Thunder god
Thunder gods (see also thunder in mythology ) appear in many polytheistic (natural) religions. They form a partial subclass of the weather gods . In addition to the numerous deities, which are mythologically linked primarily to thunder as an identification feature of a thunderstorm , one can also find more general thunderstorm gods or - less often - lightning gods .
An incomplete listing includes:
- Donar or Thor among the Germans
- Athtar , a West Semitic god
- Ba'al , various deities in the Syrian and Levantine regions
- Indra , a Vedic god
- Lei Gong , a Chinese god
- Perun among the Slavs
- Pērkons , a Baltic god
- Quzah , an old Arabic god
- Raijin , a Japanese Shinto god
- Shango , god of the Yoruba
- Taranis , a Celtic god
- Tupã (Tupan), a Guaraní god of thunder
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Lei Gong
Thor
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Raijin
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