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List of thunder deities#Greco-Roman

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Polytheistic peoples from many cultures have postulated a thunder deity, the creator or personification 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 depicted as male and 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.

Mediterranean

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= Greco-Roman =

Northwestern Eurasia

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Africa

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Asia

= South Asia =

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= East Asia =

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== Chinese ==

== Japanese ==

  • Ajisukitakahikone ({{Langx|ja|アヂスキタカヒコネ}})
  • Raijin ({{Langx|ja|雷神}})
  • Raitaro ({{Langx|ja|雷太郎}})
  • Tenman Daijizai Tenjin ({{Langx|ja|天満大自在天神}})
  • Susanoo ({{Langx|ja|スサノオ}})
  • Yakusanoikazuchi ({{Langx|ja|八雷神}})
  • Takemikazuchi{{cite book|last=Ashkenazi|first=Michael|title=Handbook of Japanese Mythology|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2003|url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofjapane0000ashk|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofjapane0000ashk/page/266 266]|isbn=9781576074671}} ({{Langx|ja|建御雷/武甕槌}})

= Southeast Asia =

== Filipino ==

{{Main article|List of Philippine mythological figures}}

  • Kidul (Kalinga mythology)Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing.
  • Ovug (Ifugao mythology)Beyer, H. O. (1913). Origin Myths Among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 85–117.
  • Aninitud angachar (Ifugao mythology)Bimmolog, H., Sallong, L., Montemayor, L. (2005). The Deities of the Animistic Religion of Mayaoyao, Ifugao.
  • Child of Kabunian (Ibaloi mythology)Moss, C. R. (1924). Nabaloi Tales. University of California Publications in American Archaeology, 227–353.
  • Kidu (Bugkalot mythology)Wilson, L. L. (1947). Ilongot Life and Legends. Southeast Asia Institute.
  • Revenador (Ilocano mythology)Alacacin, C. (1952). The Gods and Goddesses. Historical and Cultural Data of Provinces.
  • Bathala (Tagalog mythology)Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  • Kidlat (Tagalog mythology)Romulo, L. (2019). Filipino Children's Favorite Stories. China: Tuttle Publishing, Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
  • Gugurang (Bicolano mythology)Vibal, H. (1923). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Ethnography of The Bikol People, ii.
  • Linti (Bicolano mythology)
  • Dalodog (Bicolano mythology)
  • Kaptan (Bisaya mythology)Hill, P. (1934). Philippine Short Stories. Manila: Oriental Commercial Company.
  • Linting Habughabug (Capiznon mythology)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.
  • Ribung Linti (Suludnon mythology)Jocano, F. L. (1958). The Sulod: A Mountain People In Central Panay, Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University
  • Upu Kuyaw (Pala'wan mythology){{Cite web |url=http://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph:81/CC01/NLP00VM052mcd/v1/v37.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417232024/http://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph:81/CC01/NLP00VM052mcd/v1/v37.pdf |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
  • God of Animals (Surigaonon mythology)Esteban, R. C., Casanova, A. R., Esteban, I. C. (2011). Folktales of Southern Philippines. Anvil Publishing.
  • Diwata Magbabaya/Bathala (Subanon mythology)
  • Anit/Anitan (Manobo mythology)Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  • Spirit of Lightning and Thunder (Teduray mythology)Wood, G. L. (1957). Philippine Sociological Review Vol. 5, No. 2: The Tiruray. Philippine Sociological Society.

Oceania

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= Australia =

  • Mamaragan (Australian Aboriginal (Kunwinjku) mythology){{cite web |last1=Garde |first1=Murray |title=Bininj Kunwok Online Dictionary |url=https://www.njamed.com/#namarrkon |website=njamed.com |publisher=Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre |accessdate=28 May 2019}}{{cite web |last=Allen|first=Peter |title= Mamaragan |url= https://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/australian-mythology.php?deity=MAMARAGAN |publisher=Godchecker |accessdate= 7 April 2014}}

= New Zealand =

  • Whaitiri (Māori mythology){{cite web |last1=Grey|first1=Sir George |title=Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the Māori as told by their priests and chiefs. |url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GrePoly-c1-1.html#n2 |website=Victoria University of Wellington |date=1885 |publisher=H. Brett |location=Auckland |page=2 |edition=2 |accessdate=8 Jan 2022}}
  • Tāwhirimātea (Māori mythology)

Americas

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In literature

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.{{Cite journal|last=Perry|first=Edward Delavan|date=1885|title=Indra in the Rig-Veda|jstor=592191|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume=11|pages=117–208|doi=10.2307/592191}}{{Cite book|title=The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians|last=Kaegi|first=Adolf|publisher=Boston: Ginn and Company|year=1886|isbn=978-1428626676|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85WR0ae1WRQC|pages=40}} Indra was initially recorded in the Rigveda, the first of the religious scriptures that comprise the Vedas.{{Cite book|title=The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians|last=Kaegi|first=Adolf|publisher=Boston: Ginn and Company|year=1886|isbn=978-1428626676|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85WR0ae1WRQC|pages=41}} 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.Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, 1985. p. 198. 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.Assmann, Jan (2001). Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt. Cornell University Press. p. 392

See also

References

{{List of mythological figures by region}}

Category:Comparative mythology

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