Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Quzah (archer)" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | mountain and weather god. Probably equating to QOS and worshiped by the Idumaean tribe to the south of Judea as a storm god. Also claimed to have been known near Mecca. Attributes include a bow which shoots arrows of hail.... |
Deities name "Raijin" | Shinto / Japan | weather god(s). A generic title for a large group of deities controlling thunder, storms and Rain. Among the most significant is RYUJIN, the dragon god of thunder and Rain.... |
God name "Raluvimbha" | Baventa / northern Transvaal, South Africa | Creator god. The tribal chief converses with the god, who is responsible for all natural phenomena from thunderstorms to floods and plagues.... |
Goddess name "Ran" | Nordic / Icelandic | storm goddess. The consort of the god AEGIR. She was presumed to gather mariners in her net having carried them to the bottom of the sea in whirlpools. She was propitiated with money and other offerings thrown overboard.... |
Goddess name "Rauni" | Finno - Ugrian | storm goddess. Consort of the thunder god UKKO and responsible for Rainbows after storms.... |
God name "Rudra" | Blavatsky | The father of Vedic storm gods. "To receive a name Rudra is said to have wept for it. Brahma called him Rudra; but he wept seven times more and so obtained seven other names -- of which he uses one during each 'period'" The secret Doctrine, by H. P. Blavatsky |
God name "Rudra (howler)" | Hindu / Vedic | weather god. An early deity, largely superseded by SIVA, who controls the gales and storms. Often linked with the fire god AGNI and the Rain god INDRA. Generally a malignant god, Rudra lives in the mountains and is deemed to be either tall or dwarf, depending on the severity of the storm. He brings death and disease to man and domestic animals through his thousand shafts, and is considered to be highly unpredictable.... |
Goddess name "Sadwes" | Persia | A goddess Rain, of storms, thunder, lightning, hail, snow |
God name "Sastra-devatas" | Hindu | The gods of Divine weapons in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the lords behind earthquakes, tidal waves, storms of all kinds, and lightning. Hindu |
God name "Seth" | Egypt | Lord of Lower Egypt. Desert god åśśociated with storms. Egypt |
Goddess name "Shala" | Canaan | Goddess of storms Canaan |
God name "Shango" | Nigeria | God of storms and thunder. Nigeria |
God name "Shango" | Yoruba | A god of war, storms, thunder & fertility |
God name "Shango" | Yoruba | God of war, storms, thunder and fertility. Yoruba |
God name "Shango" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Chthonic storm god. As an earth deity he was once a mortal man, the king of Oyo, who transformed himself into an immortal. According to tradition, during his life he breathed tongues of fire. He then ascended into the sky by climbing a golden chain and became the god of thunder and lightning. He is also god of justice, punishing thieves and liars. His consorts include OYA, Oshun and Oba. Cult followers of Shango are believed to be able to make lightning strike an adversary. In shrines to Shango, the image of the god is adorned with a ram's head. Also SANGO.... |
God name "Shurdi" | Albania | A storm god that had been revered in recent times |
God name "Shurdi" | Illyrian / Albania | storm god. Believed to send thunder and lightning and revered into more recent times.... |
God name "Sila" | Inuit | God of storms. Inuit |