Editing Thunderstorm (section)

==Mythology and religion==
Thunderstorms strongly influenced many early civilizations. [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] believed that they were battles waged by [[Zeus]], who hurled lightning bolts forged by [[Hephaestus]]. Some [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indian]] tribes associated thunderstorms with the [[Thunderbird (mythology)|Thunderbird]], who they believed was a servant of the [[Great Spirit]]. The [[Norsemen|Norse]] considered thunderstorms to occur when [[Thor]] went to fight [[Jötunn|Jötnar]], with the thunder and lightning being the effect of his strikes with the hammer [[Mjölnir]]. [[Hinduism]] recognizes [[Indra]] as the god of rain and thunderstorms. Christian doctrine accepts that fierce storms are the work of God. These ideas were still within the mainstream as late as the 18th century.<ref>{{cite book|author=John D. Cox|title=Storm Watchers|page=[https://archive.org/details/stormwatcherstur00cox_df1/page/7 7]|isbn=978-0-471-38108-2|date=2002|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|url=https://archive.org/details/stormwatcherstur00cox_df1/page/7}}</ref>

[[Martin Luther]] was out walking when a thunderstorm began, causing him to pray to God for being saved and promising to become a monk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/theologians/martin-luther.html |title=Martin Luther|date=8 August 2008 |publisher=Christian History|language=en|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>