The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
A Slavonic god of thunder, especially venerated in old Russia. His name is taken to mean ‘striker’; the Polish word piorun means ‘thunder’.
Among the images of gods erected at Kiev, Perun was shown with a club as attribute. In the Balkans, bulls were sacrificed to him. It is doubtful whether Perun can be connected with the thunder-god of the Baltic peoples. Whether Perun is etymologically connected with the Lithuanian word → Perkunas is not certain.
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