Gods Of Storms

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The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures. 1/24/2020: If a God is attacking or blocking and it stops being a creature, it will be removed from combat. It won't rejoin combat if it resumes being a creature later during that combat.

  1. Card Name: Keranos, God of Storms Cost: 3BR Color: Multi-Color Card Type: Legendary Enchantment Creature — God Power/Toughness: 6/5 Card Number: /165 Artist: Daarken Card Text: Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue and red is less than seven, Keranos isn't a creature. Reveal the first card you draw on each of your turns.
  2. Shango (god of thunder and lightning, Yoruba Nigeria) Oya (goddess of hurricanes, storms, death and rebirth, consort of Shango in Yoruba religion) Nzazi (god of thunder and lightnin; master of thunder dogs in Kongo mythology) Azaka-Tonnerre (West African Vodun/Haitian Vodou) Mulungu; Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso. Thunder god of the.
Jupiter, king of gods and weather god in ancient Rome
Mariamman, the Hindu goddess of rain.

Mac keyboard with number pad. A weather god, also frequently known as a storm god, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, lightning, rain, wind, storms, tornados, and hurricanes. What is the brave app. Should they only be in charge of one feature of a storm, they will be called after that attribute, such as a rain god or a lightning/thunder god. This singular attribute might then be emphasized more than the generic, all-encompassing term 'storm god', though with thunder/lightning gods, the two terms seem interchangeable. They feature commonly in polytheistic religions.

Juno editor 2 3 2 player games. Storm gods are most often conceived of as wielding thunder and/or lightning (some lightning gods' names actually mean 'thunder'[1][2][3], but since you cannot have thunder without lightning, they presumably wielded both). The ancients didn't seem to differentiate between the two, which is presumably why both the words 'lightning bolt' and 'thunderbolt' exist despite being synonyms. Storm gods are typically male (especially the lightning/thunder ones), powerful and irascible (the irascibility is probably a trait because of the command over thunder/lightning, thus the god's power over this aspect of the natural world influences his personality). Rain and wind deities tend to not be portrayed as wrathful as thunder/lightning deities.

Africa and the Middle East[edit]

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Sub-Sahara Africa[edit]

  • Umvelinqangi, god of thunder, Zulu mythology
  • Mbaba Mwana Waresa, goddess of rain, Zulu mythology
  • Oya, the Yorubaorisha of winds, tempests, and cyclones
  • Bunzi, goddess of rain, in Kongo mythology.

Afroasiatic Middle East[edit]

Canaanite[edit]

  • Ba'al, Canaanite god of fertility, weather, and war.
  • Hadad, the Canaanite and Carthaginian storm, fertility, & war god. Identified as Baʿal's true name at Ugarit.

Egyptian[edit]

  • Horus, the Egyptian beneficial storm, sun, and war god. Personified in the pharaoh.
  • Set, the Egyptian storm god, lord of the desert.

Hebrew[edit]

  • Yahweh, Hebrew divine warrior and god of the entire cosmos.

Mesopotamian[edit]

  • Adad, the Assyrian storm god
  • Marduk, Babylonian god of water, vegetation, judgment, and magic.

Western Eurasia[edit]

Balto-Slavic[edit]

  • Audra, Lithuanian god of storms
  • Bangpūtys, Lithuanian god of storms and the sea
  • Perkūnas, Baltic god of thunder, rain, mountains, and oak trees. Servant of the creator god Dievas.
  • Perun, Slavic god of thunder and lightning and king of the gods

Celtic[edit]

  • Taranis, Celtic god of thunder, often depicted with a wheel as well as a thunderbolt[4]

Norse-Germanic[edit]

  • Freyr, Norse god of rain and sunshine
  • Thor, Norse god of thunder/lightning, oak trees, protection, strength, and hallowing. Also Thunor and Donar, the Anglo-Saxon and Continental Germanic versions, respectively, of him. All descend from Common Germanic *Thunraz, the reflex of the PIE thunder god for this language branch of the Indo-Europeans.[5]

