The Divine Connect
Posted on July 10, 2024
Though weather is a completely natural process, the divine association with the same is inevitable. Since ancient times, majority of the cultures all over the world believe that weather and climatic changes are associated with divine forces and there are several Gods and Goddesses that are associated with these natural entities. In fact, many believe that weather in its fiercest and wild forms like hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons and cyclones that cause mass destruction, could be the wrath of the divine forces that control weather and sometimes, several sacred rituals are performed to appease the deity associated with the respective weather entity.
Below are some of the mythologies with the list of chief deities associated with the respective weather element :
Hindu mythology:
a). Lord Indra : The king of the Gods, believed to produce thunder and lightning through His powerful weapon, the Vajra, which causes the skies to rumble and the clouds to produce heavy rainfall.
b). Lord Surya : The celestial Sun God in Hindu mythology and the Lord of light.
c). Lord Vayu : The powerful wind God, associated with natural elements like hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones and typhoons, and is also believed to release His entire might during the dissolution of the universe.
d). Lord Varun : The Hindu God associated with the entire Hydrosphere and guardian of all the water bodies – lakes, streams, rivers, seas and oceans.
Greek mythology:
a). Zeus : The chief of the Gods in Greek mythology, associated with lightning, rain and thunder, and lives on Mount Olympus. The legendary and powerful Hercules was His son.
b). Poseidon : The Greek God of the sea, and the ruler of the entire Hydrosphere, armed with a trident.
c). Iris : The beautiful Greek Goddess who is the symbol of the rainbow.
d). Aeolus : The Greek God, associated with releasing and control of the winds.
Likewise, there are weather deities in various other cultures in the world, (Ex: Egyptian, American, Hawaiian, Norse etc.) as well as people of respective cultures who have faith in them.
In conclusion to the entire synopsis above, it can be observed that though weather and climate are extremely complex natural entities, mankind has studied them and developed technology to forecast its outcome, for its benefit and betterment. Though it is completely out of our ability to control weather and climatic outcome, technology developed by mankind has helped in safeguarding us from its harmful outcome as well as utilise the useful weather and climatic resources like wind and solar energy for its betterment.