Lightning
Lightning denotes divine power or wrath, revelation, sudden enlightenment, fertility, destruction, and initiation, represented by zigzags and storm-god weapons.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 2 figures
- Traditions
- Japanese folklore (2)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is a kind of this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Raijū bears Japanese folklore
why
In Japanese mythology, Raijū is a divine beast associated with thunder and lightning, often depicted as a cat, wolf, or weasel enveloped in lightning.
- Yamata no Orochi bears Japanese folklore
why
This formidable beast is typically depicted as having eight heads and eight tails, each head representing a different elemental force: fire, water, earth, wind, lightning, ice, venom, and spirit.