- Perun, Slavic God of Thunder – In Slavic Pagan mythology, Perun (written in Cyrillic: Перун) is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of thunder and...
- In Slavic mythology, Perun is revered as a supreme deity, revered for his ability to control the elements and protect the people from evil forces.
- Description of Perun. Perun is the Slavic god of thunder, and of war. He is representative of the destructive, masculine force of nature.
- While statues of Perun stood in Novgorod and in Kiev, and as Svarozic in Rethra, the sanctuary of Prove at Oldenburg is described as without idols [13].
- Perun, as I said, is a god of lightning, to put it wider, a god of the sky and atmosphere as such. (His dualistic opposite is Weles, lord of underground and afterlife).
- Often compared to Thor of the Norse mythological world, Perun was considered the highest of all gods and was one of Svarog’s three sons.
- After the Christianization of Kievan Rus, this place became a monastery, which, quite remarkably, continued to bear the name of Perun.
- In 980 a wooden statue of Perun with a silver head and golden moustache stood on Perun Hill in Kyiv. Perun's feast, celebrated with sacrifices, took place in July.
- He was first associated with weapons made of stone and later with those of metal. Perun is described as a rugged man with a copper beard.
- Some of their myths and folktales overlapped while others stayed within a region. Perun is one of the few who was worshiped among nearly every tribe.