Perkūns (the Thunder God)
Old Prussian · deity · old prussian pagan · Recorded classification
Perkūns, the thunder god, is named (with Patrimpo and Patollo) among the three idols set in the holy oak of Romuva in Grunau's chronicle; the historicity of the Romuva sanctuary is debated, but Perkūns himself is a securely Baltic deity. The Old Prussians were a West Baltic people Christianised by the Teutonic Order; their language died out by the 18th century.
Domains
- thunder and storm
- sacred fire
Powers
- to hurl thunder and lightning
Relations
- companion: Patrimpo (God of Waters and Grain)Perkūns, Patrimpo and Patollo are the three gods of the holy oak of Romuva.Simon Grunau, Preussische Chronik (c. 1517-1526), ed. M. Perlbach et al. (Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1876). (secondary)
- companion: Patollo (the Underworld God)Perkūns, Patrimpo and Patollo are the three gods of the holy oak of Romuva.Simon Grunau, Preussische Chronik (c. 1517-1526), ed. M. Perlbach et al. (Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1876). (secondary)
Sources
- Perkūns is the Old Prussian thunder god, one of the great triad venerated at the sacred oak of Romuva.: Simon Grunau, Preussische Chronik (c. 1517-1526), ed. M. Perlbach et al. (Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1876). (secondary); Wilhelm Mannhardt, Letto-Preussische Götterlehre (Riga: Lettisch-Literärische Gesellschaft, 1936). (secondary)