- Perun’s name means thunder and lightning bolt in the various Slavic languages. His name originates in the very earliest times of the Aryan race.
- Perun, the thunder god of the ancient pagan Slavs, a fructifier, purifier, and overseer of right and order.
- 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).
- In Slavic mythology, Perun was the supreme god, the god of thunder and lightning, who owned the sky and acted as the patron saint of ruling army units.
- 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...
- Perun’s thunderbolts also were considered a potent fertility symbol because they were thought to awaken the earth in spring from its deathlike winter sleep.
- 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.
- Description of Perun. Perun is the Slavic god of thunder, and of war. He is representative of the destructive, masculine force of nature.
- 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.