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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 ...
Jupiter, king of gods and weather god in ancient Rome Mariamman, the Hindu goddess of rain. 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 ...
Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. Θεία (Theía) Theia: Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Θέμις (Thémis) Themis: Goddess of divine law and order. Other Titans Ἄνυτος ...
3.6 Greek mythology. 3.7 Lithuanian mythology. ... This is a list of deities in fire worship ... god of thunder and fire, considered the storm-god; Aggayu, god of ...
The deities equivalent to the Anemoi in Roman mythology were the Venti (Latin, "winds"). [citation needed] These gods had different names, but were otherwise very similar to their Greek counterparts, borrowing their attributes and being frequently conflated with them. Ptolemy's world map listed 12 winds: Septentrio (N), Aquilo (NNE), Vulturnus ...
Gods of Dying-and-rising; A200—A299. Gods of the Upper World A210. Gods of the Sky; A220. Gods of the Sun; A240. Gods of the Moon; A250. Gods of the Stars; A260. Gods of Light; A270. Gods of the Dawn; A280. Gods of the Weather. A281. Gods of Storms; A282. Gods of the Wind; A284. Gods of Thunder; A287. Gods of Rain; A300—A399. Gods of the ...
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.His name is cognate with the first syllable of his Roman equivalent Jupiter.