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List of thunder gods

April 11, 2024

"God of Thunder" redirects here. For other uses, see God of Thunder (disambiguation).

Polytheistic peoples from many cultures have postulated a thunder god, the personification or source of the forces of thunder and lightning; a lightning god does not have a typical depiction, and will vary based on the culture. In Indo-European cultures, the thunder god is frequently known as the chief or King of the Gods, e.g. Indra in Hinduism, Zeus in Greek mythology, Zojz in Albanian mythology, and Perun in ancient Slavic religion.

Thunderstorms are commonly depicted as the rage of the deity which is associated with it.

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Main article: List of Philippine mythological figures
  • Kidul (Kalinga mythology)[1]
  • Ovug (Ifugao mythology)[2]
  • Aninitud angachar (Ifugao mythology)[3]
  • Child of Kabunian (Ibaloi mythology)[4]
  • Kidu (Bugkalot mythology)[5]
  • Revenador (Ilocano mythology)[6]
  • Bathala (Tagalog mythology)[7]
  • Kidlat (Tagalog mythology)[8]
  • Gugurang (Bicolano mythology)[9]
  • Linti (Bicolano mythology)[10]
  • Dalodog (Bicolano mythology)[11]
  • Kaptan (Bisaya mythology)[12]
  • Linting Habughabug (Capiznon mythology)[13]
  • Ribung Linti (Suludnon mythology)[14]
  • Upu Kuyaw (Pala'wan mythology)[15]
  • God of Animals (Surigaonon mythology)[16]
  • Diwata Magbabaya/Bathala (Subanon mythology)[17]
  • Anit/Anitan (Manobo mythology)[18]
  • Spirit of Lightning and Thunder (Teduray mythology)[19]

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In literature edit

The Hindu God Indra was the chief deity and at his prime during the Vedic period, where he was considered to be the supreme God.[24][25] Indra was initially recorded in the Rigveda, the first of the religious scriptures that comprise the Vedas.[26] Indra continued to play a prominent role throughout the evolution of Hinduism and played a pivotal role in the two Sanskrit epics that comprise the Itihasas, appearing in both the Ramayana and Mahabharata. Although the importance of Indra has since been subsided in favor of other Gods in contemporary Hinduism, he is still venerated and worshipped.

In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields, or the Elysian Plains, was the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous, evolved from a designation of a place or person struck by lightning, enelysion, enelysios.[27] This could be a reference to Zeus, the god of lightning, so "lightning-struck" could be saying that the person was blessed (struck) by Zeus (/lightning/fortune). Egyptologist Jan Assmann has also suggested that Greek Elysion may have instead been derived from the Egyptian term ialu (older iaru), meaning "reeds," with specific reference to the "Reed fields" (Egyptian: sekhet iaru / ialu), a paradisiacal land of plenty where the dead hoped to spend eternity.[28]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing.
  2. ^ Beyer, H. O. (1913). Origin Myths Among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 85–117.
  3. ^ Bimmolog, H., Sallong, L., Montemayor, L. (2005). The Deities of the Animistic Religion of Mayaoyao, Ifugao.
  4. ^ Moss, C. R. (1924). Nabaloi Tales. University of California Publications in American Archaeology, 227–353.
  5. ^ Wilson, L. L. (1947). Ilongot Life and Legends. Southeast Asia Institute.
  6. ^ Alacacin, C. (1952). The Gods and Goddesses. Historical and Cultural Data of Provinces.
  7. ^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  8. ^ Romulo, L. (2019). Filipino Children's Favorite Stories. China: Tuttle Publishing, Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
  9. ^ Vibal, H. (1923). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Ethnography of The Bikol People, ii.
  10. ^ Vibal, H. (1923). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Ethnography of The Bikol People, ii.
  11. ^ Vibal, H. (1923). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Ethnography of The Bikol People, ii.
  12. ^ Hill, P. (1934). Philippine Short Stories. Manila: Oriental Commercial Company.
  13. ^ Cruz-Lucero, R., Pototanon, R. M. (2018). Capiznon. With contributions by E. Arsenio Manuel. In Our Islands, Our People: The Histories and Cultures of the Filipino Nation, edited by Cruz-Lucero, R.
  14. ^ Jocano, F. L. (1958). The Sulod: A Mountain People In Central Panay, Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University
  15. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 17, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ Esteban, R. C., Casanova, A. R., Esteban, I. C. (2011). Folktales of Southern Philippines. Anvil Publishing.
  17. ^ Esteban, R. C., Casanova, A. R., Esteban, I. C. (2011). Folktales of Southern Philippines. Anvil Publishing.
  18. ^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  19. ^ Wood, G. L. (1957). Philippine Sociological Review Vol. 5, No. 2: The Tiruray. Philippine Sociological Society.
  20. ^ Garde, Murray. "Bininj Kunwok Online Dictionary". njamed.com. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  21. ^ Allen, Peter. "Mamaragan". Godchecker. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  22. ^ Grey, Sir George (1885). "Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the Māori as told by their priests and chiefs". Victoria University of Wellington (2 ed.). Auckland: H. Brett. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2022.
  23. ^ Grey, Sir George (1885). "Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the Māori as told by their priests and chiefs". Victoria University of Wellington (2 ed.). Auckland: H. Brett. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2022.
  24. ^ Perry, Edward Delavan (1885). "Indra in the Rig-Veda". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 11: 117–208. doi:10.2307/592191. JSTOR 592191.
  25. ^ Kaegi, Adolf (1886). The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians. Boston: Ginn and Company. p. 40. ISBN 978-1428626676.
  26. ^ Kaegi, Adolf (1886). The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians. Boston: Ginn and Company. p. 41. ISBN 978-1428626676.
  27. ^ Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, 1985. p. 198.
  28. ^ Assmann, Jan (2001). Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt. Cornell University Press. p. 392

