# List of rain deities

There are many different gods of rain in different religions:

## African
### African mythology

* Anẓar, god of rain in Berber mythology.
* Achek, wife of the rain god Deng in Dinka mythology
* Mangwe, a water spirit known as "the flooder" in the beliefs of the Ila people of Zambia
* Oya, goddess of violent rainstorms in Yoruba mythology
* Sinvula, god of rain in Bantu mythology
* Nanvula/Nomvula goddess of rain Bantu mythology
* Mbaba Mwana Waresa, goddess of rain in Bantu mythology
* Mpulu Bunzi, god of rain in Kongo mythology.
* Bunzi, goddess of rain in Woyo mythology (Kongo).
* Saa ngmin, God of rain in Dagaaba mythology (Upper West Region of Ghana)
* Fwha, Goddess of rain, fertile regions, and the rainy season in Akan mythology
* Amosu, name means 'Giver of Rain' from Akan mythology

## American
### Mesoamerica

* Chaac, in Maya religion;
* Tohil, in K'iche' Maya mythology
* Q'uq'umatz, another K'iche' Maya rain god
* Tlaloc, in Aztec and all the other Nahua religions;
* Cocijo, in Zapotec religion;
* Tirípeme Curicaueri, in Purépecha religion;
* Dzahui, in Mixtec religion;
* Mu'ye, in Otomi religion
* Jaguar, in Olmec religion
* Quiateot of the Nicarao people in Nicaragua

### North America

* Yuttoere, in De'ne' and Carrier
* Asiaq, goddess among Greenlandic Inuit, and Inuit in Northern Canada
* Shotokunungwa of Hopi people
* Henderson (Feral discord mythology)
* Tó Neinilii of Navajo people
* Coyote (Navajo mythology)

### South America

* Eschetewuarha of Chamacoco
* Chibchacum in the religion of the Muisca

## Asian
### Filipino mythologies

* Oden (Bugkalot mythology): deity of the rain, worshiped for its life-giving waters
* Apo Tudo (Ilocano mythology): the deity of the rain
* Anitun Tauo (Sambal mythology): the goddess of wind and rain who was reduced in rank by Malayari for her conceit
* Anitun Tabu (Tagalog mythology): goddess of wind and rain and daughter of Idianale and Dumangan
* Bulan-hari (Tagalog mythology): one of the deities sent by Bathala to aid the people of Pinak; can command rain to fall; married to Bitu-in
* Santonilyo (Bisaya mythology): a deity who brings rain when its image is immersed at sea
* Diwata Kat Sidpan (Tagbanwa mythology): a deity who lives in the western region called Sidpan; controls the rains
* Diwata Kat Libatan (Tagbanwa mythology): a deity who lives in the eastern region called Babatan; controls the rain
* Diwata na Magbabaya (Bukidnon mythology): simply referred as Magbabaya; the good 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
* Tagbanua (Manobo mythology): the god of rain
* Pamulak Manobo (Bagobo mythology): supreme deity and creator of the world, including the land, sea, and the first humans; throws water from the sky, causing rain, while his spit are the showers; controls good harvest, rain, wind, life, and death; in some myths, the chief deity is simply referred as the male deity, Diwata

### Hindu mythology

* Indra
* Mariamman
* Parjanya
* Shakambhari
* Varuna, god of ocean, sky and water

### Japanese mythology

* Kuraokami

### Middle Eastern mythology

* Adad

### Chinese mythology

* Fengxi (mythology)
* Yu Shi
* Loong Wang: Chinese dragon (Loong)

### Tibetan mythology
## European
### Greek mythology

* Hyades, nymphs that bring rain
* Zeus, god of rain, thunder, and lightning

### Lithuanian mythology

* Blizgulis, god of snow

### Norse Mythology

* Freyr, Norse god of rain, sunshine, summer and fertility

### Slavic mythology

* Dodola, goddess of rain
* Dudumitsa, Bulgarian goddess of rain

## Oceanian
### Australian Aboriginal Dreaming

* Bunbulama, in Yolngu mythology
* Wandjina
* Wollunqua

### Hawaiian mythology

* Lono, who was also a fertility god

### Polynesian mythology

* Hiro, god of rain in Rapa Nui mythology.