weather magic

Storm-summoning spells cast

Weather magic is the supposed ability to control or influence atmospheric conditions through supernatural means—spells, rituals, or innate power.

The concept appears across folklore, fantasy fiction, and various spiritual traditions: The shaman performed weather magic to end the drought.

In games and fiction, weather magic typically encompasses summoning storms, calling rain, or clearing skies.

Related
  • stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
  • conjureSummon by supernatural means
  • rainmakerBusiness-generating executive
  • tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
  • shamanIndigenous spiritual healer

clouds · cloud seeding · rain dance · thunder · thunder god · ritual · elemental · spell · wind · lightning · drought · harvest · harvest moon · incantation · folklore · old wives' tale · precipitation · summon

Categories
Opposites
causation method

weather magicmeteorology

Study of atmospheric phenomena

atmospheric science · climate science · weather forecasting · climatology · barometry

intervention vs. acceptance

weather magicletting nature take its course

Permitting events to unfold naturally

climate adaptation · stoic endurance · naturalism · non-intervention

belief system

weather magicrationalism

Reason as knowledge source

naturalism · empiricism · skepticism · disenchantment

Family

weather, magic, weathers, weathered, weathering, weatherman, magical, magically, magician

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G