Thunder Deity aka General Thunder (雷將軍) or Marshal of Thunder (雷元帥), in chinese, known as Lei Gong (雷公).
Since the Ancient Era, he's one of the Natural Deities that all folks will respect and offered their offerings to.
In different Era, different form of Thunder Deity are being created and the most recent form that we know - the Bird Form, is strongly being influenced by the Classic - Feng Shen Fang aka Creation of Deities (封神榜).
In different Chinese Deities System contexts, different names are being added to Thunder Deity, such as General Deng (鄧將軍), General Xin (辛將軍), General Jiang (江將軍), Lei Zhen Zi (雷震子), etc.
So what are the task for him (雷公職責)?
His primary task is to create Thunder before any rain-pour or storm (震雷佈雨), follow-by, destroying any evil-entities that stayed in the Mortal World (除邪滅惡) and last, to punish those who are not filial, loyalty and upright (重罰不忠不孝不正者).
In Folks Culture (民間信仰), he's one of the Marshals that are being appointed to be the commandor of the Spiritual Armies (被封為東營元帥).
For Higher Res Pictures, please proceed to this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taoism_deity_singapore_2007/photos/album/1908187083/pic/list
雷電二元帥寶誥
ReplyDeleteLei Dian Er Yuan Shuai Bao Gao (Praise Mantra)
~ this mantra dedicated to Lei Gong and Dian Mu
志心皈命禮
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li
雷公電母。
Lei Gong Dian Mu
霹靂生威。
Pi Li Sheng Wei
代天執法。
Dai Tian Zhi Fa
正直無私。
Zheng Zhi Wu Si
邪魔喪膽。
Xie Mo Sang Dan
鬼魅潛蹤。
Gui Mei Qian Zong
誅伐忤逆。
Zhu Fa Wu Ni
彰善癉惡。
Zhang Shan Dan E
威靈顯赫。
Wei Ling Xian He
恒古窮今。
Hen Gu Qiong Jin
去來莫測。.
Qu Lai Mo Ce
顯化無方。
Xian Hua Wu Fang
至明至正。.
Zhi Ming Zhi Zheng
至靈至威。
Zhi Ling Zhi Wei
雷電二元帥。
Lei Dian Er Yuan Shuai
江秀兩天君。
Jiang Xiu Liang Tian Jun
Wow! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt is awesome.
ReplyDeleteHey, have u heard about 九天應元雷聲普化天尊? It is believed that He is the head of the weather,controlling thunder,rain,wind...
Could u pls make a blog about this deity?Thx...^ ^
Cheers
Kevin
wah so big !! magnificent
ReplyDeletethis one look more natural to human form ..nice !!
ReplyDeleteDear Kevin,
ReplyDeleteI hav created one blog for Pu Hua Tian Zun under the Pic section, do go and take a look.
This is one that I like alot.. look so powerful and fierce.. wahahahaha
ReplyDeleteya .. very nice .. bro u didnt have blogs on nether world diety hor ?? haha .. notice for quite sometimes le eh haha
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha... Nether World Deities, nothing much what.. Mostly are souls catchers, unless you all want me to do intro on the 10 Courts Yama :P
ReplyDeleteAnyway, doing collating of the pics on them liao ;)
PS: In Taoism, Nether World related Deities only consist of Dong Yu, Feng Du, Cheng Huang, Tu Di, Yan Luo, Shi Tai Bao.. the rest dont consider as Deities.
thx, bro.
ReplyDeleteWelcome welcome.
ReplyDeletewell .. i wont say dieties .. or perharps generals .. like shi tong zi .. jiu yin jiang .. ri you sheng ye yu sheng etc .. shi tai bao i dont think is diety also .. generals izzit ??
ReplyDeletewahahahahaha.. Shi Tai Bao (十太保) consist of all Heavenly Marshals that assist all the high ranking officers or Deities to perform their tasks on inspecting of the issues of Mortals.
ReplyDeleteAs for Shi Tong Zi, Jiu Yin Jiang, etc etc, why I dont include them inside here.. wahahahaha.. when you understand their background, you will understand why... maybe someday...
haha okok .. but rather interest in them haha ..
ReplyDeleteoh mayb u wanna include zhong kua tian shi ..??
Hahahaha.. Zhong Kui I will add in soon, but I'm sure many people will get disappointed when they know of his real initiate form.. :P
ReplyDeleteIs it true that Zhong Kui is handsome? hahaha. Also some people think that zhong kui and Zhang Tian shi is the same?
ReplyDeletehaha well .. 英雄不怕出身低 wat ever history he have he is stil a Pu Sa now .. so i think its fine ..
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha.. in some Zhong Kui, yup, he is recorded as a handsome young man, only after he offended some demons, they changed him into the scary look just before he got the title The Grand Scholar.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is also the main cause of his death.
New pics added (leigong_new01.jpg - leigong_new04.jpg) & (leigong_dianmu_new01.jpg - leigong_dianmu_new03.jpg)
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