A Proto-Indo-European thunder god, reconstructed as *Perkʷūnos, was the weather god in Proto-Indo-European mythology. The deity is thought to be associated with fructifying rains, and his name was pro
The Hand of Perkūnas by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1909). Note that Perkʷunos should be represented with a thunderstone, as the depiction of the hand holding the thunderbolt is of Near Eastern origin.
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In 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,
Proto-Indo-European thunder god
…Balto-Slavic languages, such as Lithuanian Perkūno ąžuolas (Perkūnas's oak), Latvian Pērkōna uōzuōls ('Pērkōn's oak'), and Old Russian Perunovŭ dubŭ ('Perun's oak'). Slavic tradition records that the thunder-god Perūn frequently strikes oaks in order to kindle fire within them, while in Norse mythology the…
Relief sculpture of Perun defeating Veles. Žrnovnica, Croatia. Probably, 8th century
Figurine of Perun from Veliky Novgorod, 12th century.
Drawings of Slavic axe amulets based on archaeological findings dating between the 11th and 12th century
The Ukko axe is a pre-Christian amulet that represents the Finnic deity