relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id
2284,ENT_BALT_VELNIAS,opposed_by,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,high,"Velnias is the chthonic antagonist of Perkūnas in the cosmic battle myth; he flees into the earth, trees, and water to escape Perkūnas's lightning. Greimas (1992) pp. 121-150.",SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN,reviewed,PER_BALT_PAGAN
2300,ENT_SLAV_PERUN,aligned_with,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,high,"Perun and Perkūnas are cognate thunder deities: same PIE *perkʷ- root, same cosmic myth structure (vs. Veles/Velnias), same oak cult, same role as divine guarantor of oaths. The Slavic-Baltic parallel is one of the most secure in Indo-European comparative mythology. Greimas (1992) pp. 77-84; Brückner (1918) pp. 67-80.",SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH,reviewed,PER_SLAV_PAGAN
2341,ENT_FINN_UKKO,aligned_with,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,high,"Ukko and Baltic Perkūnas are the closest structural parallels among Northern European thunder deities — both are supreme thunder gods of cultures in long-term contact (Baltic and Finnic peoples share the southeastern Baltic region). Linguistic and functional analysis confirms the alignment: both govern thunder, lightning, rain, and agricultural fertility. Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 127-128; Russell (1987) on Indo-European thunder deity patterns.",SRC_PENTIKÄINEN_KALEVALA,reviewed,PER_FINN_TRADITIONAL
5728,ENT_BALT_VELNIAS,opposes,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,high,The chthonic god of the dead Velnias is the mythic adversary chased by the thunder-god Perkūnas.,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,reviewed,