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Ancient Near East

• Teshub
  Teshub
  
  Teshub was the Hurrians god of sky and storm. He was derived from the Hattians Taru. His Hittites and Luwian name was Tarhun .He is depicted holding a triple thunderbolt and a weapon, usually an axe or Mace ....
   (Hurrian
  Hurrians
  
  The Hurrians were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia and areas to the immediate east and west, beginning approximately 2500 BC....
   mythology)
• Adad
  Adad
  
  Adad in Akkadian language and Ishkur in Sumerian language are the names of the storm-god in the Babylonian-Assyrian pantheon, both usually written by the logogram dIM....
  , Ishkur, Marduk
  Marduk
  
  Marduk was the Babylonian language name of a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon, who, when Babylon permanently became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi , started to slowly rise to the position of the head of the Babylonian pantheon, a position he fully acqu...
   (Babylonian-Assyrian mythology
  Mesopotamian mythology
  
  Mesopotamian mythology is the collective name given to Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian mythologies from the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq....
  )
• Hadad
  Hadad
  
  Haddad ??? ??? was a very important northwest Semitic language storm and rain God , cognate in name and origin with the Akkadian language god Adad....
   (Levantine mythology)

Eurasian

• Tarhunt (Hittite
  Hittites
  
  The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a Hittite language of the Anatolian languages of the Indo-European languages family, and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia ca....
  /Luwian mythology)
• Zeus
  Zeus
  
  Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
   (Greek Mythology
  Greek mythology
  
  Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
  )
• Brontes
  Cyclops
  
  In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, a cyclops , is a member of a primordial race of giant , each with a single eye in the middle of its forehead....
   (Greek mythology
  Greek mythology
  
  Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
  )
• Jupiter, Summanus
  Summanus
  
  In Roman mythology, Summanus was the god of nocturnal thunder, as opposed to Jupiter , the god of diurnal thunder. Summanus' temple stood at the Circus Maximus, and every June 20th cakes were offered to him as propitiation....
   (Roman mythology
  Roman mythology
  
  Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome....
  )
• Indra
  Indra
  
  Indra is the god of War and Weather, also the King of the gods or Deva and Lord of Heaven or Swarga in Hinduism. Mentioned first as the chief deity in the sacred Hindu text of Rig Veda, Indra is bestowed with a heroic and almost brash and amorous character....
  , Parjanya
  Parjanya
  
  Parjanya is the Hindu deity of rain , often identified with Indra, the "Bull " of the Rigveda , but also associated with Varuna as a deity of clouds and as punishing sinners....
   (Hindu mythology
  Hindu mythology
  
  Hindu mythology is the large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism, notably as contained in Sanskrit literature, such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas....
  )
• Taranis
  Taranis
  
  In Celtic mythology Taranis was the god of thunder worshipped in Gaul, Ancient Britain, and Hispania and mentioned, along with Esus and Toutatis, by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem Pharsalia as a Celtic deity to whom sacrificial offerings were made....
   (Pan-Celtic
  Celtic mythology
  
  Celts mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the early Celts maintained a polytheistic mythology and religious structure....
  ); Ambisagrus
  Ambisagrus
  
  In Gallo-Roman religion, Ambisagrus was a Gaulish god worshipped at Aquileia in Cisalpine Gaul, where he was identified with Jupiter .The name may be composed of the Proto-Celtic prefix *ambi- and root *sagro-....
  , Leucetios, (Gaulish mythology)
• Þunraz (Germanic mythology
  Germanic mythology
  
  Germanic mythology refers to:*any myths associated with historical Germanic paganism*Norse mythology*Continental Germanic mythology*Anglo-Saxon mythology...
  ; Anglo-Saxon Þunor, German Donar, Norse Þórr)
• Thor
  Thor
  
  Thor is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Germanic mythology and Germanic paganism, and its subsets: Norse paganism, Anglo-Saxon paganism and Continental Germanic mythology....
   (Norse mythology
  Norse mythology
  
  Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the beliefs, myths and legends of the Norse paganism of the North Germanic language people, including those who settled on Faroe Islands and Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled....
  )
• Perkunos
  Perkwunos
  
  The name of an Proto-Indo-European religion deity of thunder and/or the oak may be reconstructed as * or *.Another name for the thunder god contains an onomatopoeic root *, continued in Gaulish Taranis and Hittite Tarhunt....
   (Balto-Slavic
  Balto-Slavic
  
  Balto-Slavic can refer to:* Balto-Slavic languages* Balto-Slavic peoples...
  ; Lithuanian
  Lithuanian mythology
  
  Lithuanian mythology is an example of paganism mythology containing archaic elements, developed by Lithuanians throughout the centuries....
   Perkunas
  Perkunas
  
  Perkunas was the common Baltic languages god of thunder, one of the most important deities in the Baltic Pantheon . In both Lithuanian mythology and Latvian mythology, he is documented as the god of thunder, rain, mountains, oak trees and the sky....
  , Slavic
  Slavic mythology
  
