Title :
Mythology of lightning
Author :
Bouquegneau, Christian
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Appl. Sci., Univ. of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Abstract :
Since the origin of mankind, lightning has fascinated people so much that it was made an attribute of their powerful gods. This paper shows that everywhere in the world mythic stories appeared taking into account the power of gods: punitive lightning, rumbling and terrifying thunder, lightning related to fecundating rain, or tamed lightning as a source of energy.
Keywords :
lightning; energy source; lightning; Earth; Fires; Humans; Jupiter; Lightning; Rain; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Lightning (APL), 2011 7th Asia-Pacific International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1467-2
DOI :
10.1109/APL.2011.6110190
