| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| 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" | Illyrian / Albania | storm god. Believed to send thunder and lightning and revered into more recent times.... |
| God name "Sogbo" | Benin | The god of thunder, lightning and fire. Benin |
| God name "Sogbo" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | storm god. The sibling of the gods LISA and MAWU, he controls thunder and lightning and is a god of fire and Rain.... |
| God name "Summamus" | Etruscan | storm god. Specifically a deity responsible for lightning and thunderbolts. A sanctuary was dedicated to him in Rome.... |
| God name "Suparnakumara" | Jain | God of thunderbolts. Jain |
| God name "Tajin" | Totonac / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Generic title for a group of Rain gods. Worshiped by a modern tribe and believed to reside in the ruins of El Tajin, a clåśśic Veracruz site whence they control the thunder clouds.See also TLALOC.... |
| God name "Take-Mika-Dzuchi-No-Kami" | Japan | God of thunder, Rain, and storms as well as a warrior. One of the Raijin, Japan / Shinto |
| Deities name "Take-Mika-Dzuchi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | God of thunder. One of the RAIJIN gods of thunder, storms and Rain, he is also one of the warrior deities who guarded Prince NINIGI on his descent from heaven to earth. A tutelary god of swordsmen and judoka artists.See also FUTSU-NUSHI-NO-KAMI.... |
| God name "Take-Mika-Dzuchi-No-Kami/ Futsu-Nushi-No-Kami" | Japan / Shinto | This god is one of the Raijin, A god of thunder, Rain, & storms as well as a warrior |
| God name "Tannus" | British | Tinnus or Taråñuś, Thunder god equated with Thor, the Nordic God of thunder. British |
| God name "Tannus" | Gaul | Thunder and weather God. He was also God of the wheel fertility and the sky. Gaul |
| God name "Taranis" | Celtic | The god of thunder worshipped in Gaul and Britain. Celtic |
| God name "Taranis" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Thunder god. Known only from limited inscriptions, but may emulate the Germanic god DONAR and is possibly the same as Taranucos. The Romans equated him with JUPITER and a Jupiter Tanarus inscription at Chester in England may refer to Taranis. His symbol is a spoked wheel and he is presumed to be the object of savage rites. The modern Breton word for thunder is taran. Also Taranos.... |
"Tawhaki" | Polynesia | A semi-supernatural being åśśociated with lightning and thunder. Polynesia |
| Goddess name "Tawhaki" | Polynesian / Maori | Heroic god. A descendant of the creator god Rehua and grandson of Whatitiri, the goddess of thunder, Tawhaki is the third child of Hema and Urutonga. He is the younger sibling of the goddess Pupu-mai-nono and the god Karihi. In some Polynesian traditions Tawhaki is thought of as a mortal ancestor whose consort was the goddess Tangotango on whom he fathered a daughter, Arahuta. Tawhaki's father was killed during tribal warfare with a mythical clan known as the Ponaturi and he himself was the subject of jealous rivalry concerning the goddess Hine-Piripiri. During this time attempts were made to kill him. He fathered children by Hine-Piripiri, including Wahieroa, who is generally perceived as being embodied in comets.... |
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