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MAMARAGAN
Real Name: Mamaragan
Identity/Class: Aboriginal Australian Gods
Occupation: God of Lightning
Group Membership: Aboriginal Australian Gods
Affiliations: Aboriginal Australian Gods; Chaac, Shango, Susanoo, and other storm gods; Ilpilya
Enemies: Storm (Ororo Munroe); Hadad
Known Relatives: none
Aliases: Namarrkon, Lightning Man
Base of Operations: Alchera (Celestial Realm of the Aboriginal Australian Gods), within the Dreamtime
First Appearance: Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica#1 (July, 2009)
Powers/Abilities: The Aboriginal Australian gods
all possess certain superhuman physical attributes. They are true
immortals who cease to age upon reaching adulthood, and they cannot
die by conventional means.
The Aboriginal Australian gods are
immune to all terrestrial diseases and are resistant to conventional
injury. If an Aboriginal Australian god is wounded, his or her godly
life force will enable him or her to recover at a superhuman rate. It
would take an injury of such magnitude that it incinerates an
Aboriginal Australian god or disperses a major portion of his or her
bodily molecules to cause him or her to die. Even then, it may be
possible for a god of greater or equal power, or several gods acting
together, to revive the deceased god before the god's life essence is
beyond resurrection.
Aboriginal god flesh and bone are
about two times denser than similar human tissue, contributing to the
gods' superhuman strength and weight. An average male god can lift
about 20 tons; an average goddess can lift about 10 tons (although, as
a storm god, it is suspected that Mamaragan possesses physical
strength and durability that surpasses that of the average male
Aboriginal Australian god).
Though generally weaker than
Asgardian and Olympian deities, the Aboriginal gods have the unique
ability to navigate the Dreamtime with ease.
The gods' metabolism gives them
superhuman endurance in all physical activities. Most Aboriginal gods
are skilled metamorphs and possess the ability to shift all or
portions of their bodies into the forms of animals and other natural
objects.
Many Aboriginal gods also possess additional superhuman powers that
may be magical or spiritual in nature. For instance, Mamaragan
possesses the ability to control storm clouds and emit thunder-like
sonic shock waves. He can also channel lightning into his Aboriginal
hunting stick (waddy) for offensive maneuvers (see
comments).
He often uses the giant gecko known as Ilpilya
as his mount, charging into battle atop the back of the
tempest-spewing reptile.
Height: Variable
Weight: Variable
Eyes: White with no irises (formerly dark brown)
Hair: White (formerly black)
History:
(Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica#1) - The Aboriginal Australian gods' precise origin, like that of all Earth's pantheons, is shrouded in legend. According to ancient myths, the god Altjira directed the other Aboriginal gods to temporarily leave the Dreamtime and descend to the Australian continent within the Earth realm eons ago when the land was barren and featureless. The gods shaped the landscape according to Altjira's plan. While Julunggul the Rainbow Serpent carved out gullies that became rivers and Baiame gave form to the mountains and forests, Mamaragan held domain over the lightning and storms.
(Myth) - While in the Earth realm, Mamaragan came to be revered as a sacred ancestral being by the ancient aboriginal peoples of the Australian continent (particularly the Kunwinjku people residing within Arnhem Land), viewed as a "Lightning Man" who inhabited a billabong and spoke with thunder as his voice.
(Storm V#7 (fb) - BTS) - In modern times, in anticipation of the return of the powerful Mesopotamian storm god Ba'al-Hadad of the Annunaki, Mamaragan (along with fellow storm gods Chaac of the Ahau, Shango of the Vod?, Susanoo of the Amatsu-Kami) ventured to the Earth realm and conjured a destructive weather anomaly in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil which killed a pilot working for Tony Stark. .
(Storm V#7) - The mutant Storm (Ororo Munroe), at the
time possessed by the abstract/cosmic entity Eternity, was dispatched
by Tony Stark to investigate the weather anomaly and retrieve the
pilot, at which time she was ambushed by Mamaragan, Chaac, Shango, and
Susanoo.
