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Sculpture of Raijin from Sanjūsangen-dō temple in Kyoto. Kamakura period, 13th century. Raijin (雷神, lit. "Thunder God"), also known as Kaminari-sama (雷様), Raiden-sama (雷電様), Narukami (鳴る神), Raikō (雷公), and Kamowakeikazuchi-no-kami is a god of lightning, thunder, and storms in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. [1]
It may also fly about as a ball of lightning (in fact, the creature may be an attempt to explain the phenomenon of lightning, such as ball lightning). Its cry sounds like thunder. Raijū is the companion of Raijin, the Shinto god of lightning. While the beast is generally calm and harmless, during thunderstorms it becomes agitated, and leaps ...
The god of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods. Coatrisquie: The torrential downpour Goddess, the terrible Taíno storm servant of Guabancex and side-kick of thunder God Guatauva. Bayamanaco: Old man fire; the Taíno spirit of Cohoba and guardian of the secrets of sweet potato bread. Boinayel
Taweret – depicted as a hippopotamus with lion paws and crocodile tail; Tefnut – Tutu – body of a striding, winged lion, the head of a human, other heads of hawks and crocodiles projecting from the body, and the tail of a serpent; Urit-en-kru – A lioness headed hippopatomus goddess; Griffin (Europe) Lamassu (Mesopotamian)
Enumclaw and Kapoonis (/ ˌ iː n əm ˈ k l ɔː / ⓘ EE-nəm-KLAW) are mythological twin brothers of ostensible Pacific Northwest Native American origin who wanted to be great medicine men and sought the guardian spirit Sky Father's assistance. Enumclaw became so highly skilled at rock throwing and Kapoonis so highly skilled with fire that ...
Thunderbird (Native American) – Avian lightning bird spirit; Thor (Norse mythology) – God of thunder and storm; Tiangou – Meteoric dog; Tianlong – Celestial dragon; Tibicena – Evil dog; Tiddy Mun – Bog spirit; Tigmamanukan – Asian fairy bluebird; Tigre Capiangos – Jaguar-human shapeshifter
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A Thunder Beast, with the ability to control thunder and lightning. He has dark skin, blonde hair and a tattoo in the shape of a lightning bolt on the left side of his face. Despite only being seen at Orio-ya, Raiju is not a staff member and is in fact a member of the nobility equal to Ōgon-dōji.