Perkūnas
Perkūnas is a thunder god. Some myths claimed Laumė was a wife of thunder god Perkūnas. During the rain, Straublys stretches the ribbon of Vaiva across the sky, while Perkūnas is angry and shouts in thunder.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in 13th-century chronicles; survived in popular belief and folk tales until the 20th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Velnias, Straublys, Meilius, Mėnulis, Saulė, Žvaigždės, Aušrinė, Mėnuo, Žemyna, Vakarinė, Indraja, Sėlija, Žiezdrė, Vaivora, Laima, Dalia, Bangpūtys, Ašvieniai, Auštaras, Deivės Valdytojos, Verpiančioji, Metančioji, Audėja, Gadintoja, Sergėtoja, Nukirpėja, Išskalbėja, Dievas Senelis, Gabija, Praamžius, Vėjopatis, Dievas, Medeina, Teliavelis, Žvoruna, Andajus, Nonadievis, Ilmarinen, Diviriks, Sovijus, Diana, Perun
- has aspect
- Diviriks
- child of
- Dievas, Perkunatete
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Some myths claimed Laumė was a wife of thunder god Perkūnas. In other stories, the bride was stolen by the devil Velnias, named Tuolius. That's why Laumė liked moonshine. In other myth, the bride of Perkūnas was a Laumė called Vaiva.”
#6805 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“For his infidelity, Perkūnas (thunder god) punished Mėnuo. There are different accounts of the punishment. One version claims that Mėnuo was cut into two pieces, but he did not learn from his mistakes, and thus the punishment is repeated every month. Another version claims that Mėnuo and Saulė divorced, but both wanted to see their daughter Žemyna (earth).”
#16077 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mėnulis (Moon) fell in love with beautiful Aušrinė, cheated on his wife Saulė, and received punishment from Perkūnas (thunder-god).”
#18140 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Perkūnas was the god of thunder, one of the most powerful deities. Perkūnas survived in popular belief and folk tales until the 20th century.”
#18537 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Perkunatete, Perkunatele or Perkūnėlė is in Baltic mythology the thunder goddess mother of Perkūnas”
#26865 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5