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  Slav mythology 8   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Statue of Perkunas had a twisted fl beard, a bright-red face and the same colours a sheaf of beams around of a head.
To the right of Perkunas there was a sculpture affable young men without beard in a wreath from ears - Potrimps, the god of the rivers and sources, the bearer of fertility and a good harvest.
On the left side from Perkunas there was statue Patollo - the god of Underworld and night phantoms, an embodiment of horror.
www.redrival.com /mythology/Slav8.htm   (775 words)

  
 CHAPTER IV
In Baltic mythology Perkunas is linked both to a mountain — in Lithuanian mythology Perkunas lives on the top of a hill reaching the sky — and to oaks, growing in sacral places, or to sacred oak woods.
Perkunas lives in the clouds or on a high hill, but one can meet him in the woods or simply at the doorstep of one’s house, where he appears chasing his eternal enemy, Velnias.
Perkunas is heard — it is said that in a storm the thunder comes from the rolling of his iron wheels.
www.crvp.org /book/Series04/IVA-17/chapter_iv.htm   (3937 words)

  
 perkunas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sometimes Perkunas is accompanied by a goat, but usually he rides a winged horse which leaves a fire trail after it when riding on the skies.
Perkunas himself is an old man with a long white beard and a face the color of the moon.
Perkunas wears a lightning wreath on his head and always hunts devils for their tricks.
www1.omnitel.net /sakmes/perkunas-e.html   (190 words)

  
 An Ancient European Pagan Creation Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Perkunas is a sky god and is associated with the oak.
"Folklore usually emphasizes that Perkunas is a patron of weather, he lives between the heaven and the earth in the clouds, he commands the thunder and lightning.
Thus Perkunas occupies the center of the structure of the universe, becomes the master of the atmosphere..." Velnias is a god of the waters and the earth, particularly under the earth.
www.talkaboutreligion.com /group/alt.religion.druid/messages/59067.html   (816 words)

  
 Frazer, Sir James George. 1922. The Golden Bough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The chief deity of the Lithuanians was Perkunas or Perkuns, the god of thunder and lightning, whose resemblance to Zeus and Jupiter has often been pointed out.
Oaks were sacred to him, and when they were cut down by the Christian missionaries, the people loudly complained that their sylvan deities were destroyed.
Perpetual fires, kindled with the wood of certain oak-trees, were kept up in honour of Perkunas; if such a fire went out, it was lighted again by friction of the sacred wood.
www.bartleby.com /196/pages/page161.html   (521 words)

  
 Slav mythology 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In folklore Perkunas behaves the same as also other representatives of the given type.
The pursued opponent is hidden for different subjects (the tree, a stone), addresses in the cow, in the person <...> According to the folklore texts the variant of a myth, where a morning dawn Ausrine, with his opponent is reconstructed also.
Perkunas overthrows her from the sky on the ground, and that turns in chthonic goddess (compare.
www.redrival.com /mythology/2slav2.htm   (1083 words)

  
 MUSEUM OF MOLETAI DISTRICT: ETHNOGRAPHIC FARMSTEAD
Next to the farmstead it is planned to rebuild the building of Perkunas sanctuary which was in Sventaragis valley in Vilnius in the 13th century.
A hope to rebuild the building of Perkunas' sanctuary in the territory of the ethnographic farmstead next to Moletai observatory has been cherished for a long time.
As we can see Perkunas' sanctuary was connected not only with religion, but also with the ancient science of astronomy.
muziejus.moletai.lt /sodyba_en.html   (1242 words)

  
 Chthonic and Indo-European Elements
Perkunas: His name means Thunder and he is the God of Thunder.
In terms of importance, she is second to that of Perkunas.
Though theorising, I suspect that it is a battle that rages between the Old European, Chthonic pantheon and that of the Sky deities of the Indo-Europeans.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/3503/lecture98.html   (2517 words)

  
 Baltic mythological images.
From sanctuary in valley Swintorog we were reached with a figurine sitting Perkunas (the end of 13-th.
The god of Clear Sky is Dievas, to the God of the Thunder - is Perkunas, the God of Earth Powers - Veln/Vels (Prussian Patollo), to the Cultural Hero - Sovius; to the Great Goddess - Zemes mate, and also some other.
Is evident, that at full structure of Balt pantheon, the type of the Cultural Hero is be relative undeveloped.
greek-gods.tripod.com /Baltic.htm   (3026 words)

  
 ESPN.com - GEN - OTL: The prize at the Seventh Fort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Perkunas was a top club team, active during World War II.
Segalson says Blatt also told him that Perkunas had played an exhibition game against a team of Germans just before the July 6 massacre at the fort, and that, for winning the game, the Lithuanians were given a grisly prize.
Perkunas is the team that Nacham Blatt -- the soccer player who escaped from the Seventh Fort -- is said to have linked with both the massacre and the game against the Germans.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/news/story?id=1778583   (2161 words)

  
 Lithuania
Perkunas is also a participant in the Heavenly Wedding, a Latvian tale of the Sun’s daughter’s wedding.
Sometimes Perkunas is a guest of the Sun or a guest of the Moon.
Perkunas’ fifth function is highly debated between academics, whether he is a war god.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/3503/lecture.html   (3408 words)

