunna’s role is far deeper. She embodies vitality, perseverance, sacred order, and the life-giving power upon which all living things depend. Her daily journey reflects endurance in the face of inevitable fate, a central theme within Norse thought.
Sunnudagr takes its name directly from Sunna and preserves one of the oldest surviving elements of the Germanic calendar. For our ancestors, the Sun governed agriculture, travel, navigation, seasonal cycles, and survival itself. To honor Sunna was to honor the force that sustains all life.
☀️ Sunna governs several sacred domains ⤵️
• Sunlight and life-giving warmth
• Vitality, health, and growth
• Sacred order and daily cycles
• Courage, perseverance, and renewal
• Harvests and seasonal change
For modern practitioners, Sunday in Sunna’s current is a day for ⤵️
• Renewal and spiritual cleansing
• Gratitude and devotional work
• Goal setting and empowerment
• Connecting with joy, vitality, and purpose
• Honoring the blessings already present in life
Stand beneath the Sun. Feel its warmth. Let its light reveal what is ready to grow.
Hail Sunna,
Bearer of Light.
Guide of Days and Seasons.
☀️ Offerings to Sunna
(Based on history and personal research)
🏛 Historically Inspired
• Fresh water offered at sunrise
• Bread or grain products
• Mead or honey
• Seasonal fruits
• Sunflowers or golden flowers
🫴 Modern Devotional Offerings
• Greeting the sunrise
• Acts of gratitude
• Spending time outdoors in sunlight
• Caring for gardens or plants
• Lighting a candle in her honor
☀️ Symbols of Sunna
• The solar wheel
• The Sun disk
• Chariots and horses
• Gold and amber
• Sun crosses found in ancient Germanic art
🌿 Herbs & Plant Correspondences
• St. John's Wort: Solar strength and protection
• Sunflower: Vitality and devotion
• Calendula:Healing and warmth
• Chamomile: Joy and solar blessings
🔮 Magical Correspondences ⤵️
• Day: Sunday (Sunnudagr)
• Element: Fire
• Colors: Gold, yellow, orange, white
• Stones: Amber, citrine, sunstone, golden calcite
• Runes: ᛋ Sowilo – The Sun, victory, guidance, wholeness
🏞 Revna
📚 References & Sources
• Poetic Edda: Völuspá, Grímnismál
• Prose Edda: Snorri Sturluson (Gylfaginning)
• Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology
• H.R. Ellis Davidson, Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
• John Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs
