Nature god

Nature god

A nature god (or nature goddess) is a deification of a natural phenomenon or force of nature. For example, Thor is considered a nature god because he is a deification of thunder.

'Nature God' is written by Joseph Frazzetta and Anthony Rotondi. The book has gained interest from various publishers and should be available to the public in 2008.


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