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In Indo-European mythology, the thunderbolt was identified with the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology#Sky_Father" title="Proto-Indo-European mythology">'Sky Father'</a>; this association is also found in later <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion" title="Ancient Greek religion">Hellenic</a> representations of <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Historical_Vedic_religion" title="Historical Vedic religion">Vedic</a> descriptions of the <i><a href="/wiki/Vajra" title="Vajra">vajra</a></i> wielded by the god <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>. It may have been a symbol of cosmic order, as expressed in the fragment from <a href="/wiki/Heraclitus" title="Heraclitus">Heraclitus</a> describing "the Thunderbolt that steers the course of all things".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In its original usage the word may also have been a description of the consequences of a close approach between two planetary cosmic bodies, as <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a> suggested in <i><a href="/wiki/Timaeus_(dialogue)" title="Timaeus (dialogue)">Timaeus</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or, according to <a href="/wiki/Victor_Clube" title="Victor Clube">Victor Clube</a>, meteors,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though this is not currently the case. As a divine manifestation the thunderbolt has been a powerful symbol throughout history, and has appeared in many <a href="/wiki/Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythology">mythologies</a>. Drawing from this powerful association, the thunderbolt is often found in military symbolism and <a href="/wiki/Semiotic" class="mw-redirect" title="Semiotic">semiotic</a> representations of electricity. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_religion_and_mythology">In religion and mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thunderbolt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: In religion and mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lightning_in_religion" title="Lightning in religion">Lightning in religion</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_thunder_gods" title="List of thunder gods">List of thunder gods</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Puteal_de_la_Moncloa_(M.A.N._Madrid)_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bas-relief of Jupiter, nude from the waist up and seated on a throne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Puteal_de_la_Moncloa_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_03.jpg/170px-Puteal_de_la_Moncloa_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Puteal_de_la_Moncloa_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_03.jpg/255px-Puteal_de_la_Moncloa_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Puteal_de_la_Moncloa_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_03.jpg/340px-Puteal_de_la_Moncloa_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1119" data-file-height="1825" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Neo-Attic" title="Neo-Attic">Neo-Attic</a> bas-relief sculpture of <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (mythology)">Jupiter</a>, holding a thunderbolt in his right hand; detail from the <i>Moncloa <a href="/wiki/Puteal" title="Puteal">Puteal</a></i> (Roman, 2nd century), National Archaeological Museum, Madrid</figcaption></figure> <p>Lightning plays a role in many mythologies, often as the weapon of a <a href="/wiki/Sky_god" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky god">sky god</a> and <a href="/wiki/Weather_god" title="Weather god">weather god</a>. As such, it is an unsurpassed method of dramatic instantaneous retributive destruction: thunderbolts as divine weapons can be found in many mythologies. </p> <ul><li>in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Torah</a>, the word for 'arrow', <span title="Hebrew-language text"><i lang="he-Latn">khets</i></span> <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">חֵץ</span></span>, is used for the "arrows" of <a href="/wiki/YHWH" class="mw-redirect" title="YHWH">YHWH</a>/<a href="/wiki/Elohim" title="Elohim">Elohim</a>, which are represented as lightnings in <a href="/wiki/Habakuk" class="mw-redirect" title="Habakuk">Habakuk</a> 3:11, but also as general calamities inflicted on men as divine punishment in <a href="/wiki/Deuteronomy" class="mw-redirect" title="Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy</a> 32:42, <a href="/wiki/Psalm_64" title="Psalm 64">Psalm 64</a>:7, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Job" title="Book of Job">Job</a> 6:4, etc.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, One of its most significant verses is Deuteronomy 6:4, Verses 6:4–5 were also quoted by <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in Mark 12:28–34 as the <a href="/wiki/Great_Commandment" title="Great Commandment">Great Commandment</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming">Second Coming</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> is compared to lightning (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Matthew%2024:27&version=nrsv">Matthew 24: 27</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Luke%2017:24&version=nrsv">Luke 17: 24</a>). With the establishment of Christianity, it passed into popular belief that lightning is the fire that leaves behind the chariot of the Prophet <a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Elijah</a> as it runs through the sky, while thunder is the rattle of the feet of the horses that drag his chariot. According to another tradition, lightning and thunder are more island-like<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What does island-like mean? Like an island in what way? (November 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, as the cannons fired by the <a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">Archangel Michael</a> against <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Hittites" title="Hittites">Hittite</a> (and <a href="/wiki/Hurrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurrian">Hurrian</a>) mythology, a triple thunderbolt was one symbol of <a href="/wiki/Teshub" title="Teshub">Teshub</a> (Tarhunt).