{"id":719,"date":"2022-02-22T01:35:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T01:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=719"},"modified":"2022-02-25T02:39:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T02:39:50","slug":"the-lightning-bolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-lightning-bolt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lightning Bolt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Lightning-Bolt-power-symol-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Lightning-Bolt-power-symol-1.png 225w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Lightning-Bolt-power-symol-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lightning Bolt was frequently used by male gods in the ancient world, from the Norse to the Greeks to the Romans to the Native Americans, to punish people who had done wrong. However, on a more positive note, the sign was also employed to bring water to the soil and cultivate the world. However, the Lightning Bolt is now frequently depicted in toys as a symbol of magical power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lightning Bolt was frequently used by male gods in the ancient world, from the Norse to the Greeks to the Romans to the Native Americans, to punish people who had done wrong. However, on a more positive note, the sign was also employed to bring water to the soil and cultivate the world. However, &#8230; <a title=\"The Lightning Bolt\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-lightning-bolt\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Lightning Bolt\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3276,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions\/3276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}