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  2. Lightning in religion - Wikipedia

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    A Polish name for lightning is piorun, derived from the god's name. [1] Pērkons / Perkūnas is the common Baltic god of thunder, one of the most important deities in the Baltic pantheon. In both Latvian and Lithuanian mythology, he is documented as the god of thunder, rain, mountains, oak trees and the sky. [citation needed] In Norse mythology ...

  3. List of thunder gods - Wikipedia

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    Oya (goddess of hurricanes, storms, death and rebirth, consort of Shango in Yoruba religion) Set (Egyptian mythology) Nzazi (god of thunder and lightning; master of thunder dogs in Kongo mythology) Azaka-Tonnerre (West African Vodun / Haitian Vodou) Mulungu. Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso. Thunder god of the So region)

  4. Raijin - Wikipedia

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    Raijin (雷神, lit. "Thunder God"), also known as Kaminari-sama (雷様), Raiden-sama (雷電様), Narukami (鳴る神), Raikou (雷公), and Kamowakeikazuchi-no-kami is a god of lightning, thunder, and storms in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. [1] He is typically depicted with fierce and aggressive facial expressions, standing ...

  5. Perun - Wikipedia

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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Perun. In Slavic mythology, Perun (Cyrillic: Перун) is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility and oak trees. [2] His other attributes were fire, mountains, wind, iris, eagle, firmament (in Indo-European languages, this was joined with ...

  6. Weather god - Wikipedia

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    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 feature of a storm, they will be called after that ...

  7. Zeus - Wikipedia

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    Zeus (/ zjuːs /, 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.

  8. Jupiter (god) - Wikipedia

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    Jupiter (Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, [14] from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), [15] also known as Jove (gen. Iovis [ˈjɔwɪs]), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion ...

  9. List of light deities - Wikipedia

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    Earendel, god of rising light and/or a star. Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess. Freyr, god of sunshine, among other things. Sól, goddess and personification of the sun. Teiwaz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky. Thor, god of lightning, thunder, weather, storms, and the sky.