Who was the Egyptian god of thunder?

Thunderer is a staple deity of the Indo-European people. Other cultures might not have a 'typical' god of thunder. In ancient Egypt, Set was a god of storms, but not the only one. He shared this feature with Baal and Horus. read more

Thunderer is a staple deity of the Indo-European people. Other cultures might not have a ‘typical’ god of thunder. In ancient Egypt, Set was a god of storms, but not the only one. He shared this feature with Baal and Horus. read more

The storm god, Baal, was a West Semitic import to Egypt. Late Bronze Age texts discovered at Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit) on the Levantine coast, from which his cult spread, indicate that by 1400 BC, Baal had displaced the god El to become the most important god in the local pantheon. read more