Question

How did myths explain the movement of the sun through its daily cycle

Answer 1

There were many myths about the sun and how it travelled through the sky and how it reappeared and disappeared. Most saw the sun as being on a journey; for example in Greek mythology Helios is known as the sun god and it is said that he travels across the sky in his chariot. At night he would float back across the ocean in a golden bowl and start his journey again the next morning.