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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Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (redirect from Kristupas Radvila Perkūnas)
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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"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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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 were said to dwell on lofty mountaintops. Such places are called perkūnkalnis in Lithuanian, meaning the "summit of Perkūnas", while...
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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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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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