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Every civilization looked at the storm and saw a king.

Six thunder gods, six cultures that never met — most of them ruled all the other gods too.

Cover — every civilization looked at the storm and saw a king.
Zeus — Greece's thunder god
Thor — Norse thunder god
Indra — Vedic thunder god
Raijin — Japan's thunder god
Perun — Slavic thunder god
Shango — Yoruba thunder god, still honored in Brazil's Candomblé
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Zeus, Thor, Indra, Raijin, Perun, Shango — six cultures that never met each crowned a god of thunder, and most of them ruled all the others. Shango even crossed the Atlantic with enslaved Africans and is still honored in Brazil's Candomblé today.