Rain deity



A rain deity is a god or goddess associated with rain in mythology. There are many different gods of rain in different religions.

African mythology

 * 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
 * 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

Mesoamerica

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

North America

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

South America

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

Hindu mythology

 * Indra
 * Mariamman
 * Parjanya
 * Shakambhari
 * Surupa, sky goddess who brings rain
 * Varuna

Middle Eastern mythology

 * Baal
 * Adad

Tibetan mythology

 * Kalden
 * Lumo, sky goddess of rain and mist

Greek mythology

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

Lithuanian mythology

 * Blizgulis, god of snow

Norse Mythology

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

Slavic mythology

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

Hawaiian mythology

 * Lono, who was also a fertility god

Australian Aboriginal Dreaming

 * the Wandjina