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Thunder
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'''Thunder''' is the sound of the
shockwave caused when
lightning instantly heats the air around it to up to
1_E4_K 30 000 Celsius °C (54 000
Fahrenheit °F). That super-heated air expands rapidly, then contracts as it cools. The rapid expansion/contraction generates sound waves, making the sound that is called "thunder."
Since
sound and
light travel at different speeds through the
Earth's atmosphere atmosphere, one can time the interval between them to roughly estimate how far away the bolt of lightning is. The
speed of sound in air is approximately
1 E2 m 332 m/s (742.6 mph), while the
speed of light is so fast that the lightning is seen only a few
microseconds after the event, so the lightning is approximately one kilometer distant for every 3 second interval (one mile for every 5 seconds).
Etymology
The ''d'' in ''thunder'' is
epenthetic, and is not found in Modern Dutch ''donder'', from earlier ''d''-less
Old English ''þunor'', Middle Dutch ''donre'', together with
Old Norse ''
þorr'',
Old Frisian ''þuner'',
Old High German ''donar'' descended from
Proto-Germanic *''þunraz'', built on a
PIE stem *''{{PIE.html">Sanskrit ''{{IAST
tana-itnu-}}''_"thundering", Latin ''tonare'' "to thunder" (see also
tornado).
List of thunder gods
Polytheism Polytheistic peoples in areas with much thunder, or areas where thunder precedes drought-breaking rain, may postulate a thunder
god.
Ancient Near East
*
Teshub (
Hurrians Hurrian mythology)
*
Adad (
Babylonian-
Assyrian mythology Assyrian mythology)
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Adad Ishkur (Babylonian-Assyrian mythology)
*
Baal-Hadad (
Syrian mythology)
Eurasian
*
Indo-European mythology
**
Tarhunt (
Hittite/
Luwian mythology)
**
Zeus,
Brontes (
Greek mythology)
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Jupiter (god) Jupiter (
Roman mythology)
**
Parjanya,
Indra (Hinduism)
**
Ambisagrus,
Taranis (
Celtic mythology)
** *
Þunraz (
Germanic mythology; Anglo-Saxon ''Þunor'', German ''Donar'', Norse ''Þórr'')
** *
Perkwunos Perkwunos (
Balto-Slavic;
Lithuanian mythology Lithuanian ''
Perkūnas'',
Slavic mythology Slavic ''
Perun Per(k)un'' ), Norse
Fjörgynn
**
Perendi (
Albanian mythology)
**
Gebeleizis (
Dacian mythology)
**
Zibelthiurdos (
Thrace Thracian mythology)
*
Ukko (
Finnish mythology)
*
Horagalles (
Sami people Sami mythology)
*Aplu (
Etruscan mythology)
East Asia
*
Lei Gong (
Chinese mythology)
*
Raiden (
Japanese mythology)
*
Raiden Raijin (Japanese mythology)
*
Raitaro (Japanese mythology)
*
Ajisukitakahikone (Japanese mythology)
Americas
*
Xolotl (
Aztec mythology Aztec and
Toltec mythology)
*
Chaac (
Maya mythology)
*
Apocatequil (
Incan mythology)
*
Chac Cocijo (
Mexico Mexican mythology)
*
Aktzin (Mexican mythology)
*
Jasso (Mexican mythology)
*
Haokah (
Lakota mythology)
Africa
*
Shango (
Yorùbá mythology)
*
Oya (goddess of thunder,
Yoruba mythology)
*
Azaka-Tonnerre (
Voodoo)
*
Mulungu
South Pacific
*
Haikili (
Polynesian mythology)
*
Tawhaki (Polynesian mythology)
*
Kaha'i (Polynesian mythology)
*
Uira (Polynesian mythology)
''See also'':
:Category:Thunder gods
See also
*
Thunderbolt
*
Lightning
*
:Category:Thunder gods
External links
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ca:Tro
de:Donner
eo:Tondro
es:Trueno
fr:Tonnerre
he:רע×?
id:Petir
it:Tuono
ja:é›·
ko:천둥
nl:Donder
pl:Grzmot
ru:Гром
simple:Thunder
sk:Hrom
sv:Ã…ska
vi:Sấm
yi:×“×•× ×¢×¨
zh:é›·
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