Sun (Lleu, Shining One) - Sun symbols belong to the oldest of all symbols that people have carved on stones, rocks, bones. The solar wheel as sun symbol was worn as a talisman and buried with the dead. The Celts did not worship the actual physical sun; they venerated the spirit and power of nature in all things, and many gods and goddesses embodied the divine qualities of the sun - life, light, healing, inspiration, strength, fire, illumination.