  Slavic mythology is the mythological aspect of the polytheism that was practised by the Slavs prior to Christianisation.The religion possesses numerous common traits with other religions descended from the Proto-Indo-European religion....
   Per(k)un
  Perun
  
  In Slavic mythology, Perun is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of thunder and lightning. His other attributes were the fire, mountains, the oak, iris , eagle, firmament , horses and carts, weapons and war....
   )
• Perëndi
  Perendi
  
  Perendi is the Albanian folklore of thunder and/or the oak and the consort of Prende. Perendi is probably cognate to Perkunas of Lithuanian mythology ....
   (Albania
  Albania
  
  Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
  n mythology)
• Gebeleizis (Dacia
  Dacia
  
  In ancient geography, Dacia was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Greeks "Getae". Dacia was a large district of East-Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathian Mountains, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisia or Tisza, on the east by the Tyras or Dniester, now in eastern Moldova....
  n mythology)
• Zibelthiurdos (Thracian
  Thrace
  
  Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria , northeastern Greece , and European Turkey ....
   mythology)
• Ukko
  Ukko
  
  In Finnish mythology, Ukko is a god of sky, weather, crops and other natural things. He is the most significant god in Finnish mythology. The Finnish language word ukkonen, thunderstorm, is derived from his name....
   or Perkele
  Perkele
  
  Perkele is a Thunder god in Finnish mythology. Perkele was referred to with a variety of names, including Ukko "an old man", Lars "shortness", and Ylijumala "the supreme god."...
   (Finnish mythology
  Finnish mythology
  
  Finnish mythology is the mythology that went with Finnish paganism which was practised by the Finnish people prior to Christianisation. It has many features shared with fellow Finnic Estonian mythology and its non-Finnic neighbours, the Baltic people and the Scandinavians....
  )
• Horagalles
  Horagalles
  
  The Sami people god of the sky and of thunder, normally depicted wielding a pair of war-hammers. His Finland counterpart was Ukko, and he is generally associated with Thor. Horgalles was married to Raudna....
   (Sami
  Sami people
  
  The S?mi people, are the indigenous people Indigenous peoples of Europe inhabiting S?pmi , which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia....
   mythology)
• Aplu (Etruscan mythology
  Etruscan mythology
  
  The Etruscan civilizations were a people of unknown origin living in Northern Italy, who were eventually integrated into Roman culture and politically became part of the Roman Republic....
  )

East Asia

• Lei Gong
  Lei Gong
  
  In Chinese mythology, Lei Gong , also called Lei Shen , is the Chinese Taoist deity who, when so ordered by heaven, punishes both earthly mortals guilty of secret crimes and evil spirits who have used their knowledge of Taoism to harm human beings....
   (Chinese mythology
  Chinese mythology
  
  File:Nine-Dragons1.jpgChinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, and religions that have been passed down in oral or written form....
  )
• Ajisukitakahikone
  Ajisukitakahikone
  
  In Japanese mythology, Ajisukitakahikone is a god of thunder. He is the brother of Kashima and of Raijin . He has a younger sister called Shita-Teru-Hime....
  , Raijin
  Raijin
  
  is a god of thunder and lightning in Japanese mythology. His name is derived from the Japanese language words rai and shin . He is typically depicted as a demon beating drums to create thunder, usually with the symbol tomoe drawn in the drums....
   (Raiden-sama, Kaminari-sama), Tenjin (kami)
  Tenjin (kami)
  
  In Japanese mythology and folklore, is the Shinto kami of scholarship, the deification of a scholar, poet, and politician named Sugawara no Michizane....
   (Japanese mythology
  Japanese mythology
  
  Japanese mythology is a system of beliefs that embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculture-based folk religion. The Shinto pantheon alone consists of an uncountable number of kami ....
  )
• Susanoo
  Susanoo
  
  is the Shinto god of the sea and storms....
   (Japanese Mythology
  Japanese mythology
  
  Japanese mythology is a system of beliefs that embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculture-based folk religion. The Shinto pantheon alone consists of an uncountable number of kami ....
  )

Americas

• Thunderbird
  Thunderbird (mythology)
  
  The Thunderbird is a legendary creature in Indigenous peoples of the Americas history and culture. It's considered a "supernatural" bird of power and strength....
   (Native American mythology
  Native American mythology
  
  Although a section on Mythology is no substitute for a section on Native American Religion, Native American belief systems include many sacred narratives....
  )
• Xolotl
  Xolotl
  
  In Aztec mythology, Xolotl was the god with associations to both lightning and death.Although often depicted in relation to the underworld, Xolotl was not a psychopomp in the Western sense....
   (Aztec
  Aztec mythology
  
  The Aztec civilization recognized a polytheistic mythology, which contained the many gods and supernatural creatures from their religious beliefs....
   and Toltec
  Toltec
  
  The word Toltec in Mesoamerican studies has been used in different ways by different scholars to refer to actual populations and polity of pre-Columbian central Mexico or to the mythical ancestors mentioned in the mythical/historical narratives of the Aztecs....
   mythology)
• Chaac
  Chaac
  
