Discover

Polytheistic peoples of many cultures have postulated a 'thunder god', the personification or source of the seemingly magical forces of thunder and lightning. Frequently, the thunder god is known as the chief or king of the gods, for example Zeus in Greek mythology, or otherwise a close relation, for example Thor in Norse mythology, son of Odin.

Contents

List of thunder gods

Ancient Near East

Eurasian

East Asia

Americas

Africa

South Pacific

Contemporary popular culture

Literature

See also

List of thunder gods

Ancient Near East

★ Teshub (Hurrian mythology)

★ Adad, Ishkur, Marduk (Babylonian-Assyrian mythology)

★ Hadad (Levantine mythology)

Eurasian

★ Perkwunos (Indo-European mythology)

★
★ Tarhunt (Hittite/Luwian mythology)

★
★ Zeus, Brontes (Greek mythology)

★
★ Jupiter, Summanus (Roman mythology)

★
★ Indra, Parjanya (Hindu mythology)

★
★ Taranis (Pan-Celtic); Ambisagrus, Leucetios, (Gaulish mythology)

★
★
★ Þunraz (Germanic mythology; Anglo-Saxon ''Þunor'', German ''Donar'', Norse ''Þórr''); and Thor (Norse mythology)

★
★
★ Perkunos (Balto-Slavic; Lithuanian ''Perkūnas'', Slavic ''Per(k)un'' )

★
★ Perëndi (Albanian mythology)

★
★ Gebeleizis (Dacian mythology)

★
★ Zibelthiurdos (Thracian mythology)

★
★ Ukko or Perkele (Finnish mythology)

★ Horagalles (Sami mythology)

★ Aplu (Etruscan mythology)

★ Selien

East Asia

★ Lei Gong (Chinese mythology)

★ Ajisukitakahikone, Raijin (Raiden-sama, Kaminari-sama), Tenjin (kami) (Japanese mythology)

Americas

★ Thunderbird (Native American mythology)

★ Xolotl (Aztec and Toltec mythology)

★ Chaac (Maya mythology)

★ Apocatequil (Incan mythology)

★ Cocijo (Mexican mythology)

★ Aktzin (Mexican mythology)

★ Jasso (Mexican mythology)

★ Haokah (Lakota mythology)

★ Tupã (Guaraní mythology, Brazil)

Africa

★ Shango (Yorùbá mythology)

★ Oya (goddess of thunder, Yoruba mythology)

★ Azaka-Tonnerre (Voodoo)

★ Mulungu

South Pacific

★ Haikili (Polynesian mythology)

★ Tawhaki (Polynesian mythology)

★ Kaha'i (Polynesian mythology)

★ Uira (Polynesian mythology)

Contemporary popular culture

★ Raiden originally from popular video game Mortal Kombat

★ Blind Io in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.

★ Ramuh from the popular Final Fantasy series.

Literature

★ H. Munro Chadwick, ''The Oak and the Thunder-God'', Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1900).

See also

★ Thunderbolt

★ Donar's Oak

★ Sky deity