Thunderus

**Thunderus** is the Pandemonic god of thunder, lightning, and stormy weather. Quite possibly the most popular god in the history of the world, he has many names in many cultures, and often commands great authority, even among gods.

He is the **Elder God** of the gas giant **Jupiter** and the Zodiacal House of **Sagittarius**, representing the electric spark of the **Fire Element**, and the spark of inspiration in the **Motive of Wisdom**. He shares this House with Lord Heraklion and Lady Zeala.

## Epithets

### Amerindian

* **Amazonian** - Tupacinunga and Tupaberaba are the thunder and lightning of the Guarani creator god, Tupa.
* **Cascadian** - Shaak is a thunder god, probably related to the Mayan Chaac and Incan Chaquilla, indicating just how common he must have been to peoples across the Americas.
* **Mayan** - Chaac, Chac, or Chaahk is the god of rain, thunder, and lighting, bearing a powerful axe which he uses to strike clouds.
* **Andean** - Illapa, Illapu, Apocatequil, Catequil, Cautilla, Chaquilla or Chukilla, is the Incan and broader Andean god of thunder, lightning, rain, and war. He uses a sling and mace to produce storms.
* **Muisca** - Chibchacum is the god of rain, thunder, and lightning who was banished by Bochica to the Underworld, wherein he also causes earthquakes, implying a connection with Abyzus or Atalus, perhaps.
* **Caribbean** - Guatauva or Guatauba is the Taino god of thunder and lightning, assistant to the goddess of chaos, Guabancex, and partner of the rain goddess, Coatrisquie. Also associated with the god of hurricanes, Huracan.
* **Manguean** - Cocijo, Cociyo, Cocicho, Copijcha, Dzahui, or Dzavui is the lightning and rain god of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples respectively, who breathed the world into being and demands sacrifices to provide rain.
* **Nahuan** - Tlaloc, Tlaloccantecutli, Tlaloctlamacazqui, or Nonohualco is the Aztec god of rain and lightning, said to reside in a mountain and cause earthquakes on occasion.
* **Pueblo** - Aktzin, Aktsini, Aktsin, or Aktsini is the Totonac god of rain, thunder, and lightning, with an axe in one hand and water pouring from his other hand's palm.
* **Athabaskan** - Tonenili, To Neinilii, Tobadzischini, Thobadzistshin, T'cenes, or Chenesh is the Navajo and Kato rain and storm god who fought alongside his brother, Nayenezgani, to rid the world of Anaye monsters. He was given a lightning bolt to fight with, while his brother was given a kind of wand. According to the Kato people, Chenesh or T'cenes aided his brother, Nagaicho, in the terraforming of the world as they traveled the Americas, along with the latter's dog, Chien. There may have been a third brother, Yamozha, who wandered with the Dene of the far North, like the Chipewyans, using his cleverness to defeat monsters and protect his people.
* **Muskogean** - UNKNOWN
* **Mississippian** - UNKNOWN
* **Siouan** - Wakinyan is the Lakota spirit of thunder, perhaps taking the form of a Thunderbird, and responsible for choosing Heyokas, who are heroic.
* **Algonquian** - Animikii, Onimiki, Binesi, Pinesi, Waputhi, Wapoothi, Cigwe, or Chequa is the Algonquian Thunderbird and thunderer.
* **Appalachian** - Heno, Hino, Hinu, Hinun, Hinum, Heng, Tisote, or Tlanuwa is the Iroquois and Cherokee god of thunder, having a bow that shoots lightning bolts, and accompanied by the eagles Keneu and Oshadagea, or, according to the Cherokee, takes the form of a Thunderbird (Tlanuwa). His partner is a nameless rainbow goddess, perhaps Hena or Hina, if she is to be taken as his counterpart linguistically. He lived in a cave under the Niagara Falls, a name (Niagara) which can perhaps be given to the serpent he defeated to save the Ongiaras tribe of the "maid of the mist", Lelawala.

