# The Maiden the Sun — Zuni Folktales character guide

> The Maiden the Sun in Zuni Folktales by Frank Hamilton Cushing.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Sun, himself

**First appearance:** 0046-the-maiden-the-sun-made-love-to-and-her-boys

## Who they are

A maiden who is loved by the Sun and bears his children.

## In the story

### [The Foster-Child of the Deer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-foster-child-of-the-deer)

The Sun-father who descends to earth, loves the maiden, and fathers her child.

### [The Boy Hunter Who Never Sacrificed to the Deer He Had Slain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-boy-hunter-who-never-sacrificed-to-the-deer-he-had-slain)

The Sun-father who receives the young man's sacrifice and blesses him.

### [The Maiden the Sun Made Love To, and Her Boys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-maiden-the-sun-made-love-to-and-her-boys)

The Sun is the lover of the priest-chief's daughter and father of the twin boys; he visits her daily on a ray of light.

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