Weather god A weather god , also frequently known as a storm god , is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder , lightning , rain , wind , storms, tornados, and hurricanes. Should they only be in charge of one feature of a storm, they will be called after that attribute, such as a rain god or a lightning/thunder god. This singular attribute might then be emphasized more than the generic, all-encompassing term "storm god", though with thunder/lightning gods, the two terms seem interchangeable. They feature commonly in polytheistic religions . Storm gods are most often conceived of as wielding thunder and/or lightning. The ancients didn't seem to differentiate between the two, which is presumably why both the words "lightning bolt" and "thunderbolt" exist despite being synonyms. Storm gods are typically male, powerful and irascible. Rain and wind deities tend to not be portrayed as wrathful as thunder/lightning deities.Sub-Sahara Africa Canaanite Ba'al , Canaanite god of fertility , weather, and war. Hadad , the Canaanite and Carthaginian storm, fertility, & war god. Identified as Baʿal's true name at Ugarit. Horus , the Egyptian beneficial storm, sun, and war god. Personified in the pharaoh . Set , the Egyptian storm god, lord of the desert.Hebrew Yahweh , Hebrew divine warrior and god of the entire cosmos.Mesopotamian Adad , the Assyrian storm god Marduk , Babylonian god of water , vegetation, judgment, and magic.Western Eurasia Balto-Slavic Audra, Lithuanian god of storms Bangpūtys , Lithuanian god of storms and the sea Perkūnas , Baltic god of thunder, rain, mountains, and oak trees. Servant of the creator god Dievas . Perun , Slavic god of thunder and lightning and king of the gods Celtic Taranis , Celtic god of thunder, often depicted with a wheel as well as a thunderboltNorse-Germanic Freyr , Norse god of rain and sunshine Thor , Norse god of thunder/lightning, oak trees, protection, strength, and hallowing. Also Thunor and Donar, the Anglo-Saxon and Continental Germanic versions, respectively, of him. All descend from Common Germanic *Thunraz , the reflex of the PIE thunder god for this language branch of the Indo-Europeans.Greco-Roman Aeolus, keeper of the winds in the Odyssey Anemoi , collective name for the gods of the winds in Greek mythology, their number varies from 4 to more Jupiter , the Roman thunder/lightning and sky god and king of the gods Tempestas , Roman goddess of storms or sudden weather. Commonly referred to in the plural, Tempestates . Zeus , Greek thunder/lightning and sky god and king of the godsWestern Asia Anatolian-Caucasian Tamar, Georgian virgin goddess who controlled the weather . Tarḫunna , Hittite storm god; other Anatolian languages had similar names for their storm gods, such as Luwian below. Tarḫunz , Luwian storm god. Teshub , Hurrian storm god. Theispas or Teisheba, the Urartian storm and war god. Vayu , Hindu/Vedic wind god. Weather god of Nerik , Hittite god of the weather worshiped in the village of Nerik. Weather god of Zippalanda , Hittite god of the weather worshiped in the village of Zippalanda.Hindu-Vedic Indra , Hindu thunder/lightning god. Mariamman , Hindu rain goddess.Persian Zorostarian Vayu-Vata , Iranian duo of gods, the first is the god of wind , much like the Hindu Vayu.Uralic Küdryrchö Jumo , the Mari storm god. Ukko , Finnish thunder and harvest god and king of the godsAsia-Pacific / Oceania Fūjin , Japanese wind god. Raijin , Japanese god of thunder, lightning, and storms Susanoo , tempestuous Japanese god of storms and the sea. Tāwhirimātea , Maori storm god. There was no single storm god in Chinese mythology . There had to be many deities for a single storm: * Dian Wu , Leigong , and Wen Zhong , the Thunder Deities. * Feng Bo , Feng Po Po , and Han Zixian, the Deities of Wind. * Yunzhongzi , the Master of Clouds. * Yu Shi , the God of Rain . * Sometimes the Dragon Kings were included instead of Yu ShiNative Americas Chaac , Maya rain god. Aztec equivalent is Tlaloc . Coatrisquie , Taíno rain goddess, servant of Guabancex , and sidekick of thunder god Guatauva . Cocijo , Zapotec god of lightning . Ehecatl , Aztec god of wind. Guabancex, top Taíno storm goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also dishes out earthquakes and other natural disasters. Guatauva, Taíno god of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods. Huracán , K'iche Maya god of wind, storms, and fire. Juracán , Taíno zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes K'awiil , classic Maya god of lightning. Q'uq'umatz , K'iche Maya god of wind and rain, also known as Kukulkan, Aztec equivalent is Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca , Aztec god of hurricanes and night winds. Tlaloc, Aztec rain and earthquake god. Mayan equivalent is Chaac. Tohil , K'iche Maya god of rain, sun, and fire. Tupã , the Guaraní god of thunder and light. Creator of the universe. Yopaat , a Classic-period Maya storm god.
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