Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Thunder and Lightning



The first summer storm of the year. Thunder and lightning are invariably associated with God by most religions. In ancient Greek mythology lightning is a weapon of Zeus which is forged by the Cyclops. In Norse mythology the god Thor (Thursday) is a god of thunder, its sound  was believed to come from the chariot Thor rode across the sky,  lightning was believed to emanate from his hammer, Mjölnir. 

I've written on the symbolism of lightning in the Tarot in a previous post entitled The Tower. A detailed account of a violent thunderstorm at Norwich in June 1665 involving fireballs by Sir Thomas Browne can be found here.

2 comments:

teegee said...

Letting loose a key on a kite-string "spoiled" everything. I can actually remember in 1969 my undergraduate students in Oregon being dismayed at losing the mystery of the moon.

Kevin Faulkner said...

That's quite a droll, humorous remark !