Definition of Lightning hurler

1. Noun. An epithet for Jupiter.

Exact synonyms: Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Fulminator
Generic synonyms: Jove, Jupiter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lightning Hurler

Lieutaud's trigone
Lieutaud's uvula
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant Generals
Lieutenants General
Life
Life Saver
Life Scout
Liffey
Liga
Light Within
Light of the Prophets
Light of the World
Lighthorse Harry Lee
Lightning Hurler
Lignac-Fanconi syndrome
Ligue 1
Ligularia
Liguria
Ligurian
Ligurian Sea
Ligurians
Ligustrum
Ligustrum amurense
Ligustrum ibolium
Ligustrum japonicum
Ligustrum lucidum
Ligustrum obtusifolium
Ligustrum ovalifolium

Literary usage of Lightning hurler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1898)
"... though the humanized rainbow generally spanned the sky above, and the lightning hurler was below. They are bird men, but are attended by animal gods. ..."

2. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann by Gerhart Hauptmann (1917)
"Lightning-hurler! Realm-disperser! Heaven-whirler! [The upper stage is disclosed, revealing NAPOLEON enthroned as ZEUS, the eagle at his feet. ..."

3. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"This is a Vedic prayer: ' What, Indra, has not yet been given me by thee, Lightning-hurler, all good things bring us hither with both hands . . . with ..."

4. Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Viktor Rydberg, Rasmus Björn Anderson, James William Buel, Norrœna Society (1907)
"... their riders to the lightning- conflict in space against the lightning-hurler, Thor. The thunder-storm was frequently a vig ..."

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