  Chaac is the name of the Maya civilization rain deity. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds and produces thunder and rain....
   (Maya mythology)
• Apocatequil
  Apocatequil
  
  According to Incan mythology, Apocatequil was the god of lightning. He also served as the chief priest for the moon god, Coniraya....
   (Incan mythology)
• Cocijo
  Chaac
  
  Chaac is the name of the Maya civilization rain deity. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds and produces thunder and rain....
   (Mexican
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
   mythology)
• Aktzin
  Aktzin
  
  Aktzin was the god of rain, thunder and lightning for the Totonac people in ancient Mexico. Variants of this deity were known as Tl?loc to the Aztecs and Chaac to the Mayas....
   (Mexican mythology)
• Jasso
  Jasso (mythology)
  
  Jasso is a thunder god in Mesoamerican mythology....
   (Mexican mythology)
• Haokah
  Haokah
  
  In Lakota mythology, Haokah is a god of thunder and lightning. He is said to use the wind as sticks to beat the drum of thunder. His emotions are portrayed opposite the norm; he laughs when he is sad and cries when he is happy, cold makes him sweat and heat makes him shiver....
   (Lakota mythology
  Lakota mythology
  
  Here is a list of articles pertaining to Lakota people mythology, a Native Americans in the United States people of North Dakota and South Dakota:...
  )
• Tupã
  Tupã (mythology)
  
  Tupa is the name of the supreme god in the Guaran? creation mythology. Tupa is also the word in the Guaran? language that means "god". Tupa is considered to be the creator of the universe, and more specifically the creator of light....
   (Guaraní mythology
  Guaraní mythology
  
  Guaran? Mythology refers to the beliefs of the Guaran? people of the south-central part of South America, especially the native peoples of Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia....
  , Brazil)

Africa

• Set (god) (Egyptian mythology
  Egyptian mythology
  
  Ancient Egyptian religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and rituals practiced in ancient Egypt over at least 3,000 years, from the Predynastic Egypt until the adoption of Coptic Christianity in the early centuries Common Era....
  )
• Shango
  Shango
  
  In Yor?b? religion, ??ng? is perhaps the most popular Orisha; he is a Sky Father, god of thunder and lightning. Sango was a royal ancestor of the Yoruba people as he was the third king of the Oyo Kingdom....
   (Yorùbá mythology
  Yoruba mythology
  
  The Yor?b? religion comprises religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people of old before the Yoruba community encountered Islam, Christianity and other faiths....
  )
• Oya
  Oya
  
  In Yoruba mythology, Oya , is the Goddess of the Niger River....
   (goddess of thunder, Yoruba mythology
  Yoruba mythology
  
  The Yor?b? religion comprises religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people of old before the Yoruba community encountered Islam, Christianity and other faiths....
  )
• Azaka-Tonnerre
  Azaka-Tonnerre
  
  In Haitian Vodou, and especially in Haiti, Azaka-Tonnerre is in the same "family" of Loa as Azaka Medeh - the Loa of agriculture. Azaka-Tonnerre is a loa of thunder....
   (Voodoo
  Voodoo
  
  Haitian Vodou or Vaudou is a religion originating from the Caribbean country of Haiti, located on the island of Hispa?ola. It is based upon a merging of the beliefs and practices of West African peoples, , with Roman Catholicism, which was brought about as African slaves were brought to Haiti in the 16th century and forced to convert...
  )
• Mulungu
  Mulungu
  
  Mulungu is a supreme creator deity of the Nyamwezi people of Tanzania in eastern Africa. Despite being the creator and protector of the world, he is distant and has little contact with humanity....
  
• Xevioso
  Xevioso
  
  In Dahomey mythology, Xevioso is a god of thunder in the So region. He is the twin brother of Gun , and is one of the children of Mawu and Lisa ....
   (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso. Thunder god of the So region)

South Pacific

• Haikili
  Haikili
  
  In Hawaiian mythology, Haikili is the god of thunder....
   (Polynesian mythology
  Polynesian mythology
  
  Polynesian mythology is the Oral_tradition of the people of Polynesia a grouping of Central and South Pacific Ocean island archipelagos in the Polynesian triangle together with the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers....
  )
• Tawhaki
  Tawhaki
  
  In Maori mythology, Tawhaki is a semi-supernatural being associated with lightning and thunder. While he has some god-like attributes, in the legends he is described as 'a man from this world' ....
   (Polynesian mythology)
• Kaha'i
  Kaha'i
  
  Kaha'i is a handsome Polynesian demigod whose exploits were popular in many Polynesian mythologies....
   (Polynesian mythology)
• Uira (Polynesian mythology)

Literature

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

See also

• Thunderbolt
  Thunderbolt
  
  A thunderbolt is a traditional expression for a discharge of lightning or a symbolic representation thereof. In its original usage the word may also have been a description of meteors, although this is not currently the case....
  
• Donar's Oak
• Sky deity