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In the traditional religion of the African Bantu tribes, such as the Baganda and Banyoro of Uganda, lightning is a sign of the ire of the gods. The Baganda specifically attribute the lightning phenomenon to the god Kiwanuka, one of the main trio in the Lubaale gods of the sea or lake. Kiwanuka starts wild fires, strikes trees and other high ...
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 ...
According to another tradition, lightning and thunder are more island-like [clarification needed], as the cannons fired by the Archangel Michael against Satan. [4] In Hittite (and Hurrian) mythology, a triple thunderbolt was one symbol of Teshub (Tarhunt). Vedic religion (and later Hindu mythology) the god Indra is the god of
In Georges Dumézil's view, Jovian theology (and that of the equivalent gods in other Indo-European religions) is an evolution from a naturalistic, supreme, celestial god identified with heaven to a sovereign god, a wielder of lightning bolts, master and protector of the community (in other words, of a change from a naturalistic approach to the ...
Thor's Fight with the Giants (Tors strid med jättarna) by Mårten Eskil Winge (1872).. Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility.
They feature commonly in polytheistic religions, especially in Proto-Indo-European ones. Storm gods are most often conceived of as wielding thunder and/or lightning (some lightning gods' names actually mean "thunder", [1] [2] [3] but since one cannot have thunder without lightning, they presumably wielded both). The ancients didn't seem to ...
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]
Proto-Indo-European religion was centered on sacrificial rites of cattle and horses, probably administered by a class of priests or shamans [citation needed]. Animals were slaughtered ( *gʷʰn̥tós ) and dedicated to the gods ( *deywṓs ) in the hope of winning their favour.