Leigong

Beast-faced thunder god who drums lightning to punish the wicked.

Domains

• thunder
• justice

Powers

• Strike the wicked with thunderclaps

Epithets

• 雷神 chinese · Léishén · cultThe Thunder GodShanhaijing 山海經 (the thunder-deity of Thunder Marsh); Lunheng 論衡 (primary)
• 九天應元雷聲普化天尊 chinese · Jiǔtiān Yìngyuán Léishēng Pǔhuà Tiānzūn · cultHeavenly Worthy of the Thunder Department; supreme Daoist thunder-godDaoist Thunder Rites (雷法) liturgy; Song-dynasty Shenxiao tradition (secondary)
• 雷公 Chinese · Léigōng · cultDuke of ThunderShanhaijing; Lunheng (Wang Chong) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Wang Chong, Lunheng, Leixu chapter, 1st c. CE (primary); Shanhaijing, c. 4th c. BCE–2nd c. CE (primary)