### Eurasian

* **Siberian** - Kanna or Dusdaechschitsh is the Ainu and Kamchatka god of thunder.
* **Permian** - Ukko, Uku, Kou, Kudorco, Pikker, Pikne, Piken, Radienpardne, or Raediengiedte is the Finnish, Mari, Estonian, and Sami grandfather god of thunder and weather. He resembles the Non-Indo-European Basque god, Orko, who also resembles the ancient Roman god, Orcus, Horkos in Greek.
* **Estonian** - Horagalles, Thoragalles, Tharapita, Tarapitha, Taara, Tooru, Toor, and Toell is the Estonian god of thunder and lightning, very much resembling the Norse Thor. Whether he is a Norse influence on Estonia or a Finno-Estonian influence on Scandinavia is a mystery.
* **Hungarian** - Mennyko or Garaboncias is the Hungarian god of thunder and lightning. Garaboncias are also referred to as shamans, but the term was likely borrowed from the Dacian thunder god, Gebeleiziz, who were native to the lands of Pannonia that Hungarians migrated to around 900 CE.
* **Bulgarian** - Kuara or Kvara is the thunder god of the Bulgars, and the son of Tengri.
* **Tocharian** - Wlankat or Ylainakte is the Tocharian god of thunder and lightning. Tocharians have something of a missing mythology, somewhere between Indo-Aryan and Proto-Indo-European. They did, however, most likely influence the Indo-European elements evident in Turkic, Mongolian, or even Tibetan and Chinese mythologies.

### Eastasian

* **Tibetan** - ?
* **Chinese** - Leishen, Leigong, Ao Bing, or Dishitian is the Chinese god of thunder, lightning, storms, and rain.
* **Korean** - ?
* **Japanese** - Raijin, Raiju, Raiku, Raikou, Kaminari, or Narukami is the Shinto kami of thunder, lightning, and storms. He is fierce and aggressive, standing atop clouds and pounding his den-den daiko drums.
* **Hmongic** - ?
* **Thai** - ?
* **Cambodian** - ?
* **Philippines** - Kaptan, Captan, Makaptan, Kidu, Kidul, Keat, Kilat, Bagilat, or Ovug is the Visayan (Middle), Kalinga (North), Bugkalot (North), and Ifugao (North) god of thunder, lightning, and storms.
* **Polynesian** - Tawhaki, Tawhiri, Tawhirimatea, Kanehekili, Haikili, or Hekili is the Maori and Hawaiian god of thunder, lightning, and storms, who fought his brothers for separating their parents, Rangi and Papa, causing disasters and floods. The Hawaiian form, Kanehekili/Haikili/Hekili, blesses the world, or at least Hawaii, with rain after finding his son, Kali, who he thought to be dead. He is the brother of Pele and Hi'iaka by Haumea's mouth.
* **Indonesian** - ?

### African

* **Melanesian** - ?
* **Aborigine** - Namarrkon, Mamaragan, or Wambeen is a storm god who throws lighting and speaks with a thunderous voice.
* **Khoisan** - Kaga'ra can fight with his brother, Haunu, using lightning.
* **Atlantic** - ?
* **Mande** - ?
* **Yoruba** - ?
* **Afroamerican** - ?
* **Congolese** - ?
* **Bantu** - ?
* **Nilotic** - ?

### Afroasiatic

* **Berber** - Tililwa, Tiliwa, Tiliva, Iguc, Iyuc, Mastinam, or Masiden is the Berber and Libyan god of storms, rain, and the planet Jupiter.
* **Egyptian** - Pautti or Pauti is the Egyptian grandfather of weather.
* **Mesopotamian** - Ishkur, Marduk, Hudak, Hudha, Papsukkal, or Pabilsag is the Sumerian and Babylonian god of rain, storms, and the constellation of Sagittarius. He was also the *sukkal* or attendant to the sky god Anu, ultimately betraying and overthrowing him as king of the gods.
* **Syrian** - Adad, Hadad, Haddad, Haddu, Hadabal, Adabal, Baal, Bal, Bel, Belus, or Belos is the Syrian and Phoenician god of rain, thunder, lightning, and storms.
* **Arabian** - Quzah, Dushara, or Dusares is the Arabian god of weather and justice. The king of gods in Petra, he greatly resembles the war god of the Israelites.
* **Anatolian** - Tarhunna, Tarhuna, Tarhu, Taru, Teshub, Tessup, Tenu, Nerak, Nerikkil, Partahi, or Pardahi is the Hittite, Hattian, or Hurrian god of rain and storms. He is the brother of Tasmisu and Sauska, and the son of Anus and Kumarbi, since Kumarbi bit off and gestated the testicles of his father.
* **Abrahamic** - ?

### Mediterranean

* **Luwian** - ?
* **Greek** - ?
* **Iberian** - ?
* **Etruscan** - ?
* **Roman** - ?
* **Hispanic** - ?

### Indo-European

* **Celtic** - ?
* **Gaelic** - ?
* **Germanic** - ?
* **Norse** - ?
* **Baltic** - ?
* **Dacian** - ?
* **Illyrian** - ?
* **Slavic** - ?
* **Scythian** - ?
* **Caucasian** - ?
* **Iranian** - ?
* **Indian** - ?

### Modern

* **Tolkienite** - Tulkas
* **Tamrielic** - Kozah
* **Lovecraftian** - ?
* **Marvelian** - Thor