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Shango (god of thunder and lightning, Yoruba Nigeria) 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 ...
The meaning of the name Set is unknown, but it is thought to have been originally pronounced *sūtiẖ [ˈsuw.tixʲ] based on spellings of his name in Egyptian hieroglyphs as stẖ and swtẖ. [14] The Late Egyptian spelling stš reflects the palatalization of ẖ while the eventual loss of the final consonant is recorded in spellings like swtj ...
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
Hermanubis – A Greco-Egyptian god who was a syncretism from Hermes and Anubis [98] Hermes Trismegistus – A Greco-Egyptian god and legendary author of the Hermetica who was a syncretism from Hermes and Thoth [99] Heru-Khu – A god in the fifth division of Duat [39] Hery-sha-duat – A Duat god in charge of the fields of Duat [39]
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 ...
Horagalles is the god of the sky, thunder and lightning, the rainbow, weather, oceans, and lakes and rules over human life, health and wellbeing. [6] He punishes "hurtful demons" or "evil spirits" (i.e., trolls) who frequent the rocks and mountains; he destroys them with his lightning, shoots them with his bow, or dashes their brains out with ...
The cult of Jupiter Heliopolitanus evolved from the ancient Canaanite religion, particularly the worship of the storm and fertility god Baal-Hadad. Baal, meaning "lord" or "master," was a title used for various local deities, while Hadad was specifically revered as the god of rain, thunder, and storms, closely linked to agricultural fertility.
In Guaraní mythology, Tupã is the embodiment of thunder and has power over lightning. In Cherokee mythology, the Ani Hyuntikwalaski ("thunder beings") cause lightning fire in a hollow sycamore tree. In Ojibway mythology, thunder is created by the Thunderbirds (Nimkiig or Binesiiwag), which can be both benevolent and malevolent to human beings.