In Olympian legend, Ikara was a female Solus or else a Kattha who had bargained with a mage to gain wings, who had become obsessed with the Sun God Primus, and failed to gain his notice - for he was a god, and she a mere mortal. She flew so high, chasing after the Sun God in his flaming sky-ship, that she drew too close and caught aflame, plummeting to the ground.

In later, more popular versions of the tale, the gods had mercy on Ikara and raised her from the ashes anew, and she now can be seen on occasion, chasing after the sun, observed as a phenomenon known in other cultures as a "sun dog". Thus, she is often associated with the imagery of rebirth and of the phoenix.

Also the name of a town in Olympia, where a shrine has been built to Ikara next to a small temple of Primus. There, Ikara is revered as a goddess, albiet not of the original pantheon.