Perun
Proper noun
Meaning
Perun
The highest god in the pantheon of Slavic mythology, the god of thunder and lightning.
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Examples
Perun retaliates to this challenge of the divine order by pursuing Veles, attacking with his lightning bolts from the sky.
For comparison, "Parom" a corrupted form of the name "Perun", is used as a mild curse in Slovak language - "Do Paroma!" is roughly equivalent to perkele in Finnish.
He described them as barbarians, who lived under democracy, and that they believe in one god, "the maker of lightning" ( Perun ), to whom they made sacrifice.
The most common name of the supreme deity is Perun and was identified with the Christian God after Christianization.
This duality and conflict represents an opposition of the natural principles of earth, water, substance, and chaos (Veles) and of heaven, fire, spirit, order (Perun), not a clash of good and evil.
Veles taunts Perun and flees, transforming himself into various animals and hiding behind trees, houses, even people.