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- Chaac/Tlaloc: The Mesoamerican Storm God of Many Names. Pre-modern Mesoamerica featured a multitude of cultures and societies, all of which had their own deities.
- Zeus/Jupiter: King of the Greco-Roman Pantheon. Whether it’s through the Percy Jackson book series or the actual Greek myths themselves, Zeus has garnered more modern attention than any other storm god.
- Indra: The Bringer of Storms on a White Elephant. Indra, the storm god of ancient Hinduism, is a fascinating figure. He is one of India’s oldest continually worshipped gods and figures prominently in many important religious texts, such as the Rigveda.
- Raijin: The Drum-Beating Kami of Thunder. Not many people outside of Japan have heard of the kami of the Shinto religion. While it is difficult to define kami in any single word in English, at their core they are divine spirits linked to natural phenomena.
A weather god or goddess, also frequently known as a storm god or goddess, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, snow, lightning, rain, wind, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
Hadad, also known as Adad, is a key figure in Akkadian mythology, revered as the god of storms, rain, and fertility. His influence was widespread across ancient Mesopotamia, particularly in regions like Babylon and Assyria, where agricultural success depended on seasonal rains.
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For millennia the ominous impact of the thunderstorm, accompanied by its frightening roars, fiery streams of lightning, and foreboding heavy black clouds, constituted a typical and awesome description of a theophany among ancient peoples.
Jun 30, 2003 · In this comprehensive study of a common deity found in the ancient Near East as well as many other cultures, Green brings together evidence from the worlds of myth, iconography, and literature in an attempt to arrive at a new synthesis regarding the place of the Storm-god.
Teshub is the storm god in the Hurrian pantheon, known for his control over weather elements. His name has several variants and his influence extends into Hittite culture and other ancient Near Eastern societies.
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Jan 1, 2007 · In many regions of the ancient Near East, not least in Upper Mesopotamia, Syria and Anatolia where agriculture relied mainly on rainfall, storm-gods ranked among the most prominent gods in the local panthea or were even regarded as divine kings, ruling over the gods and bestowing kingship on the human ruler.
