God of Thunder and Lightning

Abkhaz ⟨Афы⟩ Afə. Functional parallel of Circassian Shible and Vainakh Sela.

Domains

• thunder and lightning

Powers

• shoots fiery arrows from heaven at men, beasts and trees
• marks those he strikes with lightning as chosen for the god

Relations

• equated with: God of Thunder and the Sun
• equated with: Thunder-God of the Adyghe

Sources

• Bartsyts, Marina, and Abkhaz ethnographic sources on traditional religion (Afy).
• Colarusso, John. Nart Sagas from the Caucasus, 2002 (Abkhaz thunder-deity context).