I think sarenrae is the closest, but im not sure there's a specific "god of the sun"
In Golarion? Sarenrae, though she is not actually herself the Sun. If you worshiped the Sun itself you would not qualify for Sarenrae-only mechanics. Is there a particular reason you want to?
Sarenrae is best girl, deity of being nice, so she'd probably grant you spells if you worshiped the sun itself and weren't a prick. For domains, she'd probably give you Sun and Glory.
Sarenrae-only feats, traits, etc., though, would probably be off-limits.
There are several sun gods. It is like saying a 'sea god', when different people worship different ones when they in fact worship towards the same body of water. There are 15 different deities and demigod type things with the sun domain, including iomedae.
Nurgal, in particular, is a demon lord of the sun, but for sun fearing creatures. Kind of like a 'worshiping a volcano' type deal where you pay homage to the thing you fear. He focuses on the scorching heat of an endless, waterless desert.
Anyway: just because you worship doesn't mean you are good at it. You could easily have a sun religion based off a single, half remembered vision of a sun god. So you might be worshipping sarenrae without realizing it, just referring to her as "That really bright lady that our tribe's founder was guided by".
In fact, this can work as a nice story seed. You worship one particular sun god, but your people are ill informed, so you might get tricked by another sun god. As in, you worship sarenrae, but then some nurgal worshippers come in and twist your faith for their own purposes.
Don't use d20pfsrd material when these sorts of things arise. They can't legally use Golarion specific material and have to replace it with generic statements like "god of the sun". It's Sarenrae, Sarenrae is the sun god they're referring to.
Don't use d20pfsrd material when these sorts of things arise. They can't legally use Golarion specific material and have to replace it with generic statements like "god of the sun". It's Sarenrae, Sarenrae is the sun god they're referring to.
It's always good to cross-reference with the PRD and wikis for this if you don't have book access at the ready.
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Or just use Archives of Nethys
To me that could be GM discretion. Say for example a shaman from a primitive culture worships the sun without understanding religion as a more sophisticated person would. Perhaps the deity looks on you favorably and considers you a follower, if you understand and embody the spirit of religious dedication in your simple way.
In Pathfinder you have to worship a deity unless you get specific permission to worship a concept as described in the cleric entry. If he is specifically in Golarion then it is assumed that deities are the only option.