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Philostratus the Elder (3rd century BCE Greek rhetorician), in Imagines 1.14, gave this description: [1] "[From a description of an ancient Greek painting depicting the death of Semele] Bronte (Thunder), stern of face, and Astrape (Lightning), flashing light from her eyes, and raging fire from heaven that has laid hold of a king’s house ...
Thunderstorms are commonly depicted as the rage of the deity which is associated with it.. Polytheistic peoples from many cultures have postulated a thunder god, the personification or source of the forces of thunder and lightning; a lightning god does not have a typical depiction, and will vary based on the culture.
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 differentiate between the two, which is presumably why both the words "lightning bolt" and ...
Elements: thunder, lightning, fire; Sacred food: amalá (a swallow food made of yam, cassava flour, or unripe plantain flour called èlùbọ́) Instruments: oxê, a double ax; bangles; brass crown; Thunder Stones, or objects struck by lightning; Garment: red cloth with printed white squares or cowrie shells; Necklace or Elekes: white and red beads
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.
Baldr, god thought to be associated with light and/or day; is known by many other names, all of which have cognates in other Germanic languages, suggesting he may have been a pan-Germanic deity
The most noticeable aspect of lightning and thunder is that the lightning is seen before the thunder is heard. This is a consequence of the speed of light being much greater than the speed of sound. The speed of sound in dry air is approximately 343 m/s (1,130 ft/s) or 1,236 km/h (768 mph) at 20 °C (68 °F; 293 K). [19]
Summanus (Latin: Summānus) was the god of nocturnal thunder in ancient Roman religion, as counterposed to Jupiter, the god of diurnal (daylight) thunder. [1] His precise nature was unclear even to Ovid. [2] Pliny thought that he was of Etruscan origin, and one of the nine gods of thunder. [3]