Greco-Roman[edit]

  • Aeolus (son of Hippotes), keeper of the winds in the Odyssey
  • Anemoi, collective name for the gods of the winds in Greek mythology, their number varies from 4 to more
  • Jupiter, the Roman thunder/lightning and sky god and king of the gods
  • Tempestas, Roman goddess of storms or sudden weather. Commonly referred to in the plural, Tempestates.
  • Zeus, Greek thunder/lightning and sky god and king of the gods

Western Asia[edit]

Anatolian-Caucasian[edit]

  • Tamar (goddess), Georgian virgin goddess who controlled the weather.
  • Tarḫunna, Hittite storm god; other Anatolian languages had similar names for their storm gods, such as Luwian below.
  • Tarḫunz, Luwian storm god.
  • Teshub, Hurrian storm god.
  • Theispas or Teisheba, the Urartian storm and war god.
  • Vayu, Hindu/Vedic wind god.
  • Weather god of Nerik, Hittite god of the weather worshiped in the village of Nerik.
  • Weather god of Zippalanda, Hittite god of the weather worshiped in the village of Zippalanda.

Hindu-Vedic[edit]

  • Indra, Hindu thunder/lightning god.
  • Mariamman, Hindu rain goddess.

Persian Zorostarian[edit]

  • Vayu-Vata, Iranian duo of gods, the first is the god of wind, much like the Hindu Vayu.

Uralic[edit]

  • Küdryrchö Jumo, the Mari storm god.
  • Ukko, Finnish thunder and harvest god and king of the gods

Asia-Pacific / Oceania[edit]

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Chinese[edit]

  • Dian Mu, Leigong, and Wen Zhong, the thunder deities.
  • Feng Bo, Feng Po Po, and Han Zixian, the Deities of Wind.
  • Yunzhongzi, the master of clouds.
  • Yu Shi, the god of rain.
  • Sometimes the Dragon Kings were included instead of Yu Shi

Filipino[edit]

  • Oden, the Bugkalot deity of the rain, worshiped for the deity's life-giving waters[6]
  • Apo Tudo, the Ilocano deity of the rain[7]
  • Anitun Tauo, the Sambal goddess of win and rain who was reduced in rank by Malayari for her conceit[8]
  • Anitun Tabu, the Tagalog goddess of wind and rain and daughter of Idianale and Dumangan[9]
  • Bulan-hari, one of the Tagalog deities sent by Bathala to aid the people of Pinak; can command rain to fall; married to Bitu-in[10]
  • Santonilyo, a Bisaya deity who brings rain when its image is immersed at sea[11]
  • Diwata Kat Sidpan, a Tagbanwa deity who lives in the western region called Sidpan;[12] controls the rains[13]
  • Diwata Kat Libatan, a Tagbanwa deity who lives in the eastern region called Babatan;[14] controls the rain[15]
  • Diwata na Magbabaya, simply referred as Magbabaya, the good Bukidnon supreme deity and supreme planner who looks like a man; created the earth and the first eight elements, namely bronze, gold, coins, rock, clouds, rain, iron, and water; using the elements, he also created the sea, sky, moon, and stars; also known as the pure god who wills all things; one of three deities living in the realm called Banting[16]
  • Anit: also called Anitan; the Manobo guardian of the thunderbolt[17]
  • Inaiyau: the Manobo god of storms[18]
  • Tagbanua: the Manobo god of rain[19]
  • Umouiri: the Manobo god of clouds[20]
  • Libtakan: the Manobo god of sunrise, sunset, and good weather[21]

Japanese[edit]

  • Fūjin, Japanese wind god.
  • Raijin, Japanese god of thunder, lightning, and storms
  • Susanoo, tempestuous Japanese god of storms and the sea.

