In The Modern World
The thunderbolt or lightning bolt continues into the modern world as a prominent symbol; it has entered modern heraldry and military iconography.
- In iconography
- The thunderbolt is used as an electrical symbol.
- The thunderbolt is also used to separate the letters "AC" and "DC" in the name of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC.
- In fiction
- The thunderbolt is the symbol for the DC Comics characters Captain Marvel and the Flash.
- In Harry Potter, the thunderbolt (or lightning bolt) is Harry's forehead scar.
- In the novel The Godfather, "being hit with the thunderbolt" is a Sicilian expression referring to a man being spellbound at the sight of a beautiful woman. The novel's emerging main character is affected in this fashion and eventually marries a woman whose appearance initially hit him like a thunderbolt.
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