List of rain deities

Further information: List of deities

Aztec god Tlaloc, Millan Primary School in Mexico City

There are many different gods of rain in different religions:

## African

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### African mythology

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* 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[1]
* 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

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### Mesoamerica

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* 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;[2]
* Cocijo, in Zapotec religion;[3]
* Tirípeme Curicaueri, in Purépecha religion;
* Dzahui, in Mixtec religion;[4]
* Mu'ye, in Otomi religion
* Jaguar, in Olmec religion
* Quiateot of the Nicarao people in Nicaragua

### North America

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* Yuttoere, in De'ne' and Carrier
* Asiaq, goddess among Greenlandic Inuit,[5] and Inuit in Northern Canada
* Shotokunungwa of Hopi people
* Henderson (Feral discord mythology)
* Tó Neinilii of Navajo people
* Coyote (Navajo mythology)

### South America

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

## Asian

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### Filipino mythologies

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Main article: List of Philippine mythological figures

* Oden (Bugkalot mythology): deity of the rain, worshiped for its life-giving waters[6]
* Apo Tudo (Ilocano mythology): the deity of the rain[7]
* Anitun Tauo (Sambal mythology): the goddess of wind and rain who was reduced in rank by Malayari for her conceit[8]
* Anitun Tabu (Tagalog mythology): goddess of wind and rain and daughter of Idianale and Dumangan[9]
* 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[10]
* Santonilyo (Bisaya mythology): a deity who brings rain when its image is immersed at sea[11]
* Diwata Kat Sidpan (Tagbanwa mythology): a deity who lives in the western region called Sidpan;[12] controls the rains[13]
* Diwata Kat Libatan (Tagbanwa mythology): a deity who lives in the eastern region called Babatan;[14] controls the rain[15]
* 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[16]
* Tagbanua (Manobo mythology): the god of rain[17]
* 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;[18] controls good harvest, rain, wind, life, and death; in some myths, the chief deity is simply referred as the male deity, Diwata[19]

### Hindu mythology

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

### Japanese mythology

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* Kuraokami

### Vietnamese mythology

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### Middle Eastern mythology

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* Adad

### Chinese mythology

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

### Tibetan mythology

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## European

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### Greek mythology

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

### Lithuanian mythology

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* Blizgulis, god of snow

### Norse Mythology

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

### Slavic mythology

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

## Oceanian

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### Australian Aboriginal Dreaming

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* Bunbulama, in Yolngu mythology
* Wandjina
* Wollunqua

### Hawaiian mythology

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* Lono,[20] who was also a fertility god

### Polynesian mythology

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* Hiro, god of rain in Rapa Nui mythology.[21]

## See also

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* Ekendriya
* Weather god

## Notes

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1. ^ McVeigh, Malcolm J. (1974). God in Africa: Conceptions of God in African Traditional Religion and Christianity. C. Stark. p. 14\. ISBN 9780890070031.
2. ^ Noticia del Dia (in Spanish)
3. ^ Miller & Taube 1993, 2003, p.64.
4. ^ Terraciano, Kevin (2001). The Mixtecs of colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui history, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3756-8. OCLC 45861953.
5. ^ Monaghan, Patricia (2009). Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 139\. ISBN 978-0-313-34990-4.
6. ^ Wilson, L. L. (1947). Ilongot Life and Legends. Southeast Asia Institute.
7. ^ Llamzon, Teodoro A. 1978. Handbook of Philippine language groups. Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
8. ^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
9. ^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
10. ^ Eugenio, D. L. (2013). Philippine Folk Literature: The Legends. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press
11. ^ San Agustín, G. (1998). Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas, 1565–1615 (Spanish Edition): Bilingual ed edition. San Agustin Museum.
12. ^ Filipino Heritage: The metal age in the Philippines (1977). Manila: Lahing Pilipino Pub.
13. ^ Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.
14. ^ Filipino Heritage: The metal age in the Philippines (1977). Manila: Lahing Pilipino Pub.
15. ^ Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.
16. ^ Unabia, C. C. (1986). THe Bukidnon Batbatonon and Pamuhay: A Socio-Literary Study. Quezon City : UP Press.
17. ^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
18. ^ Benedict, L. W. (1913). Bagobo Myths. Journal of American Folklore, pp. 26 (99): 13–63.
19. ^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
20. ^ Thompson, Hunter (1979). The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time, 1st ed., Summit Books, 105-109. ISBN 0-671-40046-0.
21. ^ "Pu o Hiro, the trumpet of Hiro". Imagina Rapa Nui Easter Island. October 29, 2021. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023.

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