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mythology Armazi Georgian mythology Afi Abkhaz mythology Atamshkai Moksha mythology Gebeleizis Dacian mythology Horagalles Sami mythology Orko Basque mythology Perendi Albanian mythology Perkunas Baltic mythology Perkwunos Proto Indo European mythology Perun Slavic mythology Pikne or Pikker Estonian mythology Sugaar Basque mythology Taranis Pan Celtic Tharapita or Taara Estonian mythology Thor Germanic mythology Uacilla Ossetian mythology Ukko or Perkele Finnish mythology East Asia edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dianmu Chinese 電母 Leigong Chinese 雷公 Ajisukitakahikone Japanese アヂスキタカヒコネ Raijin Japanese 雷神 Tenman Daijizai Tenjin Japanese 天満大自在天神 Susanoo Japanese スサノオ Yakusanoikazuchi Japanese 八雷神 South Asia edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Indra Vedic Hindu mythology and Buddhist mythology Thunder Poorna Hindu mythology and Buddhist mythology Parjanya Vedic and Hindu mythology Raja Indainda Batak mythology Vajrapani Buddhist mythology Southeast Asia edit Vietnam edit Thien Loi chữ Han 天雷 Ba Set chữ Nom 婆𩂶 Phap Loi chữ Han 法雷 Phap Điện chữ Han 法電 Philippines edit Main article List of Philippine mythological figures Kidul Kalinga mythology 1 Ovug Ifugao mythology 2 Aninitud angachar Ifugao mythology 3 Child of Kabunian Ibaloi mythology 4 Kidu Bugkalot mythology 5 Revenador Ilocano mythology 6 Bathala Tagalog mythology 7 Kidlat Tagalog mythology 8 Gugurang Bicolano mythology 9 Linti Bicolano mythology 10 Dalodog Bicolano mythology 11 Kaptan Bisaya mythology 12 Linting Habughabug Capiznon mythology 13 Ribung Linti Suludnon mythology 14 Upu Kuyaw Pala wan mythology 15 God of Animals Surigaonon mythology 16 Diwata Magbabaya Bathala Subanon mythology 17 Anit Anitan Manobo mythology 18 Spirit of Lightning and Thunder Teduray mythology 19 Oceania edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Haikili Polynesian mythology Tawhaki Polynesian mythology Kaha i Polynesian mythology Te Uira Polynesian mythology Nan Sapwe Pohnpeian mythology Australia edit Mamaragan Australian Aboriginal Kunwinjku mythology 20 21 New Zealand edit Whaitiri Maori mythology 22 Tawhirimatea Maori mythology 23 Americas edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Thunderbird Iroquois and Huron mythology He no Iroquois and Seneca mythology Aktzin Totonac mythology Wakiŋyaŋ Sioux Lakota mythology Xolotl and Tlaloc Aztec mythology Cocijo Zapotec mythology Chaac Maya mythology Yopaat Maya mythology Chibchacum Muisca mythology Apocatequil Inca mythology Illapa Inca mythology Tunupa Aymara mythology Tupa Guarani mythology Kasogonaga Toba mythology Mur Atibaia s mythology Africa edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Shango god of thunder and lightning Yoruba Nigeria Oya goddess of hurricanes storms death and rebirth consort of Shango in Yoruba religion Set Egyptian mythology Nzazi god of thunder and lightning master of thunder dogs in Kongo mythology Azaka Tonnerre West African Vodun Haitian Vodou Mulungu Xevioso alternately Xewioso Heviosso Thunder god of the So region Amadioha Igbo Nigeria Obuma god of thunder Ibibio Efik Mythology Nigeria Alamei So region Kiwanuka god of thunder and lightning Buganda Uganda Umvelinqangi god of thunder earthquakes sun and sky in Zulu mythology Ta Kora God of War and Strife in the Akom religion as well as God of Thunder and lightning in the Northern Akan peoples sect of Akom such as the Asante Bobowissi God of Thunder in the Southern Akan peoples sect of Akom such as the Fante Also rival to Tano In literature editThe Hindu God Indra was the chief deity and at his prime during the Vedic period where he was considered to be the supreme God 24 25 Indra was initially recorded in the Rigveda the first of the religious scriptures that comprise the Vedas 26 Indra continued to play a prominent role throughout the evolution of Hinduism and played a pivotal role in the two Sanskrit epics that comprise the Itihasas appearing in both the Ramayana and Mahabharata Although the importance of Indra has