Although Mamaragan (riding atop Ipilya) charged at Storm, she was able to defeat him and the other storm gods using a combination of her weather-manipulating mutant powers and innate magical abilities inherited as a descendant of the Elder Goddess Oshtur.
(Storm V#11) - Later, Mamaragan and many other storm
gods convened at meeting led by Zeus
at Hjem Spíti, a pocket dimension which served as a
neutral realm for all Earth's god pantheons. Each assembled storm god
was asked whether they wanted to join forces with the ancient storm
god Ba'al Hadad (who plotted to destroy the current universe and
create a new universe) or side with the self-proclaimed storm god
Ororo Munroe (who, possessed by the abstract entity Eternity,
endeavored to protect the current universe).
Mamaragan, who viewed Ororo Munroe as a weak mortal, was jealous that Eternity (the embodiment of the current universe) passed him over and instead chose Munroe as its champion. Although Mamaragan, along with many other of the storm gods, voted to side with Ba'al Hadad over Ororo Munroe, Hadad soon attacked the entire congregation at Hjem Spíti with a group of Black Winters (a race of universe-consuming entities) under his control, effectively neutralizing the assembled storm deities.
Comments: Adapted by Anthony Flamini and Ben Oliver.
Although Mamaragan was first depicted in the Marvel Universe in 2009's
Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica #1 by Ben Oliver and
Anthony Flamini, he (along with every other storm god featured in the
story) was redesigned by artist Luciano Vecchio for his appearance in
the 2024-2025 Storm series.
While the Mamaragan/Namarrkon oral legends are associated with the Kunwinjku / Bininj people residing within Arnhem Land (in Australia's current Northern Territory), the gecko Ipilya is based on ipilja-ipilja, a giant gecko from the mythologies of the Anindilyakwa / Warnumamalya people inhabiting several islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the northern coast of Australia.
In his appearance in Storm V#7,
Mamaragan wielded what appeared to be a curved, flattened waddy (a
hardwood hunting stick used as a traditional melee and/or projectile
weapon by the Aboriginal people of Australia) when battling Storm
(Ororo Munroe). This would be an appropriate weapon for a character
based on Australian Aboriginal legend. However, in his subsequent
appearance in Storm V#11, Mamaragan wielded what appeared to be a
Japanese katana blade when defending himself against the ambush by
Hadad and the Black Winters. It's unknown whether this choice was
intentional or due to artist error. Incidentally, Mamaragan was
standing next to the Japanese storm god Susanoo when wielding the
katana, so he may have just been borrowing his fellow storm god's
weaponry while defending himself from the surprise attack.
This profile was completed 07/05/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Skullogeist
CLARIFICATIONS:
Mamaragan should not be confused with
 Also known as the "Regurgitator of
Tempests," Ipilya is a giant gecko able to emit violent storms
from its mouth. It often serves as the mount of the lightning
god Mamaragan, using its speed and dexterity to charge into
battle. |
images: (without ads)
Storm V#11, p13 (main image)
Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica#1: Aboriginal Gods
profile (Mamaragan in his original form)
Storm V#7, p18 (Mamaragan & Ipilya attacking Storm)
Storm V#7 Thunder Gods designs by Luciano Vecchio
Storm V#7, p13 (Mamaragan & Ipilya)
Appearances:
Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica#1 (July, 2009) -
Anthony Flamini (head writer), Alex Starbuck (editorial assistant),
John Denning & Cory Levine (assistant editors), Mark D. Beazley
& Jennifer Grunwald (editors, special projects), Jeff Youngquist
(editor)
Storm V#7 (April, 2025) - Murewa Ayodele (writer), Mario Santoro &
Carlos Villa (artists), Alex Guimarães & Fer Sifuentes-Sujo
(colorists), Travis Lanham (letterer), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Storm V#11 (August, 2025) - Murewa Ayodele (writer), Luciano Vecchio
(artist), Alex Guimarães & Fer Sifuentes-Sujo (colorists), Travis
Lanham (letterer), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First Posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 07/05/2026
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