Weather god Weather god A weather god, also frequently known as a storm god, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, lightning, rain and wind. Should they only be in charge of one feature of a storm, they will be called a (insert weather attribute here) god/goddess, such a rain god or a lightning/thunder god. This singular attribute might then be emphasized more than the generic, all-encompassing term "storm god", though with thunder/lightning gods, the two terms seem interchangeable. They feature commonly in polytheistic religions. In the Indo-European, Near Eastern, and Mesopotamian traditions, the storm/thunder god is
Minyas (mythology) Minyas (mythology) In Greek mythology, Minyas (; Ancient Greek: Μινύας) was the founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia. As the ancestor of the Minyans, a number of Boeotian genealogies lead back to him, according to the classicist H.J. Rose. Accounts vary as to his own parentage: one source states that he was thought to be the son of Orchomenus and Hermippe, his real father being Poseidon; in another account he is called son of Poseidon and Callirhoe; yet others variously give his father as Chryses (son of Poseidon and Chrysogeneia, daughter of Almus), Eteocles, Aeolus, Ares, Aleus, Sisyphus and Halmus (Almus). Minyas