v_public_cross_tradition_links: 81
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| rowid | entity | tradition | relationship_type | linked_entity | linked_tradition | confidence | rationale | source_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Perkūnas | Baltic | aligned_with | Thor | Germanic/Norse | 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 |