Abstract
I investigate Gods of thunder in china as a part of nature deity focising on their name in this article. Gods of thunder in china have a very various name, that is, leishen(雷神), leishou(雷獸), leigong(雷公), leishi(雷師), leiwang(雷王) and leigui(雷鬼), etc. Generally speaking, these names change from a defied being to a personified being according to the changes of the times. In this process, Taoism and folk beliefs absorbed popular reverence and fear for God of thunder into their own religious dogma. Some sect of Taoism installed leifu(雷府) and built a hierarchical system. In this system, supreme deity took charge of wind, rain, thunder and lightning. This hierarchy of multideity is a result oft Gods of thunder in china melted into Taoism and folk beliefs naturally and an indication of personification in Gods of thunder.
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