en List of thunder gods

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. In Indo-European cultures, the thunder god is frequently known as the chief or King of the Gods, e.g. Indra in Hinduism, Zeus in Greek mythology, Zojz in Albanian mythology, and Perun in ancient Slavic religion.

Thunder gods

East Asia

China

Dianmu (Chinese: 電母)
Leigong (Chinese: 雷公)
Wen Zhong (Lei Zu, Ascendant of Thunder)
Feng Lung (Lei Gong, Lord of Thunder)

Thunder Emperors of the Five Regions

Hu Fengya, God of Thunder of the East
Bing Jiulu, God of Thunder of the South
Rong Yaoling, God of Thunder of the West
Lu Xingmeng, God of Thunder of the North
Sun Zhener, God of Thunder of the Center

Thunder Kings of the Five Regions

Yan Fu, Thunder King of the East
Zhuo Bin, Thunder King of the South
Gao Hui, Thunder King of the West
Wu Xi, Thunder King of the North
Zhao Jian, Thunder King of the Center

Marshals of Thunder

Deng Zhong
Tian Hua
Liu Hou
Xin Xing
Pang Qiao

Thunder Generals of the Five Regions

Wu Chong, Thunder General of the East
Wang Jian, Thunder General of the South
Meng Zhang, Thunder General of the West
Sun Heng, Thunder General of the North
Guo Zhen, Thunder General of the Center

Twelve Lords of Heaven’s Thunder

1. Shénxiāo Leigong
2. Wǔfāng Leigong
3. Hángyǔ Leigong
4. Háng fēng Leigong
5. Hángyún Leigong
6. Bùzé Leigong
7. Hángxuě Leigong
8. Hángbīng Leigong
9. Fēishā Leigong
10. Shísuì Leigong
11. Tūnguǐ Leigong
12. Fúmó Leigong

Twelve Lords of Earth’s Thunder

1. Shǎngshàn Leigong
2. Fáě Leigong
3. Shèlíng Leigong
4. Fādào Leigong
5. Sìxù Leigong
6. Quèzāi Leigong
7. Shōudú Leigong
8. Jiùbìng Leigong
9. Fúwēi Leigong
10. Tàishēng Leigong
11. Xúntiān Leigong
12. Chádì Leigong

Twelve Lords of Man’s Thunder

1. Shōuwēn Leigong
2. Shèdú Leigong
3. Chúhài Leigong
4. Quèhuò Leigong
5. Fēngshān Leigong
6. Pòcháo Leigong
7. Dáguǐ Leigong
8. Fúhǔ Leigong
9. Pòzhàng Leigong
10. Mièshī Leigong
11. Dàngguài Leigong
12. Guǎnpò Leigong

Thirty Six Lords of Thunder

1. Wǔdi Leigong
2. Yīnyáng Leigong
3. Sìlíng Leigong
4. Liùjiǎ Leigong
5. Pīléi Leigong
6. Fāshuǐ Leigong
7. Bāfēng Leigong
8. Shíyǔ Leigong
9. Liùdào Leigong
10. Zhìdiàn Leigong
11. Xīngfēng Leigong
12. Hángyǔ Leigong
13. Wǔyuè Leigong
14. Sìlì Leigong
15. Bājié Leigong
16. Liùhóu Leigong
17. Dàchuān Leigong
18. Xīgǔ Leigong
19. Jiānghé Leigong
20. Sìhǎi Leigong
21. Mínggǔ Leigong
22. Hōnglún Leigong
23. Huǒchē Leigong
24. Huǒlún Leigong
25. Yíshān Leigong
26. Zǒushí Leigong
27. Xīngyún Leigong
28. Sǎyǔ Leigong
29. Hángyún Leigong
30. Bùshuāng Leigong
31. Dáwēn Leigong
32. Qūxié Leigong
33. Guāngmíng Leigong
34. Hēiàn Leigong
35. Pòmiào Leigong
36. Huǒyìn Leigong

Thirty Six Gods of Thunder

1. Yùshū Leishen
2. Yùfǔ Leishen
3. Yùzhù Leishen
4. Shǎngqīng Dàdòng Leishen
5. Huǒlún Leishen
6. Guàndǒu Leishen
7. Fēnghuǒ Leishen
8. Fēijié Leishen
9. Běijí Leishen
10. Zǐwēi Xuánshū Leishen
11. Shénxiāo Leishen
12. Xiāndū Leishen
13. Dàyǐ Hōngtiān Leishen
14. Zǐfǔ Leishen
15. Tiějiǎ Leishen
16. Shàoyáng Leishen
17. Yùhuǒ Leishen
18. Shèlíngmán Leishen
19. Dezhīmíng Leishen
20. Sānjiè Leishen
21. Zhǎnkuàng Leishen
22. Dàwēi Leishen
23. Dàbō Leishen
24. Qīngcǎo Leishen
25. Bāguà Leishen
26. Hùnyuán Yīngquǎn Leishen
27. Xiàomìngfēng Leishen
28. Huǒyún Leishen
29. Yǔbù Dàtǒngshè Leishen
30. Tàijí Leishen
31. Jiànhuǒ Leishen
32. Nèijiàn Leishen
33. Wàijiàn Leishen
34. Shénfǔ Tiānshū Leishen
35. Dàfàn Dòushū Leishen
36. Yùchén Leishen

