God of Thunderstorm is the pagan deity of ancient peoples

Common to the peoples of antiquity, often not having written language, was the god of thunder. The commonality was that he undoubtedly commanded thunder and lightning and conquered serpents and dragons in many nations. Further biographies of the higher forces diverge.

Traditions of antiquity

First, we need to pay attention to India as a source of languages and gods, which spread throughout the whole, as the Hellenes said, to Oikoumene. Indra is the god of thunder and rain in antiquity. He is mighty, stagnant, generous and thousand-eyed. God owns the military power, and the caste of the Kshatriya warriors especially reveres him. A special feat of Indra was the victory over the serpent Vrithra, the demon of chaos. The giant serpent frightened even the gods, and they were afraid that he would swallow the whole world. And they turned to Indra for help. Brahma inspired him to battle, Shiva gave him impenetrable armor, the artisan god forged a hard, like a diamond, weapon "vajra", and Vishnu gave inexhaustible strength. From one maha the god of a thunder-storm has cut a head to a dragon-demon. But the roar of the dying monster was so terrible that everyone was hiding, and only after some time had passed, Indra went to the reconnaissance and saw the defeated enemy.

Far to the north

The god of thunderstorm Thor was the son of Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. The weapon of this red-bearded hero was a hammer, which undoubtedly had a sacred meaning: forging reality and winning over space. But in his last battle Thor dies, destroying the world serpent.

Peloponnese and the banks of the Tiber

On the land of Hellas, the mighty Zeus reigned by gods and men. In a sense, albeit very conditional, it is the same god of thunderstorms, for in his hands a formidable weapon is lightning. Defeating the Titans, Zeus no longer fights. He is a judge, to him, as in the last instance, people and gods seek justice for a just court. In the Romans, it fully corresponds to the supreme deity Jupiter. And originally it was the god of thunder (sky, rain and thunder).

In Mesopotamia

The Sumerians are a mysterious people. It is not known from where they appeared five thousand years ago, how they began to possess the most incredible knowledge. They all invented it themselves. They created a written language and recorded their legends. They had irrigation. When the canals were built and the water from the Tigris and the Euphrates was taken to the fields, the Sumerians received a Garden of Eden on the ground. In addition, they fought the floods. They domesticated almost all the animals known to us. The potter's wheel, account (decimal and hexadecimal), brewing, wheel and bricks are also their inventions. They built huge palaces and towers - ziggurats, which were built for meetings of the gods. And their main city (Babylon, or Bab El) was called the Gate of God. Here, on their towers, built to the skies, they met and Ishkura. It was the Sumerian god of the storm. Initially, the people of the northern drylands worshiped the power that helped grow grains and crops. And it was a rain and a thunderstorm with a cloud, which the Sumerians represented as a huge bird. And the thunder caused associations with the growling of a lion. So it appeared in Ishkur's beliefs. He was, according to British information, the son of the moon god and was portrayed in the form of a large bull. If he was visualized in human form, then in his hands he kept his own symbols: a zipper and a fork. He harnessed the seven winds, and the lightning flew ahead, terrifying all life. He was worshiped throughout Babylonia, but his main city was Karkar. At the same time, under his protection were livestock, agriculture, hunting and military campaigns. After the Sumerians, the Akadians had the god Adad, who performed the same functions as Ishkur. He is better known to historians. The bull was his symbol. This god is bearded and holds lightning in his hands. Even more recently, his name is Baal or Baal.

Slavic god

On a high hill under a sacred oak tree sat a gray-haired, wise and formidable husband - Perun. The God of the Slavs is the master over all things, he creates lightning, he is offered sacrifices in the form of bulls. In Ukrainian, Belarusian and Polish, the word "perun" means lightning and thunder. Therefore, the god of thunderstorms among the Slavs is Perun. While cultivating the land, the Slavs found in it petrified mollusks, stone arrowheads and spears and believed that they appeared during a lightning strike on the ground, and they were very much appreciated as the talismans given by the deity.

The guardian of the prince and his retinue was Perun. God of the Slavs owned an ax, and when entering the squad warriors were given hatchets. These were prestigious amulets and a sign of belonging to the elect. The shield and sword that the vigilantes received were also symbols of Perun. The first written references to it are found in The Tale of Bygone Years. Vladimir's idol had a silver head and a golden mustache.

Perun was born in winter, but appeared on the ground with the first thunderstorms and warm days. Sending rain to the ground, he became a fertilizer. With him, nature awakened to life. And on warm summer days there were arranged the lists dedicated to the terrible, punishing god, and they performed triests for the fallen soldiers in battles. They ate fried bulls, drank strong hops and kvass. Devoting young people to the soldiers at that time, the Rusichi conducted tests, and only after that they were given weapons.

Perun's day was Thursday, which was considered male and successful for all beginnings. During the period of the two-day faith, this day was dedicated to Elijah the prophet, the Christian saint Ilie. It was believed that the summer ends in Ilin . The dual faith was fixed in the public consciousness, and Ilya the prophet became the master of lightning, thunder, rain, harvest and fertility. This was how the pagan Thunderer and the Christian saint appeared.

Scientists believe that Perun was undoubtedly associated with the ancient Indian thunderer Indra and the Scandinavian Tor, mentioned above. All of them are anthropomorphic, command the forces of nature and dwell in the heavens.