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Solvognen, the Sun Carriage, an artifact from the Bronze Age in Denmark.

Sól (Old Norse "Sun") is the a figure in Germanic mythology. She is the Sun personified. During Ragnarök the sun will die and become black. In Norse mythology, Sól is described in the Poetic Edda, written in the 13th century from earlier sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.