Thunderstone (folklore)
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A thunderstone is an apparently worked stone object---often wedge-shaped like an axe blade---that is alleged to have fallen from the sky. Tales of thunderstones are found in many cultures around the world, from Greece to China, and are often associated with a thunder god.
They are also known as thunderaxes, storm stones, sky arrows, thunderbolts, lightning stones, sky axes, and thunder teeth. In Brazil, a thunderstone is known as a raio ("lightning flash").
[edit] References
- Blinkenberg, Christian Srensen. The Thunder Weapon in Religion and Folklore. Cambridge University Press, 1911. pg. 100.
- Fort, Charles. The Book of the Damned. 1919. Chapter 8.
- Tyler, Edward Burnett. Primitive Culture. 1871. v.2, pgs. 237-9.