Japanese

Ajisukitakahikone (Japanese: アヂスキタカヒコネ)
Raijin (Japanese: 雷神)
Raitaro (Japanese: 雷太郎)
Tenman Daijizai Tenjin (Japanese: 天満大自在天神)
Susanoo (Japanese: スサノオ)
Yakusanoikazuchi (Japanese: 八雷神)
Takemikazuchi^[1] (Japanese: 建御雷/武甕槌)

Southeast Asia

Vietnam

Laos

Xob (Hmong)

Philippines

Kidul (Kalinga mythology)^[2]
Ovug (Ifugao mythology)^[3]
Aninitud angachar (Ifugao mythology)^[4]
Child of Kabunian (Ibaloi mythology)^[5]
Kidu (Bugkalot mythology)^[6]
Revenador (Ilocano mythology)^[7]
Bathala (Tagalog mythology)^[8]
Kidlat (Tagalog mythology)^[9]
Gugurang (Bicolano mythology)^[10]
Linti (Bicolano mythology)^[10]
Dalodog (Bicolano mythology)^[10]
Kaptan (Bisaya mythology)^[11]
Linting Habughabug (Capiznon mythology)^[12]
Ribung Linti (Suludnon mythology)^[13]
Upu Kuyaw (Pala'wan mythology)^[14]
God of Animals (Surigaonon mythology)^[15]
Diwata Magbabaya/Bathala (Subanon mythology)^[15]
Anit/Anitan (Manobo mythology)^[16]
Spirit of Lightning and Thunder (Teduray mythology)^[17]

Oceania

Haikili (Polynesian mythology)
Tāwhaki (Polynesian mythology)
Kaha'i (Polynesian mythology)
Te Uira (Polynesian mythology)
Nan Sapwe (Pohnpeian mythology)

Australia

Mamaragan (Australian Aboriginal (Kunwinjku) mythology)^[18]^[19]

New Zealand

Whaitiri (Māori mythology)^[20]
Tāwhirimātea (Māori mythology)^[20]

Americas

Thunderbird (Iroquois and Huron mythology)
Hé-no (Iroquois and Seneca mythology)
Aktzin (Totonac mythology)
Wakíŋyaŋ (Sioux/Lakota mythology)
Xolotl and Tlaloc (Aztec mythology)
Cocijo (Zapotec mythology)
Chaac (Maya mythology)
Yopaat (Maya mythology)
Chibchacum (Muisca mythology)
Apocatequil (Inca mythology)
Illapa (Inca mythology)
Tunupa (Aymara mythology)
Tupã (Guarani mythology)
Kasogonagá (Toba mythology)
Mur (Atibaia's mythology)

Africa

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, Heviosso. Thunder god of the So region)
Amadioha (Igbo, Nigeria)
Obuma (god of thunder, Ibibio-Efik Mythology, Nigeria)
Àlamei (So region)
Kiwanuka (god of thunder and lightning, Buganda, Uganda)
Umvelinqangi (god of thunder, earthquakes, sun and sky in Zulu mythology)
Ta Kora (God of War and Strife in the Akom religion, as well as God of Thunder and lightning in the Northern Akan peoples' sect of Akom, such as the Asante)
Bobowissi (God of Thunder in the Southern Akan peoples' sect of Akom, such as the Fante. Also rival to Tano)

In literature

The Hindu God Indra was the chief deity and at his prime during the Vedic period, where he was considered to be the supreme God.^[21]^[22] Indra was initially recorded in the Rigveda, the first of the religious scriptures that comprise the Vedas.^[23] Indra continued to play a prominent role throughout the evolution of Hinduism and played a pivotal role in the two Sanskrit epics that comprise the Itihasas, appearing in both the Ramayana and Mahabharata. Although the importance of Indra has since been subsided in favor of other Gods in contemporary Hinduism, he is still venerated and worshipped.