since been subsided in favor of other Gods in contemporary Hinduism he is still venerated and worshipped In Greek mythology the Elysian Fields or the Elysian Plains was the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous evolved from a designation of a place or person struck by lightning enelysion enelysios 27 This could be a reference to Zeus the god of lightning so lightning struck could be saying that the person was blessed struck by Zeus lightning fortune Egyptologist Jan Assmann has also suggested that Greek Elysion may have instead been derived from the Egyptian term ialu older iaru meaning reeds with specific reference to the Reed fields Egyptian sekhet iaru ialu a paradisiacal land of plenty where the dead hoped to spend eternity 28 See also editLeishen Leigong Raijin Catatumbo lightning Donar s Oak Lightning in religion Nature worship Sky deity ThunderboltReferences edit Zaide S M 1999 The Philippines A Unique Nation All Nations Publishing Beyer H O 1913 Origin Myths Among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines Philippine Journal of Science 85 117 Bimmolog H Sallong L Montemayor L 2005 The Deities of the Animistic Religion of Mayaoyao Ifugao Moss C R 1924 Nabaloi Tales University of California Publications in American Archaeology 227 353 Wilson L L 1947 Ilongot Life and Legends Southeast Asia Institute Alacacin C 1952 The Gods and Goddesses Historical and Cultural Data of Provinces Jocano F L 1969 Philippine Mythology Quezon City Capitol Publishing House Inc Romulo L 2019 Filipino Children s Favorite Stories China Tuttle Publishing Periplus Editions HK Ltd Vibal H 1923 Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang Ethnography of The Bikol People ii Vibal H 1923 Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang Ethnography of The Bikol People ii Vibal H 1923 Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang Ethnography of The Bikol People ii Hill P 1934 Philippine Short Stories Manila Oriental Commercial Company Cruz Lucero R Pototanon R M 2018 Capiznon With contributions by E Arsenio Manuel In Our Islands Our People The Histories and Cultures of the Filipino Nation edited by Cruz Lucero R Jocano F L 1958 The Sulod A Mountain People In Central Panay Philippines Ateneo de Manila University Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on April 17 2018 Retrieved March 28 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Esteban R C Casanova A R Esteban I C 2011 Folktales of Southern Philippines Anvil Publishing Esteban R C Casanova A R Esteban I C 2011 Folktales of Southern Philippines Anvil Publishing Jocano F L 1969 Philippine Mythology Quezon City Capitol Publishing House Inc Wood G L 1957 Philippine Sociological Review Vol 5 No 2 The Tiruray Philippine Sociological Society Garde Murray Bininj Kunwok Online Dictionary njamed com Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre Retrieved 28 May 2019 Allen Peter Mamaragan Godchecker Retrieved 7 April 2014 Grey Sir George 1885 Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the Maori as told by their priests and chiefs Victoria University of Wellington 2 ed Auckland H Brett p 2 Retrieved 8 Jan 2022 Grey Sir George 1885 Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the Maori as told by their priests and chiefs Victoria University of Wellington 2 ed Auckland H Brett p 2 Retrieved 8 Jan 2022 Perry Edward Delavan 1885 Indra in the Rig Veda Journal of the American Oriental Society 11 117 208 doi 10 2307 592191 JSTOR 592191 Kaegi Adolf 1886 The Rigveda The Oldest Literature of the Indians Boston Ginn and Company p 40 ISBN 978 1428626676 Kaegi Adolf 1886 The Rigveda The Oldest Literature of the Indians Boston Ginn and Company p 41 ISBN 978 1428626676 Walter Burkert Greek Religion 1985 p 198 Assmann Jan 2001 Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt Cornell University Press p 392 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of thunder gods amp oldid 1213965627, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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