The '''Man in the Sun''' is, for all extents and purposes, the daytime equivalent to the Man in the Moon. Anthropomorphic interpretations of the Sun date back to the Inca sun god Inti or may be a symbol of the Roman deity Sol Invictus (Unconquered Sun).

It has inevitably - given the ubiquity of the Sun - manifested in a variety of forms, typically depicted as a god, but has also manifested as a piece of tarot card iconography, a rubberhose cartoon trope, and a common piece of imagery for summer and beach-related brands (in the case of the latter, usualy wearing sunglasses and/or a toothy grin).

''The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon'' depicts what appears to be a homosexual encounter between the Sun (who bears a passing resemblace to Orlok) and the Moon.

The Aesop Fable ''The North Wind and the Sun'' shows the Sun getting into a competition with the North Wind (Aesop) to take off a man's cloak first.

This anthropomorphization of the Sun also resonated with writers of speculative and scientific imagination. In the 19th century, Camille Flammarion envisioned the possibility of intelligent or spiritual entities inhabiting the Sun, as described in works like Lumen (1867) and Uranie (1889). He often suggested that the Sun, beyond its physical reality, might host incorporeal beings adapted to its ethereal environment, echoing his broader belief in the plurality of inhabited worlds. Around the same period, the Brazilian novel ''O Doutor Benignus'' (1875), by Augusto Emílio Zaluar, presents a luminous spiritual entity from the Sun that visits the protagonist during a visionary state, congratulating him on his quest for knowledge. Though treated as dreamlike or symbolic, such episodes reinforced the notion that the Sun could be more than an inanimate celestial body.

The Man in the Sun has been used as an anti-nuclear energy propaganda logo. In 2022, NASA found what looked like a smiley face in the Sun, created by solar winds.

All published appearances of the Man in the Sun published before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

* Lumen, by Camille Flammarion, 1867 – presents spiritual or incorporeal beings possibly inhabiting the Sun, tied to his broader theory of the plurality of inhabited worlds.
* The Plurality of Inhabited Worlds, by Camille Flammarion, 1862 (English trans. 1868) – explores life on other planets and speculates about the Sun as a dwelling of higher intelligences.
* Uranie, by Camille Flammarion, 1889 – reinforces spiritualist views, associating the Sun with realms of evolved spirits.
* Astronomie Populaire, by Camille Flammarion, 1880 – blends astronomy and metaphysical reflections, including anthropomorphic and symbolic views of the Sun.
* O Doutor Benignus, by Augusto Emílio Zaluar, 1875 – includes a visionary episode in which the protagonist encounters a luminous entity from the Sun, portrayed as a spiritual guide.
* The Magic Aeroplane, by Mrs. L. R. S. Henderson (1911) – named the Sun Chief, and has a son name Sunna
* The Wind Wagon, by David Cory (1923) – named the Sun King

* Le Voyage à travers l'impossible (1904)
* The Eclipse, or The Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)

* Fairy Beautiful and Mischief Maker (July 1922)

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_(heraldry) Wikipedia]
* [https://www.mariowiki.com/Angry_Sun Mario Wiki]

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