In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields, or the Elysian Plains, was the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous, evolved from a designation of a place or person struck by lightning, enelysion, enelysios.^[24] This could be a reference to Zeus, the god of lightning, so "lightning-struck" could be saying that the person was blessed (struck) by Zeus (/lightning/fortune). Egyptologist Jan Assmann has also suggested that Greek Elysion may have instead been derived from the Egyptian term ialu (older iaru), meaning "reeds," with specific reference to the "Reed fields" (Egyptian: sekhet iaru / ialu), a paradisiacal land of plenty where the dead hoped to spend eternity.^[25]

References

^ Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 266. ISBN 9781576074671.
^ Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing.
^ Beyer, H. O. (1913). Origin Myths Among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 85–117.
^ Bimmolog, H., Sallong, L., Montemayor, L. (2005). The Deities of the Animistic Religion of Mayaoyao, Ifugao.
^ Moss, C. R. (1924). Nabaloi Tales. University of California Publications in American Archaeology, 227–353.
^ Wilson, L. L. (1947). Ilongot Life and Legends. Southeast Asia Institute.
^ Alacacin, C. (1952). The Gods and Goddesses. Historical and Cultural Data of Provinces.
^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
^ Romulo, L. (2019). Filipino Children's Favorite Stories. China: Tuttle Publishing, Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
^ ^a ^b ^c Vibal, H. (1923). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Ethnography of The Bikol People, ii.
^ Hill, P. (1934). Philippine Short Stories. Manila: Oriental Commercial Company.
^ Cruz-Lucero, R., Pototanon, R. M. (2018). Capiznon. With contributions by E. Arsenio Manuel. In Our Islands, Our People: The Histories and Cultures of the Filipino Nation, edited by Cruz-Lucero, R.
^ Jocano, F. L. (1958). The Sulod: A Mountain People In Central Panay, Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 17, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b Esteban, R. C., Casanova, A. R., Esteban, I. C. (2011). Folktales of Southern Philippines. Anvil Publishing.
^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
^ Wood, G. L. (1957). Philippine Sociological Review Vol. 5, No. 2: The Tiruray. Philippine Sociological Society.
^ Garde, Murray. "Bininj Kunwok Online Dictionary". njamed.com. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^ Allen, Peter. "Mamaragan". Godchecker. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b Grey, Sir George (1885). "Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the Māori as told by their priests and chiefs". Victoria University of Wellington (2 ed.). Auckland: H. Brett. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2022.
^ Perry, Edward Delavan (1885). "Indra in the Rig-Veda". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 11: 117–208. doi:10.2307/592191. JSTOR 592191.
^ Kaegi, Adolf (1886). The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians. Boston: Ginn and Company. p. 40. ISBN 978-1428626676.
^ Kaegi, Adolf (1886). The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians. Boston: Ginn and Company. p. 41. ISBN 978-1428626676.
^ Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, 1985. p. 198.
^ Assmann, Jan (2001). Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt. Cornell University Press. p. 392

[ashkenazi-1] Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 266. ISBN 9781576074671.

[Zaide,_S._M._1999-2] Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing.

[3] Beyer, H. O. (1913). Origin Myths Among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 85–117.

[4] Bimmolog, H., Sallong, L., Montemayor, L. (2005). The Deities of the Animistic Religion of Mayaoyao, Ifugao.

[5] Moss, C. R. (1924). Nabaloi Tales. University of California Publications in American Archaeology, 227–353.

[6] Wilson, L. L. (1947). Ilongot Life and Legends. Southeast Asia Institute.

[7] Alacacin, C. (1952). The Gods and Goddesses. Historical and Cultural Data of Provinces.

[8] Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.

[9] Romulo, L. (2019). Filipino Children's Favorite Stories. China: Tuttle Publishing, Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

[:0-10] Vibal, H. (1923). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Ethnography of The Bikol People, ii.

[11] Hill, P. (1934). Philippine Short Stories. Manila: Oriental Commercial Company.

[12] Cruz-Lucero, R., Pototanon, R. M. (2018). Capiznon. With contributions by E. Arsenio Manuel. In Our Islands, Our People: The Histories and Cultures of the Filipino Nation, edited by Cruz-Lucero, R.

[13] Jocano, F. L. (1958). The Sulod: A Mountain People In Central Panay, Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University

[NLPDL-14] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 17, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[:1-15] Esteban, R. C., Casanova, A. R., Esteban, I. C. (2011). Folktales of Southern Philippines. Anvil Publishing.

[16] Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.

[17] Wood, G. L. (1957). Philippine Sociological Review Vol. 5, No. 2: The Tiruray. Philippine Sociological Society.

[18] Garde, Murray. "Bininj Kunwok Online Dictionary". njamed.com. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

[19] Allen, Peter. "Mamaragan". Godchecker. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

[:2-20] Grey, Sir George (1885). "Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the Māori as told by their priests and chiefs". Victoria University of Wellington (2 ed.). Auckland: H. Brett. p. 2. Retrieved 8 Jan 2022.

[21] Perry, Edward Delavan (1885). "Indra in the Rig-Veda". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 11: 117–208. doi:10.2307/592191. JSTOR 592191.

[22] Kaegi, Adolf (1886). The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians. Boston: Ginn and Company. p. 40. ISBN 978-1428626676.

[23] Kaegi, Adolf (1886). The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians. Boston: Ginn and Company. p. 41. ISBN 978-1428626676.

[burkert1982-24] Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, 1985. p. 198.

[25] Assmann, Jan (2001). Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt. Cornell University Press. p. 392

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