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Thunderbolt

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A thunderbolt or lightning bolt is a symbolic representation of lightning when accompanied by a loud thunderclap. [1]

90 relations: AC/DC, Amadioha, Ancient Greek religion, Ani Hyuntikwalaski, Ülgen, Belemnoidea, Black Bolt, Black Lightning, Book of Deuteronomy, Book of Job, British Union of Fascists, Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Cartoon, Celtic mythology, Cherokee, Chinese mythology, Cranston, Cranston High School East, Cyclops, DC Universe, Diné Bahaneʼ, Elohim, Fascism, Flash (comics), Flash and circle, Greek mythology, Habakkuk, Harry Potter, Heraclitus, Heraldry, Hermann Alexander Diels, Hindu mythology, Hittites, Huracan, Hurrians, Indra, Irish language, Jupiter (mythology), Leigong, Lightning, Marvel Universe, Maya mythology, Mjölnir, Mythology, Norse mythology, Odinani, Ojibwe, Paleo-Balkan mythology, People's Action Party, Peter Paul Rubens, ..., Plato, Power Rangers, Proto-Indo-European religion, Psalm 64, Quicksilver (comics), Religion in ancient Rome, Rhode Island, Rigvedic deities, Roman mythology, Rostrum (anatomy), Royal Engineers, Schutzstaffel, Semiotics, Shango, Singapore, Sky deity, Static (DC Comics), Sycamore, Tanakh, Taranis, Teshub, Tetragrammaton, The Godfather (novel), Thor, Thunder, Thunderbird (mythology), Thunderbolts (comics), Thunderstone (folklore), Tibetan Buddhism, Timaeus (dialogue), Tuireann, Turkic mythology, Vajra, Vajrayana, Vedas, Victor Clube, Vulcan (mythology), Weather god, Yoruba religion, Zeus. Expand index (40 more) »

AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.

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Amadioha

Amadioha is the Arusi (construct) of thunder and lightning of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria.

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Ancient Greek religion

Ancient Greek religion encompasses the collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology originating in ancient Greece in the form of both popular public religion and cult practices.

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Ani Hyuntikwalaski

In Native American mythology (particularly in the Cherokee tribe) the Ani Hyuntikwalaski ("Thunder Beings") are beings that cause lightning fire in a hollow sycamore tree.

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Ülgen

Bai-Ülgen or Ülgen (Old Turkic: Bey Ülgen; also spelled Bai-Ulgen, Bai-Ülgen, Bay-Ulgan, Bay-Ulgen, or Bay-Ülgen; Khakas: Ӱлген, Russian: Ульгень or Ульге́нь, Ottoman: اولگن) is a Turkic and Mongolian creator-deity, usually distinct from Tengri but sometimes identified with him in the same manner as Helios and Apollo.

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Belemnoidea

Belemnoids are an extinct group of marine cephalopod, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.

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Black Bolt

Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Black Lightning

Black Lightning is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Book of Deuteronomy

The Book of Deuteronomy (literally "second law," from Greek deuteros + nomos) is the fifth book of the Torah (a section of the Hebrew Bible) and the Christian Old Testament.

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Book of Job

The Book of Job (Hebrew: אִיוֹב Iyov) is a book in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), and the first poetic book in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

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British Union of Fascists

The British Union of Fascists, or BUF, was a fascist political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley.

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Captain Marvel (DC Comics)

Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Cartoon

A cartoon is a type of illustration, possibly animated, typically in a non-realistic or semi-realistic style.

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Celtic mythology

Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the religion of the Iron Age Celts.

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Cherokee

The Cherokee (translit or translit) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Chinese mythology

Chinese mythology refers to myths found in the historical geographic area of China: these include myths in Chinese and other languages, as transmitted by Han Chinese and other ethnic groups, which have their own languages and myths.

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Cranston

Cranston, Cranstoun or Cranstone is a Scottish surname originating in a clan that lived around Roxburgh in the Scottish Borders.

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Cranston High School East

Cranston High School East, often called East, Cranston East, or abbreviated as CHSE, is a comprehensive high school located in the central part of Cranston, Rhode Island, with over 1,500 students in grades 9-12 and 150+ faculty members.

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Cyclops

A cyclops (Κύκλωψ, Kyklōps; plural cyclopes; Κύκλωπες, Kyklōpes), in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, is a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the center of his forehead.

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DC Universe

The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared universe where most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. DC superheroes such as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are from this universe, and it also contains well known supervillains such as the Lex Luthor, Joker, and Darkseid. In context, "DC Universe" usually refers to the main DC continuity. The term "DC Multiverse" refers to the collection of all continuities within DC Comics publications. Within the Multiverse, the main DC Universe has gone by many names, but in recent years has been referred to by "Prime Earth" (not to be confused with "Earth Prime") or "Earth 0". The main DC Universe as well as the alternate realities related to it began as the first shared universe in comic books and were quickly adapted to other media such as film serials or radio dramas. In subsequent decades, the continuity between all of these media became increasingly complex with certain storylines and events designed to simplify or streamline the more confusing aspects of characters' histories.

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Diné Bahaneʼ

("Story of the People"), the Navajo creation myth, describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo, and centers on the area known as the Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo.

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Elohim

Elohim (Hebrew: ’ĕlōhîm) is one of the many names or titles for God in the Hebrew Bible; the term is also used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to other gods.

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Fascism

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

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Flash (comics)

The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.

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Flash and circle

The flash and circle is a political symbol used by several organisations.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.

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Habakkuk

Habakkuk was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible, described in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets.

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.

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Heraclitus

Heraclitus of Ephesus (Hērákleitos ho Ephésios) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, then part of the Persian Empire.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a broad term, encompassing the design, display, and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank, and pedigree.

