Indra is the god of certain natural phenomena.
 Aspects of Indra as a deity are cognate to other Indo-European gods; there are thunder gods such as Thor, Perun, and Zeus who share parts of his heroic mythologies, act as king of gods, and all are linked to "rain and thunder"
 Indra destroys Vritra and his "deceiving forces", and thereby brings rains and sunshine as the saviour of mankind

