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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 ...
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 ...
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
Indra (/ ˈ ɪ n d r ə /; Sanskrit: इन्द्र) is the king of the devas [4] and Svarga in Hinduism.He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war.
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.
Literally, Amadioha means man of the people. Most people from the eastern part of Nigeria ascribe the name to their local deity/god. Shrines to Amadioha still exist in different parts of Igboland, but the main shrine is located at Ogboro Ama Ukwu or Ihiokpu as it is called in Ozuzu in Etche Local Government Area of present-day Rivers state, Nigeria.
Thunderstorm/Lightning Barbiel Barbuel, Barubiel Christianity, Judaism Archangel, chief of the Fallen Angel [citation needed] Thunderstorm/Lightning Beburos: Christianity, Judaism, Islam: Archangel [citation needed] Angel of the end of Earth Bene Elohim (type) Sons of God Christianity, Judaism (type) Bezaliel: Christianity, Judaism Watcher ...