Archetype:Weather Deity

Weather Deity
Thor (Nordic Mythology) God of Thunder, Lightning, Storms and the Skies, Agriculture, Oak Trees, Strength, Protection, Hallowing and War
Archetype of:	A deity of storm and weather.

The archetype for characters that are weather deities. Variation of Sky Deity. Not to be confused with Sky Deity.

Also Called

• Gods of the Weather and the Storms
• Storm/Weather Deity/God/Goddess
• The Storm God/Goddess

Properties

The characters are weather deities, gods/goddesses in mythology who represents or is associated with all types of weather and storm phenomenon. These types of deities were very common, very powerful, and even feared for their great powers over the weather and storms in polytheistic religions.

Associated Powers

• Divinity/Nature Divinity
  • Deity/Weather Soul
  • Divine Aura
    • Divine Presence
      • Expanded Presence
      • Weatherly Presence
        • Cold Presence
        • Electric Presence
  • Divine Force Manipulation
    • Divine Psionics
      • Lightning Transportation
  • Supernatural Condition
    • Supernatural/Absolute Strength
  • New/Old/Patron God
• Weather Embodiment (Varies between deities)
  • All Weather powers
  • Personal Weather
  • Storm Embodiment (Varies between deities)
    • Air Manipulation
      • Hurricane Creation
      • Tornado Manipulation
        • Tornado Creation
      • Wind Generation
    • Disaster Manipulation
    • Electricity Manipulation
      • Electricity Generation 
      • Lightning Manipulation
        • Esoteric Lightning Manipulation
          • Divine Lightning Manipulation
    • Storm Manipulation
      • Endless/Perfect Storm
      • Storm/Weather Generation
      • Storm Negation
      • Thundercloud Manipulation
        • Thundercloud Generation
        • Thunder Manipulation
    • Water Manipulation
      • Cloud Manipulation
      • Hail Generation
      • Ice Manipulation
      • Rain Manipulation
  • Storm/Weather Mimicry
  • Weather Empowerment
  • Weather Manipulation
    • Esoteric Weather Manipulation
      • Divine Weather Manipulation
      • Omni-Weather Manipulation

Variations

• Air Deity
• Lightning Deity
• Rain Deity
• Winter Deity

Associations

• Air Deity
• Lightning Deity
  • Electricity Embodiment
• Magic Deity
  • Magic
    • Divine Magic (Varies between deities)
    • Storm Magic
    • Weather Magic
• Nature Deity
• Nature Divinity
• Primordial Weather Manipulation
• Rain Deity
  • Rain Manipulation  
• Season Deity
• Sky Deity
• Transcendent Physiology

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Deity Consumption/Divine Power Absorption/Immunity/Negation/Divine Slayer/Elemental Immunity

Example Characters

Also See: Weather God

Comics

• Zeus (DC Comics)
• Ororo Munroe/Storm (Marvel Comics); with Godhood.
• Poseidon (Marvel Comics); god-like race.
• Thor (Marvel Comics); god-like race and later universal concepts.
• Zeus (Marvel Comics); god-like race and later universal concepts.
• Susanoo (The Wicked and The Divine)

Folklore/Mythology

• Xolotl (Aztec Mythology)
• Marduk (Babylonian/Mesopotamian Mythology)
• Ba'al (Canaanite/Mesopotamian Mythology)
  • Baal Berith
  • Baal Hadad/Adad
  • Baʿal Ḥammon
• Taranis (Celtic Mythology); thunderstorms
• Horus (Egyptian Mythology)
• Shu (Egyptian Mythology)
• Set (Egyptian Mythology); desert storms
• Tefnut (Egyptian Mythology)
• Boreas/Aquillo (Greco Roman Mythology): winter storms
• Poseidon/Neptune (Greco-Roman Mythology); sea storms
• Zeus/Jupiter (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Vayu (Hindu Mythology); tornadoes, gales and hurricanes
• Indra (Hindu Mythology); thunderstorms and rainstorms
• Rudra/Shiva (Hindu Mythology); snowstorms, ice-storms and hailstorms
• Freyr (Nordic Mythology); rain and rainstorms
• Thor (Nordic Mythology); Thunderstorms
• Tāwhirimātea (Oceanic Mythology)
• Summanus (Roman Mythology); nocturnal storms
• Perun (Slavic Mythology)
• Susanoo (Shinto/Japanese Mythology)
• Anitun Tabu' (Tagalog Mythology)
• Oya (Yoruba Mythology); windstorms

Live Television/Movies

• The Storms (Big Trouble in Little China, 1986)
  • Lightning
  • Rain
  • Thunder
• Thor (Marvel Universe); god-like alien entity (Asgardian).

Video Games

• Weather Gods (Mortal Kombat)
  • Fujin (wind and windstorms)
  • Liu Kang (fire, lightning and storms); later on.
  • Raiden (thunder, lightning and storms)
  • Rain (rain and rainstorms)
• Susanoo (Smite)

Gallery

Comics

Zeus (DC Comics)

Ororo Munroe/Storm (Marvel Comics); now has a gift of godhood passed down from her ancestors

Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics); is known as a "Storm God" to those who worshipped in ancient times, is directly related to Gaia, and he still calls himself the "God of Thunder" even today.

Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)

Zeus (Marvel Comics); god-like race and later universal concepts. He has also been known as the "God of lightning, thunder and storms" in ancient times and even to this today

Susanoo (The Wicked and The Divine)

Folklore/Mythology

Xolotl (Aztec Mythology) God of lightning storms, fire, sunsets, darkness, death and monsters.

Marduk (Babylonian/Mesopotamian Mythology)

Ba'al (Canaanite/Mesopotamian Mythology)

Set (Egyptian Mythology); god of storms and sand storms

Shu (Egyptian Mythology) god of the winds and storms

Taranis (Celtic Mythology)

Poseidon/Neptune (Greco-Roman Mythology); God the the seas, lakes, rivers, salt and fresh waters, rain and sea storms, earthquakes and horses

Zeus/Jupiter (Greco-Roman Mythology) God of the skies, storms, lightning and thunder, fate, law, order and justice.

Indra (Hindu Mythology); god of thunderstorms and rainstorms

Rudra (Hindu Mythology); god of windstorms, snow and ice storms, and hailstorms

Freyr (Nordic Mythology); God of rain and rainstorms.

Susanoo (Shinto/Japanese Mythology); God the seas, waters, rain and storms.

Perun (Slavic Mythology)

Anitun Tabu' (Tagalog Mythology)

The Dagda (Celtic Mythology) Irish Celtic God of The Earth, The Seasons, fertility, agriculture, magic, druidry Life, and Death

Video Games

Raiden (Mortal Kombat); God of thunder, lightning, storms and protector of the realm of earth.

Thor (Smite)

Susanoo (Smite)