Celtic Arthur: Gods of Sun and Storm

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Every pagan mythology seems to have gods of this kind. Egypt had Ra, Greece Apollo and Zeus, and the Norse Thor. Yahweh was originally a storm god, and the Irish equated Helios with the prophet Elias and Sol with Christ. While the gods of the Celts are not openly connected to specific forces of nature, In “Celtic Myth and Arthurian…