单词 | rain god |
释义 | > as lemmasrain god rain god n. a god associated with bringing rain. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of (types of) weather zephyrOE wind-god1594 rain god1838 thunder god1841 rain-goddess1854 storm-goddess1869 storm power1869 storm-god1877 bolt-bearer1883 weather-god1905 1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 21 The rain-god, sweeping through the sky, To fill their vessels with his precious dew. 1905 E. Clodd Animism §11. 58 Indra, the old Vedic weather-god, has been completely elbowed out as an object of worship by special rain-gods. 2002 M. Kurlansky Salt (2003) xii. 202 The Aztecs observed ceremonies for Vixtociatl, who was banished to the saltwaters by her brothers the rain gods. < as lemmas |
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