Maruts
The Maruts (; ), also known as the Marutagana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are Vedic storm deities and sons of Rudra and Prisni. The number of Maruts varies from 27 to sixty (three times sixty in RV 8.96.8). They are very violent and aggressive, described as armed with terrific weapons i.e. lightning and thunderbolts, as having iron teeth and roaring like lions, as residing in the northwest, as riding in golden chariots drawn by quick moving ruddy horses. In the Vedic mythology, the Maruts act as Indra's companions as a troop of youthful warriors. According to French comparative mythologist  Georges Dumézil, they are cognate to the Einherjar and the Wild hunt. In mythology. Hymn 66 of Mandala VI of the Rig Veda, the ancient collection of sacred hymns, is an eloquent account of how a natural phenomenon of a rain-storm metamorphoses into storm deities. According to the Rig Veda they wore golden helmets and breastplates, and used their axes to split the clouds so that rain could fall. They were capable of shaking mountains and destroying forests. Though they were the offspring of Rudra, they were adopted by Indra, who was entitled as "Marutvant" ("Accompanied by the Maruts