List of rain deities
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Aztec god Tlaloc, Millan Primary School in Mexico City
There are many different gods of rain in different religions:
Contents
Mesoamerica[edit]
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- Chaac, in Maya religion;
- Tohil, in K'iche' Maya mythology
- Q'uq'umatz, another K'iche' Maya rain god
- Tlaloc, in Aztec and all the other Nahua religions;[1]
- Cocijo, in Zapotec religion;[2]
- Tirípeme Curicaueri, in Purépecha religion;
- Dzahui, in Mixtec religion;[3]
- Mu'ye, in Otomi religion
- Jaguar, in Olmec religion
- Quiateot of the Nicarao people in Nicaragua
China[edit]
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- Bi Xing, (Yu Shi,[4] Master of Rain)
- Chi Chongzi, God of Rain
- Sometimes, the Dragon Kings were also responsible for rain
- Twenty Four Wind Herding & Rain Summoning Guardians
- Deng Zhong
- Sim Huan
- Chang Jie
- Tao Rong
- Pang Hong
- Liu Fu
- Gou Zhang
- Bi Huan
- Qin Wan
- Zhao Jiang
- Dong Quan
- Yuan Jue
- Bo Li
- Wang Bian
- Yao Bin
- Shao
- Sun Liang
- Ji Li
- Yu Qing
- Li De
- Jin Su
- Huang Geng
- Han Zhixian
- Wen Ying
Hawaiian mythology[edit]
Hindu mythology[edit]
- Indra
- Mariamman
- Shakambhari
- Surupa, sky goddess who brings rain
Lithuanian mythology[edit]
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- Blizgulis, god of snow
Slavic mythology[edit]
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- Dodola, goddess of rain
- Dudumitsa, Bulgarian goddess of rain
African mythology[edit]
Dinka mythology[edit]
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- Achek, wife of the rain god Deng
Yoruba mythology[edit]
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- Oya, goddess of violent rainstorms
North America[edit]
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- Yuttoere, in De'ne' and Carrier
- Asiaq, goddess among Greenlandic Inuit,[6] and Inuit in Northern Canada
- Shotokunungwa of Hopi people
- Tó Neinilii of Navajo people
South America[edit]
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- Eschetewuarha of Chamacoco
- Chibchacum in the religion of the Muisca
Middle Eastern mythology[edit]
Tibetan mythology[edit]
Australian Aboriginal mythology[edit]
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- the Wandjina
Notes[edit]
- ^ Noticia del Dia (in Spanish)
- ^ Miller & Taube 1993, 2003, p.64.
- ^ Terraciano, Kevin (2001). The Mixtecs of colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui history, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3756-8. OCLC 45861953.
- ^ Yang, 243
- ^ Thompson, Hunter (1979). The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time, 1st ed., Summit Books, 105-109. ISBN 0-671-40046-0.
- ^ Monaghan, Patricia. Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines, page 139