</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Historical_Vedic_religion" title="Historical Vedic religion">Vedic religion</a> (and later <a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Hindu mythology</a>) the god <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a> is the god of lightning. His main weapon is the thunderbolt (<a href="/wiki/Vajra" title="Vajra">Vajra</a>).</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, the thunderbolt is a weapon given to <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Cyclopes" title="Cyclopes">Cyclopes</a>. Based on this, in <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a>, the thunderbolt is a weapon given to <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (mythology)">Jupiter</a> by the Cyclopes, and is thus one of the emblems of Jupiter, often depicted on Greek and Roman coins and elsewhere as an eagle holding in its claws a thunderbolt which resembles in form a bundle of crossed sticks.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taranis" title="Taranis">Taranis</a> is the god of thunder, in <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuireann" title="Tuireann">Tuireann</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology">Norse mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Thor</a> is specifically the god of thunder and lightning, wielding <a href="/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir" title="Mjölnir">Mjölnir</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Slavic_paganism" title="Slavic paganism">Slavic mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perun" title="Perun">Perun</a> is the god of the sky, controlling storms, thunder and lightning and wields the <a href="/wiki/Axe_of_Perun" title="Axe of Perun">Axe of Perun</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Finnish_mythology" title="Finnish mythology">Finnish mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukko" title="Ukko">Ukko</a> is the god of thunder and lightning, wielding <a href="/wiki/Ukonvasara" title="Ukonvasara">Ukonvasara</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Turkish_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish mythology">Turkish mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bai-Ulgan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bai-Ulgan">Bayülgen</a> creates the thunderbolts.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Maya_mythology" title="Maya mythology">Maya mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huracan" title="Huracan">Huracan</a> is sometimes represented as three thunderbolts.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Guaraní mythology">Guaraní mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tup%C3%A3_(mythology)" title="Tupã (mythology)">Tupã</a> is the embodiment of thunder and has power over lightning.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> mythology, the <a href="/wiki/Ani_Hyuntikwalaski" title="Ani Hyuntikwalaski">Ani Hyuntikwalaski</a> ("thunder beings") cause lightning fire in a hollow <a href="/wiki/Sycamore" title="Sycamore">sycamore</a> tree.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Ojibway" class="mw-redirect" title="Ojibway">Ojibway</a> mythology, thunder is created by the <a href="/wiki/Thunderbird_(mythology)" title="Thunderbird (mythology)">Thunderbirds</a> (Nimkiig or Binesiiwag), which can be both benevolent and malevolent to human beings.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Odinani" class="mw-redirect" title="Odinani">Igbo mythology</a>, the thunderbolt is the weapon of <a href="/wiki/Amadioha" title="Amadioha">Amadioha</a>/Amadiora.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoruba mythology">Yoruba mythology</a>, the thunderbolt is the weapon of <a href="/wiki/Shango" title="Shango">Shango</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhism</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Vajra" title="Vajra">Vajra</a> or thunderbolt is symbol of <a href="/wiki/Vajrayana" title="Vajrayana">Vajrayana</a> branch.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Paleo-Balkan_mythology" title="Paleo-Balkan mythology">Paleo-Balkan mythology</a>, Zibelthiurdos (also "Zbelsurdos", "Zibelthurdos"): a god recognized as similar to the Greek <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> as a wielder of lightning and thunderbolts.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Navajo_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Navajo mythology">Navajo mythology</a>, the hero twins, Naʼídígishí and Naayééʼ Neizghání, have bows that shoot thunderbolts as arrows.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Chinese_mythology" title="Chinese mythology">Chinese mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lei_Gong" class="mw-redirect" title="Lei Gong">Lei Gong</a> uses thunderbolts as a weapon and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Dian_Mu" class="mw-redirect" title="Dian Mu">Dian Mu</a>, creates the accompanying lightning flashes with her mirror.