entities: ENT_SLAV_PERUN

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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
ENT_SLAV_PERUN Perun   Slavic God Thunder Deity thunder; lightning; storm; war; oak; justice; oaths       A           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 *Perunъ, cognate with Baltic Perkūnas, Vedic Parjanya, and ultimately PIE *perkʷ- (thunder/oak). Perun's cosmic myth parallels Baltic Perkūnas: he battles the serpentine underworld deity Veles (who hides below the earth, in cattle, in trees) and strikes him with lightning — 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; Brückner (1918) pp. 67-80. deity

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