"thunder animal/beast") is a legendary creature associated with lightning and thunder, as well as the god Raijin.Ī raijū's body is composed of (or wrapped in) lightning and commonly conceived of as taking the form of a white-blue wolf or dog, among other such animal forms as a tanuki, leopard, fox, weasel, black or white panther, ferret, marten, tiger, cat, bear, porcupine, tapir, bull, rat, rabbit, squirrel (usually flying squirrel), pangolin, boar, deer, badger, mongoose, civet, monkey, rhinoceros, sea creature (usually a marine mammal such as a dolphin or seal, although it can also take form of a fish (usually a shark, deep sea fish, ray, barracuda, pufferfish, sea horse, swordfish or eel), mollusk, echinoderm (usually a sea urchin) or crustacean, most commonly crab), insect (most commonly caterpillar, grub, stick bug, cicada, praying mantis, wasp, dragonfly or stag beetle), worm, arachnid, millipede, centipede, komainu, qilin or dragon. In Japanese mythology, the raijū ( 雷獣, らいじゅう, lit. The Raijū as depicted in Ban Kōkē's Kanda-Jihitsu For the Dungeons & Dragons monster, see Thunder beast (Dungeons & Dragons).
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