Polytheism, 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, and Perun in ancient Slavic peoples, Slavic religion.

Thunder gods

Mediterranean

* God in Abrahamic religions * Teshub (Hurrian religion, Hurrian mythology) * Adad, Bel (god), Bel, Ishkur, Marduk (Religion in Mesopotamia, Babylonian-Assyrian mythology) * Baʿal, Hadad (Canaanite religion, Canaanite and Phoenician religion, Phoenician mythology) * Set (mythology), Set (Egyptian mythology) * Aplu (deity), Aplu (Hurrian mythology) * Tarḫunna (Hittite mythology and religion, Hittite mythology) * Tarḫunz (Luwian religion, Luwian mythology) *Vahagn (Armenian Mythology) *Zibelthiurdos (Thracian mythology) * Zeus (Greek Mythology) * Jupiter (mythology), Jupiter (Roman Mythology) *

Northwestern Eurasia

* Armazi (god) Georgian Mythology * Afi (Circassian mythology, Abkhaz Mythology) * Ambisagrus, Loucetios (Gaulish mythology) * Atämshkai (Mokshas#Mythology, Moksha mythology) * Gebeleizis (Dacians#Religion, Dacian mythology) * Horagalles (Sámi shamanism, Sami mythology) * Jupiter (mythology), Jupiter, Summanus (Roman mythology) * Orko (deity), Orko (Basque mythology) * Perëndi (Albanian folk beliefs, Albanian mythology) * Perkūnas (Baltic mythology) * Perkwunos (Proto-Indo-European mythology) * Perun (Slavic mythology) * Ukko or Perkele (Finnish mythology) * Taranis (Celtic mythology, Pan-Celtic) * Tharapita or Taara (Estonian mythology) * Thor (Germanic mythology) * Fulgora (mythology), Fulgora (Roman mythology) * Astrape and Bronte (Greek mythology)

East Asia

* Dianmu * Leigong () * Raijin () * Susanoo ()

South Asia

* Indra (Hindu mythology and Buddhist mythology) * Parjanya (Hindu mythology) * Raja Indainda (Batak mythology) * Vajrapani (Buddhist mythology) * Dino Siwek (Hebraica mythology)

Vietnam

* Thiên Lôi (Chữ Hán: 天雷) * Bà Sét (Chữ Nôm: 婆𩂶) * Pháp Lôi (Chữ Hán: 法雷) * Pháp Điện (Chữ Hán: 法電) * Beni Xi-nazy (Chữ Hán: 法電)

Philippines

*Kidul (Kalinga mythology)Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing. *Ovug (Ifugao mythology) *Aninitud angachar (Ifugao mythology) *Child of Kabunian (Ibaloi mythology) *Kidu (Bugkalot mythology) *Revenador (Ilocano mythology) *Bathala (Tagalog mythology) *Kidlat (Tagalog mythology) *Gugurang (Bicolano mythology) *Linti (Bicolano mythology) *Dalodog (Bicolano mythology) *Kaptan (Bisaya mythology) *Linting Habughabug (Capiznon mythology) *Ribung Linti (Suludnon mythology) *Upu Kuyaw (Pala'wan mythology) *God of Animals (Surigaonon mythology) *Diwata Magbabaya/Bathala (Subanon mythology) *Anit/Anitan (Manobo mythology) *Spirit of Lightning and Thunder (Teduray mythology)

Americas

* Thunderbird (mythology), Thunderbird (Iroquois and Huron mythology) * Aktzin (Totonac mythology) * Haokah (Lakota mythology) * Xolotl and Tlaloc (Aztec mythology) * Cocijo (Zapotec mythology) * Chaac (Maya mythology) * Yopaat (Maya mythology) * Chibchacum (Muisca mythology) * Apocatequil (Incan mythology) * Illapa (Incan mythology) * Tunupa#Mythology, Tunupa (Aymara mythology) * Tupã (mythology), Tupã (Guaraní 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 (mythology), Set (Egyptian mythology) * Nzazi (god of thunder and lightning; master of thunder dogs in Kongo religion, Kongo mythology) * Azaka-Tonnerre (West African Vodun/Haitian Vodou) * Mulungu * Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso. Thunder god of the So region) * Amadioha (Igbo, Nigeria) * Obuma. Also Abasi Obuma (god of thunder, Efik mythology, 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) * Tano (Ta Kora), Ta Kora (God of War and Strife in the Akan religion, Akom religion, as well as God of Thunder and lightning in the Northern Akan peoples' sect of Akom, such as the Asante people, Asante) * Bobowissi (God of Thunder in the Southern Akan peoples' sect of Akom, such as the Fante people, Fante. Also rival to Tano)

Oceania

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

Australia

* Mamaragan (Australian Aboriginal (Kunwinjku people, Kunwinjku) mythology)

New Zealand

* Whaitiri (Māori mythology) * Tāwhirimātea (Māori mythology)

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. Indra was initially recorded in the Rigveda, the first of the religious scriptures that comprise the Vedas. 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 Elysium, 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 Thunderbolt, struck by lightning, ''enelysion, enelysios.''Walter Burkert, ''Greek Religion'', 1985. p. 198. 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 Ancient Egyptian Language, Egyptian term ''Aaru, ialu'' (older ''iaru''), meaning "reeds," with specific reference to the "Reed fields" (Egyptian: ''Aaru, sekhet iaru'' / ''ialu''), a paradisiacal land of plenty where the dead hoped to spend eternity.Assmann, Jan (2001). ''Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt''. Cornell University Press. p. 392 * H. Munro Chadwick, ''The Oak and the Thunder-God'', Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1900).

Music

* Gene Simmons of KISS (band), KISS's title song is "God of Thunder (song), God of Thunder", regarding his "Demon" onstage persona. * Rick Allen (drummer), Rick Allen of Def Leppard was first referred to as the "Thunder God" by Joe Elliott, the lead singer, during the first concert of the Hysteria World Tour. *In June 2019, Eagles of Death Metal, Eagles Of Death Metal released a cover of KISS's “God Of Thunder”.

Video games

* Raiden (Mortal Kombat), Raiden (''Mortal Kombat'') * Cidolfus Orlandeau (''Final Fantasy Tactics'') * Orlanth (''King of Dragon Pass'', ''Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind'', and the fictional Glorantha setting in which these games are set) * Enel (''One Piece'') * Raikou (''Pokémon'') * Thundurus (''Pokémon'') * Karana (''EverQuest'') * Phosphora (''Kid Icarus: Uprising''), although she is not a goddess, but a heavenly warrior in the service of Viridi * Ishtar (''Fire Emblem''), given the title of Goddess of Thunder due to wielding the holy thunder tome Mjölnir * Raiden Shogun () (''Genshin Impact''), also known as Ei, one of the current seven archons

References

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