Weather god
A weather god is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, lightning, rain and wind. They feature commonly in polytheistic religions, frequently as the head of the pantheon.
Storm gods are conceived of as wielding thunder and lightning. They are typically male, powerful and irascible rulers. Notable examples include the Indo-European deities derived from the Proto-Indo-European Dyeus.[1] The Indo-European storm god is sometimes imagined as distinct from the ruling sky god. In these cases, he has names separate from the Dyeus etymon, either Perkwunos[2] or Taran.[3]
Storm gods
- Adad, the Assyrian storm god.
- Audros, the Lithuanian god of storms.
- Baʿal, the Canaanite & Phoenician storm, fertility, & war god. King of the gods.
- Coatrisquie, the torrential downpour Goddess, the terrible Taíno storm servant of Guabancex and side-kick of thunder God Guatauva.
- Chaac, the Maya rain god.
- Cocijo, the Zapotec god of lightning.
- Ehecatl, the Aztec god of wind.
- Guabancex, the top Taíno Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also deals out earthquakes and other such disasters of nature.
- Guatauva, the Taíno God of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods.
- Hadad, the Canaanite & Aramaean storm, fertility, & war god. Identified as Baʿal's true name at Ugarit.
- Horus, the Egyptian beneficial storm, sun, moon, war, & hunting god. Personified in the Pharaoh.
- Huracán, K'iche Maya god of wind, storms, and fire.
- Indra, a Hindu storm, sky, & war god.
- Jupiter, the Roman storm god. King of the gods.
- Juracán, the Taíno zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes.
- K'awiil, classic Maya god of lightning.
- Perkūnas, the Baltic god of thunder, rain, mountains, and oak trees. Servant of the creator god Dievas.
- Perun, the Slavic god of thunder and lightning. King of the gods.
- Oya, the Yoruba Orisha of winds, tempests and cyclones.
- Q'uq'umatz, the K'iche Maya god of wind and rain.
- Rán, the Norse storm & sea goddess.
- Set, the Egyptian harmful storm god, lord of the desert, evil, & chaos.
- Tāwhirimātea, the Maori storm god.
- Teshub, the Hurrian storm god.
- Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god of hurricanes and night winds.
- Theispas or Teisheba, the Urartian storm and war god.
- Thor, the Norse storm god of thunder, lightning, oak trees, protection of humanity, strength, hallowing, healing, and fertility.
- Tlaloc, the Aztec storm & earthquake god.
- Tohil, the K'iche Maya god of rain, sun, and fire.
- Tupã, the Guaraní god of thunder and light. Creator of the Universe.
- Ukko, the Finnish weather, thunder, and harvest god. King of the gods.
- Yopaat, a Classic-period Maya storm god.
- Zeus, the Greek storm & sky god. King of the gods.
- There was no single storm god in Chinese mythology. There had to be many deities for a single storm:
- Yunzhongzi, the Master of Clouds
- Yu Shi, the God of Rain
- Wen Zhong, Lei Gong, and Dian Mu, the Thunder Deities
- Feng Bo, Feng Po Po, and Han Zixian, the Deities of Wind
- Sometimes the Dragon Kings were included instead of Yu Shi
See also
- Thunder god
- Wind god
- Rain god
- Sea god, often responsible for weather at sea
References
- ^ "Indo-European *Deiwos and Related Words" by Grace Sturtevant Hopkins, Language Dissertations number XII, December 1932 (supplement to Language, journal of the Linguistic Society of America).
- ^ Simek (2007:332)
- ^ Paul-Marie Duval. 2002. Les Dieux de la Gaule. Paris, Éditions Payot.