  
 Baltic Healing Charms
Perkunas is the god of thunder, who appears very often in Lithuanian mythology.
This charm is the longest one where Perkunas is spoken of.
Come three times nine men, and let them cut with the same strength, speaking the same words, come three times nine Perkunai [Perkunas, plural], and let them strike the bad spirits, so that they leave this man here, so that they leave for the lush trees, for the rowans, for the aspens, for the roots.
www.nordic-life.org /nmh/litengch.html   (2830 words)

  
 Lithuanian folklore as a source of Baltic religion: the fire ritual
The candle of Perkunas is lit near dying person, during funerals, or for protection from thunderstorms and other perils.
Then each family member is blessed with fire in the shape of a cross (sign of Perkunas) – holding it at the forehead, the back of the head, and under each ear.
Before Perkunas blesses the land, it is not allowed to walk the land barefoot, lay on the Earth, nor sit upon rocks.
www.infinityfoundation.com /mandala/h_es/h_es_trink_i_fire.htm   (4324 words)

  
 Cody Clanton's Lithuania
The early form of the Vytis depicted the most powerful Lithuania deity of that time the god of thunder, Perkunas, who was visualized in other cultures.
During the Soviet rule, displaying the Vytis was considered a protest against the new government and was brutally punishable.
Perkunas was always in battle with his enemy Velnias, he ruled the under world.
www.javlb.org /codylithuania.html   (4139 words)

  
 Global Lithuanian Net. Lithuanian Mythology and Religion Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beneath him was Perkunas (Thunderer), the god of Thunder and Justice.
As such, a stand of oak trees (known as a grove) was considered sacred to Perkunas.
Perkunas, God of Thunder, was the father God.
www.lithuanian.net /resource/myths.htm   (2071 words)

  
 Orienteering club "Perkunas"
OK "Perkunas" general meeting was occured at 15 Jan 2000.
OK "Perkunas" earned Lithuanian clubs Cup already 6th time and let catch the Cup for OK "Takas" at least once only (1994) in the Lithuanian Cup history.
OK "Perkunas" on behalf of Lithuanian OF had presenting the Proposal to IOF for organizing this event in figurative Vilnius area (Lithuania).
www1.omnitel.net /perkunas/centras1en.htm   (652 words)

  
 Mythological Stories About Amber
When she saw how handsome and courageous he was she fell in love with him and brought him to her amber palace.
Perkunas, knowing Jurate was promised to Patrimpas, god of water, was angered to find an immortal in love with a mortal.
In anger, Perkunas sent a bolt of lightning to destroy the goddess' palace and kill her mortal lover.
amberlady.com /stories.htm   (1192 words)

  
 Litauen 15   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sie prügelte und prügelte ihn; dann setzte sie sich in ihren kleinen Wagen, schlug nur mit den Handflächen an ihre Seiten, knallte mit ihrer kleinen Peitsche und fuhr über den Acker zurück, nachdem sie sich genug Kartoffeln ausgegraben hatte.
Als Perkunas und der Teufel das Poltern des kleinen Wagens hörten, meinten sie, die Deive käme gefahren, um sie wieder zu verprügeln.
Perkunas und der Teufel aber sind nie mehr zu dem Gutshaus zurückgekehrt.
www.rogerlie.de /maerchen/folks/litauen/litauen15.html   (6604 words)

  
 Preview: Ausrine
She leads the way for Saule’s golden carriage, presages great events and glories in her own abilities, but hers is a dangerous attraction which can lure the foolish or the besotted to their doom.
After all, her lover the moon god Menuo is broken in two by Perkunas every month in punishment for betraying his daughter Saule to dally with Aušrine.
Connections: Aušrine is a daughter of Perkunas and lover of Menuo.
www.firebird-productions.com /preview_ausrine.htm   (336 words)

  
 Proto-Indo-European Religion -> Deities
This connects with a belief held of Perkunas that the first thunderstorms of spring fertilized the fields.
These beliefs connected with Perkunas were most likely held regarding Perkwúnos.
A fire of the god Perkunas in 15th century Lithuania was tended by women who were put to death if the fire went out (Puhvel, 1974, p.
www.ceisiwrserith.com /pier/deities.htm   (8199 words)

  
 Thundergods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Lithuanian Perkunas, for example, is said to have obtained his terrible weapon in the following manner: "The source of the lightning is the sun, the heavenly fire: the Thunder-god gets fire from the solar wheel by rotating his lightning-club in the nave of the solar wheel."
The aforementioned tradition wherein Perkunas generates fire by rotating his lightning club is a case in point: "The source of the lightning is the sun, the heavenly fire: the Thunder-god gets fire from the solar wheel by rotating his lightning-club in the nave of the solar wheel."
Marija Gimbutas described the Lithuanian Perkunas as follows: "The earth is barren until the Thunder strikes her in the springtime—until in his epiphany of thunder Perkunas weds the Mother Earth, Zemyna." Such beliefs, according to Gimbutas, "are universal [among the Balts and Slavs] and certainly stem from very early times."
www.maverickscience.com /Thundergods/thundergods.html   (9857 words)

