What is a Rainmaker?
A Rainmaker . . .
In many dozens of world mythologies, a Rainmaker, or rain god, brings rain to the earth to make things
grow - giving man the sustenance that he needs to live.
In the modern world, the term Rainmaker can apply to anyone – from the marketing or salesperson
who always finishes first in sales or closes the biggest deals to the engineer who consistently develops
innovative ways to present a company’s products to the program manager that increases production
while reducing costs.
In the purest sense, a Rainmaker is a difference maker.
Just as too little rain causes drought and prevents vegetation (or your business) from thriving, too much rain causes flooding which leads to devastation. Likewise, too much business, or the search for too much business, over a limited period, can stretch the management and operational resources of a business to the point of destruction.
At Rainmaker GPS, we are difference makers! We have developed a delicate balance in the management of our client engagements by greatly reducing both the physical stress and resource drain caused by the strategic planning and proposal writing and management processes.
We assist clients by developing, implementing, and managing customized, strategic plans that serve as each company's premeditated and calculated blueprint designed to predict and capitalize on each phase of growth in a manner most beneficial to the company. We take our name seriously and are Rainmakers in the real and mythological sense. Give us a chance to show you what we can do.
Famous Rainmakers Throughout History
Gods of rain and weather in regional mythology:
Mesoamerica Mythology
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Chaac - in Maya religion
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Tohil - in K'iche' Maya mythology
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Q'uq'umatz - another K'iche' Maya rain god
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Tlaloc - in Aztec and all the other Nahua religions
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Cocijo - in Zapotec religion
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Tirípeme Curicaueri - in Purépecha religion
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Dzahui - in Mixtec religion
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Mu'ye - in Otomi religion
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Jaguar - in Olmec religion
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Quiateot of the Nicarao people in Nicaragua
Hawaiian Mythology
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Lono - also a fertility god
North America Mythology
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Yuttoere - in De'ne' and Carrier
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Asiaq - goddess among Greenlandic Inuit and Inuit in Northern Canada
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Shotokunungwa of Hopi people
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Tó Neinilii of Navajo people
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Coyote (Navajo mythology)
Norse Mythology
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Freyr - god of rain, sunshine, summer and fertility
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Þórr - god of heaven, of thunder, of lightning, of rain.
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Óðinn - god of the sky and the wind.
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Njörðr - god of harvest, fertility and seasons.
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Ullr - god of snow and winter.
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Þorgerðr - goddess of the hail storm.
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Irpa - goddess of hail storm.
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Rán - goddess of the sea storms.
Hindu Mythology
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Indra
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Mariamman
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Parjanya
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Shakambhari
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Surupa - sky goddess who brings rain
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Varuna
Lithuanian Mythology
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Blizgulis - god of snow
Slavic mythology
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Dodola - goddess of rain
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Dudumitsa - Bulgarian goddess of rain
African Mythology
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Achek - wife of the rain god Deng in Dinka mythology
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Mangwe - a water spirit known as "the flooder" in the beliefs of the Ila people of Zambia
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Oya - goddess of violent rainstorms in Yoruba mythology
South America Mythology
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Eschetewuarha of Chamacoco
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Chibchacum in the religion of the Muisc
Middle Eastern Mythology
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Baal
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Adad
Tibetan Mythology
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Kalden
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Lumo - sky goddess of rain and mist
Australian Aboriginal Dreaming
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The Wandjina - cloud and rain spirits from Australian Aboriginal mythology
Greek-Roman Mythology
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Zeus/Jupiter - god of the sky, rain, lightning, and thunder
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Poseidon/Neptune - god of the sea storms
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Iris - goddess of rainbow
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Fulgora - lightning goddess
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Aeolus - king of the winds
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Uranus/Caelus - god of heaven
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Aether - god of the air
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Tempestas - storm goddess
Indian Mythology
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Indra - god of the sky, rain, and thunder
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Vayu - god of the wind
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Maruts - storm gods
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Dyaus - god of heaven
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Saranyu - goddess of the clouds
Egyptian Mythology
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Seth - god of storms
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Nut - goddess of the sky
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Horus - god of the sky and the sun
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Shu - god of the air
Mesopotamian Mythology
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Haddad - god of the storm
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Enlil - god of air and wind
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Anu - god of heaven
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Ninlil - air goddess
Celtic Mythology [Gaulish and Brythonic deities]
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Ambisagrus - god of storm
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Leucetius - god of thunder

Tlaloc - the Aztec Rain God