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Sky and weather gods
- Jupiter (god)Jupiter, king of the Roman gods, takes his name from two ancient words: the Proto-Italic djous, meaning "day" or "sky," and pater, meaning "father." Sky…
- ThorThor, the hammer-wielding deity of Germanic paganism, is not simply a god of storms. He is a protector of farmers, a champion of fertility, a father, a…
- FreyrFreyr, whose name in Old Norse simply means "the Lord", once stood at the center of a golden temple in Uppsala, his statue carved with an enormous phallus…
- HorusHorus looked down from the sky with two eyes: the Sun on his right, the Moon on his left. When this falcon god flew across the heavens, ancient Egyptians…
- PoseidonPoseidon is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, a god of such terrifying breadth that sailors prayed to him for safe passage…
- Set (deity)Set, the ancient Egyptian god of deserts, storms, disorder, and violence, is one of the most contradictory figures in the entire Egyptian pantheon.
- DagrIn stanza 25 of Vafþrúðnismál, the jötunn Vafþrúðnir answers Odin's question about the origin of day. He states that Delling is the father of day while night…
- NjörðrNjörðr is a Norse god who rules the wind, calms the sea, and grants wealth to those who ask. He lives in a hall called Nóatún and is the father of two of the…
- Uranus (mythology)Uranus is one of the oldest divine figures in Greek religion, a being so ancient and so vast that he was not a god who ruled the sky but the sky itself.
- RaRa was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun, and the Egyptians called themselves the "Cattle of Ra." The name fit a strange origin story.