Many cultures seem to have had sky-gods with control over storms and lightning: Zeus, Jupiter, Baal-hamon, Tengri, Yahweh, etc. Since people are struck by lightning and survive, I assume it had to have happened in the past too. I've never seen any accounts of lighting-strike survivors though, and I'm wondering whether being struck by lightning affected how they were treated in cultures where lightning had religious significance?
I don't know of any specific details from multiple cultures, but I do think I can shed a little light on the issue from the Classical Roman point of view. I'm currently reading Virgil's Aeneid, detailing the life and travels of Rome's original founder, Aeneas, after the fall of Troy. Aeneas is the son of Venus, goddess of sexual desire and beauty, and Anchises, a mortal man of Troy. Naturally, Anchises got quite a big head from winning the love of Venus herself. According to the epic, Anchises' arrogance was so obvious that Jupiter, king of the gods, crippled him with a lightning bolt. Anchises was made humble again and became a key figure in his son's adventure.
As to the actual historical view of those who had been struck by lightning, I believe that the same sort of message would remain: due to some sort of sin or lack of piety, a god had sent a message to this person to repent or suffer harsher consequences. We understand that the Greeks and Romans saw nature itself as a reflection of the divine powers, and we can assume that should someone get a taste of the power of the god king, it was seen as no mere accident. I would be interested to know how other cultures saw the power of the lightning bolt and how surviving a strike could change a culture's view of an individual.
Edit: Typos.