Bhima the Rain-Giant

The prompt's 'Bhimal/Bhima'. A culture-hero raised to divinity (demigod); name borrows from the Mahabharata Bhima but the tribal cult (rain-stones, no idol) is indigenous.

Domains

• rain and weather
• strength and might

Powers

• brings the rains and fertilizes the fields
• performs feats of giant strength

Sources

• Elwin, V. (1949). Myths of Middle India. Oxford University Press.
• Fuchs, S. (1960). The Gond and Bhumia of Eastern Mandla. Asia Publishing House.