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Perun
The Slavic god Perun is identical to Lithuanian Perkunas and
Latvian Perkons. These comparisons go further away: one of names
of god Indry, the sovereign of rain, thunders and lightnings
from the old Indian epos the Rig-Veda is Parjanya.
Peruns origins are related to the common Indo-European era.
The god of a thunder-storm had been connected with the military
function since Indo-European tradition and accordingly was
considered to be the patron of the armed force and its leader.
Yet another Peruns image is connected with his punishing
function. Perun punished the mortal with bad harvest, famine and
mass epidemics by sending the hailstones, storms and downpours.
The main myth about Perun narrates about the battle of the god
with the Serpent the thief of cattle, waters, sometimes stars
and the Thunderers wife. Both heroes of the myth are connected
with stone: either the fight takes place in the mountains, or
the Serpent is stone, or Perun strikes him with the stone
weapon.
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