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Perun

deity sky Slavic single tradition · 13

Perun is the god of thunder and war in Slavic paganism. He was favored by members of the prince's druzhina (military retinue). Vladimir the Great erected a statue to Perun in a pagan temple on a hill in Kiev dedicated to six gods.

↻ synthesized from 13 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Worshipped in Kievan Rus' during Vladimir's reign in the late 10th century, before the Christianization.

Relationships

co occurs with
Stribog, Dazhd'bog, Simargl, Sima, Rglu, Volos, Bojan, Indra, Varuna, Oðinn, Vṛtra, Þór, Dazhd'bog, angels of thunder, angels of lightning, Raróg, Ilmarinen, Svarozhits-Dazhbog, Indra Vritrahan, Khors, víly, Svarozhits, Beregyni, Artemid, Veretragna, Saint John Baptist, Moryana, Dogoda, Varpulis, Svarog, Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, Bellona, nameless Slavic chief god, Mokosh, Rod, Rozhanitsy, Vila, Pereplut, Dziwa, Perkūnas, Saulė, Veles, Triglav
allied with
Khors, Varpulis, Veles
syncretized with
Mitra, Taranis, Kresnik, Svetovit
child of
Perkunatete, Percunatele

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (13)
  1. Vladimir the Great
  2. Veles (god)
  3. Khors
  4. Svarog
  5. Svarozhits
  6. Saint John's Eve
  7. Henkhisesui
  8. Hutchai
  9. Shehbui
  10. List of Slavic deities
  11. Pereplut
  12. Percunatele
  13. Triglav (mythology)

Source passages

“Perun—the god of thunder and war, a god favored by members of the prince's druzhina (military retinue)”

#1756 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Or Perun – Veles as the type Indra – Varuna, or Þór – Óðinn, which would represent a typical and insurmountable tension between a strong thunderer of the II. function (who moreover takes over competencies in the sphere of fertility, which fits both Perun and Þór) and a sovereign magical god of the I. function.”

#14774 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Such a reconstruction would indicate functions similar to those of Perun, the god of storms and oaks.”

#16786 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Aleksander Gieysztor interpreted Svarog as celestial fire (the sun), Perun as atmospheric fire (the thunderbolt), and Svarozhits-Dazhbog as earthly fire (fire).”

#17463 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“start to make sacrifices to the thunder and lightning, the sun and moon, and others, to Perun, Khors, the Vily and Mokosh”

#17473 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5