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thunderstones">Thunderstones</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thunderbolt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Thunderstones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name "thunderbolt" or "thunderstone" has also been traditionally applied to the fossilised <a href="/wiki/Rostrum_(anatomy)" title="Rostrum (anatomy)">rostra</a> of <a href="/wiki/Belemnoids" class="mw-redirect" title="Belemnoids">belemnoids</a>. The origin of these bullet-shaped stones was not understood, and thus a mythological explanation of stones created where a lightning struck has arisen.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_modern_world">In the modern world</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thunderbolt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In the modern world"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The thunderbolt or lightning bolt continues into the modern world as a prominent symbol; it has entered modern <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a> and military iconography. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_iconography">In iconography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thunderbolt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In iconography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The thunderbolt is used as an electrical symbol.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The thunderbolt is also used as a <a href="/wiki/Hazard_symbol" title="Hazard symbol">hazard symbol</a> indicating dangers from electricity.</li> <li>A thunderbolt is used in the <a href="/wiki/AC/DC#mediaviewer/File:Acdc_logo_band.svg" title="AC/DC">logo</a> of the Australian hard rock band <a href="/wiki/AC/DC" title="AC/DC">AC/DC</a>.</li> <li>A thunderbolt is used in the logo of the German car manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Opel" title="Opel">Opel</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Flash_and_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Flash and Circle">logo</a> of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Action_Party" title="People's Action Party">People's Action Party</a> in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>.</li> <li>The thunderbolt used by <a href="/wiki/Squatters" class="mw-redirect" title="Squatters">squatters</a> as their insignia.</li> <li>Numerous <a href="/wiki/Fascist" class="mw-redirect" title="Fascist">fascist</a> organizations such as the <a href="/wiki/Schutzstaffel" title="Schutzstaffel">Schutzstaffel</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_Union_of_Fascists" title="British Union of Fascists">British Union of Fascists</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Bulgarian_National_Legions" title="Union of Bulgarian National Legions">Union of Bulgarian National Legions</a> (SBNL) have historically used thunderbolts as their symbols.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_fiction">In fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thunderbolt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the <a href="/wiki/DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a>, the thunderbolt is the symbol seen on the chest (or entire torso) of the costumes worn by <a href="/wiki/Shazam_(Billy_Batson)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shazam (Billy Batson)">Shazam</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Flash_(DC_Comics_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flash (DC Comics character)">Flash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garth_Ranzz" title="Garth Ranzz">Lightning Lad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayla_Ranzz" title="Ayla Ranzz">Lightning Lass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_Lightning" title="Black Lightning">Black Lightning</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Static_(DC_Comics)" title="Static (DC Comics)">Static</a>.</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Universe" title="Marvel Universe">Marvel Universe</a> the thunderbolt is the symbol seen on the torso of the costumes worn by <a href="/wiki/Electro_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Electro (Marvel Comics)">Electro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quicksilver_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicksilver (comics)">Quicksilver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_Bolt" title="Black Bolt">Black Bolt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Speed_Demon_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Speed Demon (comics)">Speed Demon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ms._Marvel" title="Ms. Marvel">Ms. Marvel</a>, and is also the name of a <a href="/wiki/Thunderbolts_(comics)" title="Thunderbolts (comics)">superhero team</a>.</li> <li>The thunderbolt is used in the logo of the <i><a href="/wiki/Power_Rangers" title="Power Rangers">Power Rangers</a></i> franchise.</li> <li>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a></i> franchise, the scar on <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_(character)" title="Harry Potter (character)">Harry</a>'s forehead is in the shape of a thunderbolt. <ul><li>The letter "P" in the <i>Harry Potter</i> logo is also stylized in the shape of a thunderbolt.</li></ul></li> <li>In the novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Godfather_(novel)" title="The Godfather (novel)">The Godfather</a></i>, "being hit with the thunderbolt" is an Italian expression (<i>colpo di fulmine</i>) referring to a man being spellbound at the sight of a beautiful woman (like the so-called <i><a href="/wiki/Love_at_first_sight" title="Love at first sight">love at first sight</a></i>). The novel's emerging main character is affected in this fashion and eventually marries a woman whose appearance initially affects him in this way.