relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id 2283,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,opposes,ENT_BALT_VELNIAS,high,The central Baltic mythological narrative: Perkūnas (thunder) pursues Velnias (chthonic) who steals cattle or a solar being and hides below the earth or in trees. Perkūnas shatters hiding places with lightning. Attested in dozens of Lithuanian folk songs and reconstructed comparatively. Greimas (1992) pp. 77-120; Gimbutas (1963) p. 200.,SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN,reviewed,PER_BALT_PAGAN 2288,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,judges,ENT_BALT_MENESS,high,"In the celestial myth, Perkūnas judges the moon guilty of unfaithfulness to Saulė and splits him with a sword, explaining the waning moon. This is one of the most widely attested narrative elements in Baltic folk song. Greimas (1992) pp. 221-250.",SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN,reviewed,PER_BALT_PAGAN 2291,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,aligned_with,ENT_NOR_THOR,high,"Perkūnas and Thor are cognate thunder deities: both wield the thunder weapon against a serpentine or giant antagonist, both protect the ordered world from chthonic chaos. The PIE *perkʷ- (oak/thunder) root and the structural myth parallel are well established. Gimbutas (1963) p. 199; Greimas (1992) pp. 77-84.",SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN,reviewed,PER_BALT_PAGAN 2472,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,embodies,ENT_STORM,high,"Perkūnas is the Baltic thunder/storm god (Lith. Perkūnas, Latv. Pērkons), the cognate of Slavic Perun and the Indo-European thunder deity.",SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,reviewed, 2473,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,patron_of,ENT_JUSTICE,medium,"Perkūnas enforces oaths and moral order, striking the unrighteous; he punishes Mēness for infidelity, a juridical-moral function emphasised in Lithuanian sources.",SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN,reviewed, 5706,ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,member_of,ENT_BALT_PANTHEON,high,"Perkūnas, the thunder god, is a member of the Baltic pantheon.",SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,reviewed,