In general they blame it on the gods ... just like everybody did until Ben Franklin.
Lightning and thunder comes from the cumulonimbus cloud and hits the earth.
the thunderbolts and lightning were weapons thrown by the god Zeus when he was angry at his enemies.
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Lightning causes thunder. Lightning is a massive electrical discharge that you see as a bolt or flash of light. Thunder is the sound caused when the lightning superheats the air, creating a shockwave.
because sound travels slower than light, the you are to the lightning the sooner you hear the thunder..
To better explain phenomenons such as lightning or why spiders weave webs.
Aborigines
Lightning may travel parallel up to 10 miles, before striking the ground. That may help to explain why you saw lightning before the rain arrived. It's perfectly normal.
The British invaded the Aborigines in 1788.
they basically were subbed in for things humans did not understand in the past. we did not understand lightning, so zues was created to explain why lightning happened. not knowing is the greatest fear of humanity.
Lightning
Probably like most other humans, its massive static discharge from a large cloud.