Thunder god

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Polytheistic peoples of many cultures have postulated a thunder god, the personification or source of the seemingly magical forces of thunder and lightning. Frequently, the thunder god is known as the chief or king of the gods, for example Zeus in Greek mythology, or otherwise a close relation, for example Thor in Norse mythology, son of Odin.

Contents

1 List of thunder gods
2 Contemporary popular culture
3 Literature
4 See also

Teshub (Hurrian mythology)
Adad, Ishkur, Marduk (Babylonian-Assyrian mythology)
Hadad (Levantine mythology)

Perkwunos (Indo-European mythology)
- Tarhunt (Hittite/Luwian mythology)
- Zeus, Brontes (Greek mythology)
- Jupiter, Summanus (Roman mythology)
- Indra, Parjanya (Hindu mythology)
- Taranis (Pan-Celtic); Ambisagrus, Leucetios, (Gaulish mythology)
- *Þunraz (Germanic mythology; Anglo-Saxon Þunor, German Donar, Norse Þórr); and Thor (Norse mythology)
- *Perkunos (Balto-Slavic; Lithuanian Perkūnas, Slavic Per(k)un )
- Perëndi (Albanian mythology)
- Gebeleizis (Dacian mythology)
- Zibelthiurdos (Thracian mythology)
- Ukko or Perkele (Finnish mythology)
Horagalles (Sami mythology)
Aplu (Etruscan mythology)

Lei Gong (Chinese mythology)
Ajisukitakahikone, Raijin (Raiden-sama, Kaminari-sama), Tenjin (kami) (Japanese mythology)

Shango (Yorùbá mythology)
Oya (goddess of thunder, Yoruba mythology)
Azaka-Tonnerre (Voodoo)
Mulungu
Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso. Thunder god of the So region)

Haikili (Polynesian mythology)
Tawhaki (Polynesian mythology)
Kaha'i (Polynesian mythology)
Uira (Polynesian mythology)

Raiden originally from popular video game Mortal Kombat
Blind Io in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.
Ramuh from the popular Final Fantasy series.
Ener from the popular one piece series.

H. Munro Chadwick, The Oak and the Thunder-God, Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1900).

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Categories: Thunder gods | Comparative mythology | Lists of Deities

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