{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_SLAV_PERUN", "Perun", null, "Slavic", "God", "Thunder Deity", "thunder; lightning; storm; war; oak; justice; oaths", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Thunder and storm god; supreme deity of the East Slavic Kiev Pantheon. Named first in Vladimir I's pantheon (AD 980): \"Perun of wood with a head of silver and a mustache of gold.\" Perun is also invoked in the Byzantine-Rus oath treaties of AD 945 and 971 alongside Veles, confirming his role as the divine guarantor of oaths. Name from Proto-Slavic *Perun\u044a, cognate with Baltic Perk\u016bnas, Vedic Parjanya, and ultimately PIE *perk\u02b7- (thunder/oak). Perun's cosmic myth parallels Baltic Perk\u016bnas: he battles the serpentine underworld deity Veles (who hides below the earth, in cattle, in trees) and strikes him with lightning \u2014 the standard Indo-European thunder-god-vs.-chaos-serpent narrative. Oak trees sacred to Perun. Primary Chronicle (Cross & Sherbowitz-Wetzor 1953) pp. 93-94, 162-163; Br\u00fcckner (1918) pp. 67-80.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_SLAV_PERUN"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 78.38757700005772, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}