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    Perkūnas (Lithuanian: Perkūnas, Latvian: Pērkons, Old Prussian: Perkūns, Perkunos, Yotvingian: Parkuns, Latgalian: Pārkiuņs) was the common Baltic god...
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    of Perkūnas", when a figure, interpreted by the romantic historians of that time as an idol of the Baltic pagan god of thunder and the sky Perkūnas was...
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    Radziwiłł, epithet "Piorun" ("Lightning") (Lithuanian: Kristupas Radvila „Perkūnas“, 1547–1603) was a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of...
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  • Lithuanian Perkūnas were said to dwell on lofty mountaintops. Such places are called perkūnkalnis in Lithuanian, meaning the "summit of Perkūnas", while...
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  • supreme god or just another euphemism. Perkūnas was the god of thunder, one of the most powerful deities. Perkūnas survived in popular belief and folk tales...
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  • Lithuanian Perkūnas/Dundulis–Perkūna, and finding similarities in the Vedic hymns to Parjanya. Perun is strongly correlated with the near-identical Perkūnas/Pērkons...
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  • "OPERA MYKOLO OGINSKIO FESTIVALYJE" (retrieved May 10, 2023) Istorinėje erdvėje skambės istorinė opera „Radvila Perkūnas“ "Opera "Radvila Perkūnas"". v t e...
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    growing inside the hollowed tree. Therefore, the oak was given the name of Perkūnas, and it is said that the tree is so strong that no earthly forces can harm...
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  • each spring the earth needs to be impregnated by Perkūnas - the heavens rain and thunder. Perkūnas unlocks (atrakina) the Earth. It was prohibited to...
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  • named after Perkūnas, the main rain god of Lithuanian mythology. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, ed. (2009-02-20). "Titan: Perkunas Virgae". Astronomy...
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  • father, according to Baltic mythology, is Perkūnas. The name was popularised by V.Krėvė-Mickevičius tale "Perkūnas, Vaiva ir Straublys" written in 1922. Notable...
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  • the Baltic mythology, one of the most important deities together with Perkūnas, and the brother of Potrimpo. He was the god of light, sky, prosperity...
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    their final abode after death. The goddess is said to be married to either Perkūnas (thunder god) or Praamžius (manifestation of chief heavenly god Dievas)...
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    Vilnius: Mokslas. p. 165. Laurinkienė, Nijolė. Senovės lietuvių dievas Perkūnas: kalboje, tautosakoje, istoriniuose šaltiniuose. Vilnius: Lietuviu literaturos...
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    in the form of Thor. Some believe that Ukko's original name was Baltic Perkūnas. Ukko is considered to be the most significant god of Finnish mythology...
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    a diamond throne. Some myths claimed Laumė was a bride of thunder god Perkūnas; however, they did not marry because Laumė fell in love with the Moon,...
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    are similar to other Indo-European deities such as Norse Odin, Perun, Perkūnas, Zalmoxis, Taranis, and Thor, part of the greater Proto-Indo-European mythology...
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    pērkonkrusts ('cross of thunder', 'thunder cross'), cross of Perun or of Perkūnas), cross of branches, cross of Laima) whirling logs (Navajo): can denote...
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    The trinity of Perkūnas, Potrimpo, and Peckols was introduced and popularized by Simon Grunau...
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    other names — pērkonkrusts ('cross of thunder', 'thunder cross), cross of Perkūnas, cross of branches, Cross of Laima) is the swastika as a symbol in Latvian...
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    and Baltic mythology, the oak was sacred to the thunder gods Thor and Perkūnas respectively. In Celtic polytheism, the name druid, Celtic priest, is connected...
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  • with various other Indo-European Gods such as Slavic Perun, Lithuanian Perkūnas, Latvian Pērkons and Finnish Perkele "god of thunder", Gothic fairguni...
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    Tumėnas (2016). "The Common Attributes Between The Baltic Thunder God Perkunas And His Antique Equivalents Jupiter And Zeus" (PDF). Mediterranean Archaeology...
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  • Mythology Prussian Lithuanian Latvian Indo-European Deities Panbaltic Perkūnas Velnias Dievas Saulė Mėnulis Prussian Patollo Peckols Potrimpo Swayxtix...
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    Tlaloc, the Mayan God K, Slavic mythology's Perun, the Baltic Pērkons/Perkūnas, Thor in Norse mythology, Ukko in Finnish mythology, the Hindu god Indra...
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    religion, centred on the forces of nature and personified by deities such as Perkūnas (the thunder god), is experiencing increased interest. Romuva established...
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    form of Thor. Others believe that Ukko's original name was Baltic Perkūnas. Perkūnas is pictured as middle-aged, armed with an axe and arrows, riding a...
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    the House of Perkūnas at the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th centuries. Narbutt identified the figurines as those of Perkūnas, the god of thunder...
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    "demons" Perkūnas, Potrimpo and Peckols (and Patollo). Simon Grunau claimed that Potrimpo was a god of grain and together with thunder god Perkūnas and death...
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    (Sami mythology) Orko (Basque mythology) Perëndi (Albanian mythology) Perkūnas (Baltic mythology) Perkwunos (Proto-Indo-European mythology) Perun (Slavic...
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