  
 HS Foreign 21.11.2000 - Perkele is a Lithuanian god   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of the principal gods of ancient Lithuanians was Perkunas (Perkons in Latvia), the god of thunder, fire, and warriors.
The name is the same as the Finnish perkele - one of the many colourful expressions for the devil, and a sign of the close ties between ancient Balts and Finno-Ugrian peoples.
Though Perkunas is a positive character, his name is also used for swearing: "May Perkunas strike you down!"
www2.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20001121IE9   (923 words)

  
 Amber Museum and Gallery
One of the ancient Lithuanian legends tells about love between goddess Jurate that lived in the beautiful amber palace at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and fisherman Kastytis.
God Perkunas was enraged, when he found that a mortal man had dared to love the goddess.
He threw a bolt of lighting that shattered the amber palace on the bottom of the sea and drowned Kastytis together with his boat.
www.vilnius-hotels.net /guide/museum-amber.htm   (589 words)

  
 Converted WP file 1viera
And among the Balts, a thunder god Perkunas was one of the major deities.
The only plausible explanation is that Mordvins borrowed the concept and the god's name from the Fatyanovo culture of the second half of second millennium B.C.E. The Fatyanovo culture emerged in the Eastern Baltic area and spread along Volga and Oka as far as Ural mountains.
At the same time, the most recognisable attribute of Baltic Perkunas was an axe same like the Germanic Thor/Donar who wielded and threw an axe or stone hammer.
metalab.unc.edu /sergei/Zaroff   (12336 words)

  
 The Basis of the Old Lithuanian Religion
God was also called by the name of Perkunas.
Perkunas is the active principle of the heavens, the God of maleness, energy and heavenly fire.
During the epoch of Perkunas, the female principle and Goddess faith descended to a lower status.
www.vinland.org /heathen/pagancee/lithrel.html   (741 words)

  
 Chapter II: Section I.--The Old Gods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His statue is said to have held in its hand "a precious stone like fire," shaped "in the image of the lightning," and before it constantly burnt an oak-wood fire.
88:9 According to Dr. Bühler the word Perkuna is "exactly equivalent to a Sanskrit Parjana, to which the affix ya was added without change of signification." With respect to the absence of the k in the Slavonic forms of the name he says, "This elision may perhaps be attributed to the position of the r.
As a group of consonants formed by rk or rg would be in disharmony with the phonetic rules established in the Slavonic languages, and the usual transposition of the liquid was not effected, an unusual remedy only could hinder the violation of the laws of the language."--Phil.
www.allstarz.org /religioustext/neu/srp/srp05.htm   (5211 words)

  
 a Ebersburg streetwear
Doch mit perkunas gothic schwarz verbindet sich mehr
Sowohl Effektgarn mit Schlingen und Knoten als auch Gewebe oder Gewirke mit strukturierter Optik und höckeriger, noppiger Oberfläche, die unter Verwendung von Bouclégarnen hergestellt werden.
perkunas gothic schwarz streetwear bleibt wie marken streetwear nicht verborgen..."
www.clanbase.org /perkunas-streetwear/streetwear-Ebersburg-a-022.html   (714 words)

  
 jurate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The thunder god Perkunas one day saw from his heavenly throne that Jurate was spending happy days with a mortal man and a great rage shook him.
Perkunas shot a fire arrow straight to the amber castle and broke it in crumbs of amber.
The fisherman Kastytis who dared to fall in love with a goddess lost his life.
www1.omnitel.net /sakmes/jurate-e.html   (256 words)

  
 The Web's No. 1 Lithuanian Tourist Guide
Many regarded Lithuania as the most courageous of the former Soviet republics, the only one consistently unwilling to bend her principles in the face of blood-curdling Russian threats.
Lithuanians were staunchly pagan until the 1300s, when they still worshiped the likes of Perkunas, god of thunder.
They've been staunch Catholics for going on six centuries, but many still speak with a tinge of regret about the loss of their heathen rituals.
www.balticsww.com /tourist/lithuania   (750 words)

  
 Baltic Religion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is thought that at the top of the Baltic pantheon stood Dievas (God) who lived in the sky.
Under him was the most active and powerful mythological personage, Perkunas, god of thunder.
Perkunas was endlessly engaged in battle with his enemy, Velnias, who ruled the underworld.
www.lfcc.lt /publ/roots/node16.html   (440 words)

  
 Die gotische Götterwelt - www.goten.perkunas.de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In der Gestalt eines freundlichen Jünglings ward er in seiner Nische des heiligen Eichenbaumes zu Romowe lächelnd anschauend dem zornigen Perkunas zugewendet.
Wie Perkunas ein Gott des erwärmenden und vernichtenden Feuers, so war Potrimpos ein Gott des befruchtenden und zerstörenden Wassers.
Die Personifizierung von Erschaffen, Erhalten und Zerstören durch die drei Gottheiten, Perkunas, Potrimpos und Perkullus finden wir auch in der indischen Mythologie wieder, was die indogermanische bzw.
www.goten.perkunas.de   (856 words)

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