Tonans

Japanese: Tonans
Tonans

…His name is a contraction of Dieu pater (meaning "Father Dieus"), and like Zeus, he was originally the sky god of the Indo-European peoples, but he evolved to be the god of various meteorological phenomena, and even the god who determined the trends of the human world, and finally came to be worshiped as the supreme god who controlled the fate of the Roman state. As a god of weather, he was known by such names as Lucetius ("Light Bringer"), Pluvialis ("Rain Bringer"), Tonans ("Thunderer"), and Fulgrator ("Lightning Shooter"). As a god of light, he was offered a white sheep as a sacrifice by his priest, Flamen Dialis, on the Capitoline Hill, called the "Arx," on the Idus day, which was approximately the middle day of each month. This is thought to be a remnant of an old custom of worshipping this god on full moon days, when the light of the sky is strongest at night.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Tonans" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その名はDieu pater(〈父なるディエウス〉の意)がつづまったもので,本来は,ゼウスと同じく,インド・ヨーロッパ語系諸族の天空神であるが,そこから進んでさまざまの気象現象をつかさどる神,さらには人間世界の動向をも定める神となり,ついには国家としてのローマの命運を支配する最高神として崇拝を集めるに至った。 気象の神としては,ルケティウスLucetius(〈光をもたらす者〉),プルウィアリスPluvialis(〈雨を降らせる者〉),トナンスTonans(〈雷をとどろかす者〉),フルグラトルFulgrator(〈稲妻を放つ者〉)などの名があり,光明神としての彼は,毎月のほぼ中日にあたるイドゥスIdusの日に,カピトリヌス丘の〈砦Arx〉と呼ばれる高みで,彼の神官フラメン・ディアリスflamen Dialisにより白い羊を犠牲に供された。これは,夜でも天の光が最も強い満月の日にこの神をあがめた古い風習のなごりと思われる。…

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