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Hermann Alexander Diels

Hermann Alexander Diels (May 18, 1848 – June 4, 1922) was a German classical scholar.

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Hindu mythology

Hindu mythology are mythical narratives found in Hindu texts such as the Vedic literature, epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana, the Puranas, the regional literatures Sangam literature and Periya Puranam.

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Hittites

The Hittites were an Ancient Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1600 BC.

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Huracan

Huracan (Huracán; Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to as U K'ux Kaj, the "Heart of Sky", is a K'iche' Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity.

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Hurrians

The Hurrians (cuneiform:; transliteration: Ḫu-ur-ri; also called Hari, Khurrites, Hourri, Churri, Hurri or Hurriter) were a people of the Bronze Age Near East.

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Indra

(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Jupiter (mythology)

Jupiter (from Iūpiter or Iuppiter, *djous “day, sky” + *patēr “father," thus "heavenly father"), also known as Jove gen.

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Leigong

In Chinese mythology, Leigong or Leishen, is the Chinese traditional religious and Taoist deity.

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Lightning

Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs typically during a thunderstorm.

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Marvel Universe

The Marvel Universe is the shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place.

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Maya mythology

Maya mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles.

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Mjölnir

In Norse mythology, Mjölnir (Mjǫllnir) is the hammer of Thor, the Norse god associated with thunder.

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Mythology

Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the study of such myths.

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Norse mythology

Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period.

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Odinani

Odinani comprises the traditional religious practices and cultural beliefs of the Igbo people of southern Nigeria.

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Ojibwe

The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, or Chippewa are an Anishinaabeg group of Indigenous Peoples in North America, which is referred to by many of its Indigenous peoples as Turtle Island.

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Paleo-Balkan mythology

Paleo-Balkan mythology includes the religious practices of the Dacians, Thracians, and Illyrians.

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People's Action Party

The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major right-wingPartido de Ação Popular political party in Singapore.

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Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist.

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Plato

Plato (Πλάτων Plátōn, in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

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Power Rangers

Power Rangers is an American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action superhero television series.

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Proto-Indo-European religion

Proto-Indo-European religion is the belief system adhered to by the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

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Psalm 64

Psalm 64 usually refers to the 64th psalm from the Book of Psalms according to the Masoretic numbering.

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Quicksilver (comics)

Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Religion in ancient Rome

Religion in Ancient Rome includes the ancestral ethnic religion of the city of Rome that the Romans used to define themselves as a people, as well as the religious practices of peoples brought under Roman rule, in so far as they became widely followed in Rome and Italy.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Rigvedic deities

There are 1000 hymns in the Rigveda, most of them dedicated to specific deities.

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Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans.

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Rostrum (anatomy)

In anatomy, the term rostrum (from the Latin rostrum meaning beak) is used for a number of phylogenetically unrelated structures in different groups of animals.

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Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.

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Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylized as with Armanen runes;; literally "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

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Semiotics

Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication.

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Shango

Ṣàngó (Yoruba language: Ṣàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; and also known as Jakuta or Badé) (from '.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Sky deity

The sky often has important religious significance.

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Static (DC Comics)

Static is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Sycamore

Sycamore is a name which has been applied at various times and places to several different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.

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Tanakh

The Tanakh (or; also Tenakh, Tenak, Tanach), also called the Mikra or Hebrew Bible, is the canonical collection of Jewish texts, which is also a textual source for the Christian Old Testament.

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Taranis

In Celtic mythology Taranis was the god of thunder worshipped primarily in Gaul, Gallaecia, the British Isles, but also in the Rhineland and Danube regions, amongst others.

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Teshub

Teshub (also written Teshup or Tešup; cuneiform; hieroglyphic Luwian, read as TarhunzasAnnick Payne (2014), Hieroglyphic Luwian: An Introduction with Original Texts, 3rd revised edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, p. 159.) was the Hurrian god of sky and storm.

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Tetragrammaton

The tetragrammaton (from Greek Τετραγράμματον, meaning " four letters"), in Hebrew and YHWH in Latin script, is the four-letter biblical name of the God of Israel.

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The Godfather (novel)

The Godfather is a crime novel written by American author Mario Puzo.

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Thor

In Norse mythology, Thor (from Þórr) is the hammer-wielding god of thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, in addition to hallowing, and fertility.

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Thunder

Thunder is the sound caused by lightning.

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Thunderbird (mythology)

The thunderbird is a legendary creature in certain North American indigenous peoples' history and culture.

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Thunderbolts (comics)

The Thunderbolts are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Thunderstone (folklore)

Throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia flint arrowheads and axes turned up by farmer's plows were considered to have fallen from the sky.

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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the form of Buddhist doctrine and institutions named after the lands of Tibet, but also found in the regions surrounding the Himalayas and much of Central Asia.

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Timaeus (dialogue)

Timaeus (Timaios) is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character Timaeus of Locri, written c. 360 BC.

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Tuireann

In Irish mythology, Tuireann (Old Irish: Tuirenn or Tuirill Biccreo) was the father by Brigid of Creidhne, Luchtaine, and Giobhniu.

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Turkic mythology

Turkic mythology embraces Tengriist and Shamanist and as well as all cultural and social subjects being a nomad folk.

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Vajra

Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond.

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Vajrayana

Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद, "knowledge") are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent.

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Victor Clube

Stace Victor Murray Clube (born 22 October 1934 in London) is an English astrophysicist.

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Vulcan (mythology)

Vulcan (Latin: Volcānus or Vulcānus) is the god of fire including the fire of volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth.

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Weather god

A weather god is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, lightning, rain and wind.

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Yoruba religion

The Yoruba religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practices of the Yoruba people.

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Zeus

Zeus (Ζεύς, Zeús) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus.

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