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unicode_code_points">Unicode code points</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thunderbolt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Unicode code points"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+2607</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">☇</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">LIGHTNING</span></li></ul> <p>Related forms have these <a href="/wiki/Code_points" class="mw-redirect" title="Code points">code points</a>: </p> <ul><li><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Thunderbolts.PNG/240px-Thunderbolts.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Thunderbolts.PNG 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="234" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Typical <a href="/wiki/Cartoon" title="Cartoon">cartoon</a> representations of thunderbolts (lightning bolts)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Engineers_Ensign.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Thunderbolts represented on the Royal Engineers' ensign"><img alt="Thunderbolts represented on the Royal Engineers' ensign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Royal_Engineers_Ensign.png/160px-Royal_Engineers_Ensign.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Royal_Engineers_Ensign.png/240px-Royal_Engineers_Ensign.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Royal_Engineers_Ensign.png/320px-Royal_Engineers_Ensign.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Thunderbolts represented on the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a>' ensign</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of the United States Air Force"><img alt="Emblem of the United States Air Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/160px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/240px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/320px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Emblem of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rubens_-_Vulcano_forjando_los_rayos_de_J%C3%BApiter.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vulcan forging the thunderbolts of Jupiter (by Pieter Paul Rubens)"><img alt="Vulcan forging the thunderbolts of Jupiter, (by Pieter Paul Rubens)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Rubens_-_Vulcano_forjando_los_rayos_de_J%C3%BApiter.jpg/89px-Rubens_-_Vulcano_forjando_los_rayos_de_J%C3%BApiter.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Rubens_-_Vulcano_forjando_los_rayos_de_J%C3%BApiter.jpg/133px-Rubens_-_Vulcano_forjando_los_rayos_de_J%C3%BApiter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Rubens_-_Vulcano_forjando_los_rayos_de_J%C3%BApiter.jpg/178px-Rubens_-_Vulcano_forjando_los_rayos_de_J%C3%BApiter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1597" data-file-height="3051" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_(mythology)" title="Vulcan (mythology)">Vulcan</a> forging the thunderbolts of Jupiter</i><br />(by <a href="/wiki/Pieter_Paul_Rubens" class="mw-redirect" title="Pieter Paul Rubens">Pieter Paul Rubens</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CircleN.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thunderbolt through circle used as squatters' symbol"><img alt="Thunderbolt through circle used as squatters' symbol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/CircleN.svg/117px-CircleN.svg.png" decoding="async" width="117" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/CircleN.svg/176px-CircleN.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/CircleN.svg/234px-CircleN.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="290" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Thunderbolt through circle used as <a href="/wiki/Squatters" class="mw-redirect" title="Squatters">squatters</a>' symbol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sbnl.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thunderbolt through circle in the Union of Bulgarian National Legions (SBNL) emblem"><img alt="Thunderbolt through circle in the Union of Bulgarian National Legions (SBNL) emblem" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sbnl.svg/160px-Sbnl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sbnl.svg/240px-Sbnl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sbnl.svg/320px-Sbnl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="604" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Thunderbolt through circle in the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Bulgarian_National_Legions" title="Union of Bulgarian National Legions">Union of Bulgarian National Legions</a> (SBNL) emblem</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Opel-Logo_2017.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Opel's logo represents thunderbolt"><img alt="Opel's logo represents thunderbolt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Opel-Logo_2017.svg/160px-Opel-Logo_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Opel-Logo_2017.svg/240px-Opel-Logo_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Opel-Logo_2017.svg/320px-Opel-Logo_2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="668" data-file-height="543" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Opel" title="Opel">Opel</a>'s logo represents thunderbolt</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SAC_Shield.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The shield of Strategic Air Command shows a mailed hand holding an olive branch and thunderbolts"><img alt="The shield of 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