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A weather god or goddess, also frequently known as a storm god or goddess, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, snow, lightning, rain, wind, storms, tornadoes, 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 ...
In Inuit mythology, Asiaq is a weather goddess (or, more rarely a god) and was quite frequently invoked by the Angakoq for good weather, for instance if spring was late it was important to content her and make sure she would send rain and melt the ice. In Greenland, she is the mother of weather, who decides the quantity and the time for snow to ...
Okaga, fertility goddess of the south winds. Taku Skanskan, capricious master of the four winds. Tate, a wind god or spirit in Lakota mythology. Waziya, giant of the north winds who brings icy weather, famine, and diseases. Wiyohipeyata, god of the west winds who oversees endings and events of the night.
This granted her the title of "Cacique of the Wind", but it also imposed the responsibility of repeatedly appeasing the goddess throughout her long reign. Furthermore, due to the importance of the wind for travel between island and the need of good weather imperative for a successful crop, other caciques would offer her part of their food ...
Qailertetang is an Inuit goddess who cares for animals, fishers, and hunters and who controls the weather. She dwells with her companion Sedna at the bottom of the sea in the company of seals, whales, and other sea creatures. Qailertetang is depicted as a "large woman of very heavy limbs".
In Inuit mythology, Kadlu refers to one of the trinity of sisters, the 3 goddesses creating thundery weather. She creates thunder by jumping on hollow ice, singing or rubbing together dried seal skins. [1] [2] Her sister Kweetoo creates lightning by rubbing stones against each other.
Tallay's name is derived from the Ugaritic word ṭl, "dew," while the final sign, y, is a common suffix of feminine names. [3] It is translated as "Dewy." [3] Manfred Krebernik points out that presumably linguistically related ṭá-la-ia also occurs in a text from Ugarit written in the standard syllabic cuneiform script as an ordinary given name. [4]