Maruts
Sign in to saveIn Hinduism, the Maruts (; , ), also known as the Marutagana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Prisni. The number of Maruts varies from 27 to sixty (three times sixty in RV 8.96.8). They are very violent and aggressive, described as armed with golden weapons i.e. lightning and thunderbolts, as having iron teeth and roaring like lions, as residing in the northwest, as riding in golden chariots drawn by ruddy horses.
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- Deity.type
- Hindu
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- Musée Guimet 897 04.jpg
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- A seventh century Marut detail on a lintel excavated at Sambor Prei Kuk, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia
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- Gods of Thunderstorms
- Deity.abode
- Midspace
- Deity.weapon
- Lightning & Many others
- Deity.consort
- Rodasī
- Deity.parents
- Vedic: Rudra and Pṛśni Puranic: Kashyapa and Diti
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In Hinduism, the Maruts (; , ), also known as the Marutagana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Prisni. The number of Maruts varies from 27 to sixty (three times sixty in RV 8.96.8). They are very violent and aggressive, described as armed with golden weapons i.e. lightning and thunderbolts, as having iron teeth and roaring like lions, as residing in the northwest, as riding in golden chariots drawn by ruddy horses.
In the Vedic mythology, the Maruts act as Indra's companions as a troop of young warriors. According to French comparative mythologist Georges Dumézil, they are cognate to the Einherjar and the Wild hunt.