| rdfs:comment | - Also known as Marutagana are Hindu deities of storm and in some myths are sons of Rudra, who is a god of storms as well. They accompany Indra and are allied to Vayu. They are said to be the children of Diti, who was unable to carry her child in her womb for 100 years and soh Indra slays her. Indra then split the child into the seven Maruts.
- In Hinduism the Maruts (Sanskrit: मरुत्), also known as the Marutgana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Diti and attendants of Indra. The number of Maruts varies from two 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 north, as riding in golden chariots drawn by ruddy horses.
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| abstract | - In Hinduism the Maruts (Sanskrit: मरुत्), also known as the Marutgana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Diti and attendants of Indra. The number of Maruts varies from two 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 north, as riding in golden chariots drawn by ruddy horses. In the Vedic mythology, the Maruts, a troop of young warriors, are Indra's companions. According to French comparative mythologist Georges Dumézil, they are cognate to the Einherjar and the Wild hunt. According to the Ramayana, the Maruts' mother, Diti, either seven or seven times seven in number, hoped to give birth to a son who would be more powerful than Indra. She remained pregnant for one hundred years in hopes of doing so; Indra prevented it by throwing a thunderbolt at her and splintering the fetus into the many less powerful deities.
- Also known as Marutagana are Hindu deities of storm and in some myths are sons of Rudra, who is a god of storms as well. They accompany Indra and are allied to Vayu. They are said to be the children of Diti, who was unable to carry her child in her womb for 100 years and soh Indra slays her. Indra then split the child into the seven Maruts.
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