Oceania[edit]

  • Tāwhirimātea, Maori storm god.
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Native Americas[edit]

Central America and the Caribbean[edit]

  • Chaac, Maya rain god. Aztec equivalent is Tlaloc.
  • Coatrisquie, Taíno rain goddess, servant of Guabancex, and sidekick of thunder god Guatauva.
  • Cocijo, Zapotec god of lightning.
  • Ehecatl, Aztec god of wind.
  • Guabancex, top Taíno storm goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also dishes out earthquakes and other natural disasters.
  • Guatauva, Taíno god of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods.
  • Huracán, K'iche Maya god of wind, storms, and fire.
  • Juracán, Taíno zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes
  • K'awiil, classic Maya god of lightning.
  • Q'uq'umatz, K'iche Maya god of wind and rain, also known as Kukulkan, Aztec equivalent is Quetzalcoatl
  • Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god of hurricanes and night winds.
  • Tlaloc, Aztec rain and earthquake god. Mayan equivalent is Chaac.
  • Tohil, K'iche Maya god of rain, sun, and fire.
  • Tupã, the Guaraní god of thunder and light. Creator of the universe.
  • Yopaat, a Classic-period Maya storm god.

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Native Americas[edit]

Central America and the Caribbean[edit]

  • Chaac, Maya rain god. Aztec equivalent is Tlaloc.
  • Coatrisquie, Taíno rain goddess, servant of Guabancex, and sidekick of thunder god Guatauva.
  • Cocijo, Zapotec god of lightning.
  • Ehecatl, Aztec god of wind.
  • Guabancex, top Taíno storm goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also dishes out earthquakes and other natural disasters.
  • Guatauva, Taíno god of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods.
  • Huracán, K'iche Maya god of wind, storms, and fire.
  • Juracán, Taíno zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes
  • K'awiil, classic Maya god of lightning.
  • Q'uq'umatz, K'iche Maya god of wind and rain, also known as Kukulkan, Aztec equivalent is Quetzalcoatl
  • Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god of hurricanes and night winds.
  • Tlaloc, Aztec rain and earthquake god. Mayan equivalent is Chaac.
  • Tohil, K'iche Maya god of rain, sun, and fire.
  • Tupã, the Guaraní god of thunder and light. Creator of the universe.
  • Yopaat, a Classic-period Maya storm god.

Greek Gods Of Storms

See also[edit]

  • Sea god, often responsible for weather at sea

References[edit]

  1. ^Scheffer, Johannes (1674). The History of Lapland. Oxford
  2. ^Eesti Keele Instituut (Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia); Eesti Rahvaluule Arhiiv (1 January 2004). Folklore: electronic journal of folklore. The Institute. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. ^Orel (2003:429)
  4. ^Paul-Marie Duval. 2002. Les Dieux de la Gaule. Paris, Éditions Payot.
  5. ^Orel (2003:429)
  6. ^Wilson, L. L. (1947). Ilongot Life and Legends. Southeast Asia Institute.
  7. ^Llamzon, Teodoro A. 1978. Handbook of Philippine language groups. Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
  8. ^Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  9. ^Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  10. ^Eugenio, D. L. (2013). Philippine Folk Literature: The Legends. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press
  11. ^San Agustín, G. (1998). Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas, 1565–1615 (Spanish Edition): Bilingual ed edition. San Agustin Museum.
  12. ^Filipino Heritage: The metal age in the Philippines (1977). Manila: Lahing Pilipino Pub.
  13. ^Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.
  14. ^Filipino Heritage: The metal age in the Philippines (1977). Manila: Lahing Pilipino Pub.
  15. ^Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.
  16. ^Unabia, C. C. (1986). THe Bukidnon Batbatonon and Pamuhay: A Socio-Literary Study. Quezon City : UP Press.
  17. ^Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  18. ^Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  19. ^Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  20. ^Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  21. ^Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.

Further reading[edit]

God Of Storms Mythology

  • Holtom, D. C. 'The Storm God Theme in Japanese Mythology.' Sociologus, Neue Folge / New Series, 6, no. 1 (1956): 44-56. www.jstor.org/stable/43643852.

Greek God Of Weather

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