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پرون
Sign in to saveIn Slavic mythology, Perun () is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility and oak trees. His other attributes were fire, mountains, wind, iris, eagle, firmament (in Indo-European languages, this was joined with the notion of the sky of stone), horses and carts, and weapons (hammer, axe (Axe of Perun), and arrow). The supreme god in the Kievan Rus' during the 9th-10th centuries, Perun was first associated with weapons made of stone and later with those of metal.
Perun was the supreme god in Slavic mythology, commanding authority over the sky, thunder, lightning, storms, and numerous other domains including war, law, fertility, and oak trees. He matters as a central figure in the religious beliefs of Kievan Rus' during the 9th-10th centuries, representing the pantheon's highest deity and embodying both natural forces and human concerns like justice and warfare.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Slavic
- Deity.image
- File:Saint George slays the dragon, Croatia, 8th century.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Relief sculpture of Perun defeating Veles. Žrnovnica, Croatia. Probably, 8th century
- Deity.name
- Perun
- Deity.god_of
- God of the sky, lightning, thunder, war
- Deity.member_of
- Vladimir's pantheon
- Deity.symbol
- Oak, fire, iris
- Deity.animals
- Eagle
- Deity.weapon
- Hammer, mace or axe
- Deity.battles
- Battle of Perun and Veles
- Deity.consort
- Mokosh, Perunika or Dodola
- Deity.children
- Jarilo and Morana
- Deity.Indo european_equivalent
- Perkwunos
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Finnic
- Deity.equivalent1
- Ukko
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Baltic
- Deity.equivalent2
- Perkūnas
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Perun
- worshipped by
- Rodnovery
- described by source
- Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
- indigenous to
- Slavs
- native label
- Перун
- enemy
- Veles
- domain of saint or deity
- war
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