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Perun - god of thunder Slavic mythology, patron of the prince and squad in the ancient Russian pagan pantheon. The name of Perun tops the list of gods of the pantheon of Prince Vladimir in The Tale of Bygone Years.

Name origin

Slavic etymology of the name Perun (pra-Slav. *Perun) is fairly obvious to most researchers. It is believed that it comes from the verb *perti, *pьrǫ "hit, beat" (cf. Russian shove, Bulgarian pen, change "beat, beat") and the doer suffix -unъ (cf. runner, jumper, and so on) . Thus, the name Perun means "beating, striking, smashing (with thunder and lightning)". In Slavic languages ​​there are identical words for thunder and lightning - Rus. perun "lightning", Ukrainian Perun, Belarusian Piarun, Polish piorun "thunder".

A number of researchers compare the name of Perun with the names of the Thunderer (and other gods) among other Indo-European peoples - from lit. Perkūnas, Latvian. Pērkons, other ind. Parjanya, Hittite. Pirwa- and others. Directly linking the name of Perun with the names of other Indo-European thunderers is not entirely legitimate. These words go back to the same root *per, however, the name of the Thunderer among the Balts and Indo-Aryans also has the suffix -k-, which is not in the Slavic *Perunъ. Therefore, lit. Perkūnas, Latvian. Pērkons and other ind. Parjánya goes back to the Proto-Indo-European name of the oak - *perkṷu-, since the oak is the sacred tree of the Thunderer. In the Slavic languages, this word has not been preserved, since even in ancient times it was taboo due to sacredness. In addition to the oak, the name of the Thunderer in the Indo-European perspective is also compared with the name of the hill - Gothic. fairguni "mountain", Hittite. perunas "rock", other Ind. párvata- "mountain". All this makes it possible to reconstruct the connection between the Indo-European Thunderer and the oak grove on the top of the mountain where lightning strikes.

Some researchers radically separate Proto-Indo-European *perō(ṷ)nos "thunder, god of thunder" and Proto-Indo-European *perūn(V) "mountain", protesting against any of their relationship. Rapprochement between them, they believe, could only happen a second time, as a result of popular rethinking.

References in books

In Novgorod there was the most famous sanctuary of Perun in Russia, built in the form of a wheel with six spokes - a thunder sign. The thunder sign was also carved on every Slavic house - as a protection against Perun's lightning. Perun is mentioned in the annals in the agreements of the Rus and Slavs with the Romans (Prince Oleg - 907, Prince Igor - 945, Prince Svyatoslav - 971). Svarozhich (Perun - in Russian chronicles, Perunova, Perun, that is, Jupiter - in "Mater Verborum", Peroun - in the "Word and Revelation of the Holy Apostles" from teachings against paganism of the 14th century). Comprehensive information about the idol of Perun is contained in the "Gustin Chronicle": “Firstly, Perkonos, this is Perun, they had an elder god, created in the likeness of a man, in his hands was a precious stone like fire, he, like God, offered a sacrifice and fire unquenchable from an oak tree incessantly plyakh; if it would happen due to the negligence of the serving priest when this fire is extinguished, the same priest without any warning and mercy will kill.

And also in the teaching "On the idols of Vladimirov": “In the first place put the most basic idol. In the name of God's perun, thunder i lightning i rain clouds on a hillock high above a storm stream like a little man. his bodies were cunningly carved from the tree; In the hands of holding a stone in the likeness of a perun, a burning one. Rubies. And it is decorated with a carboucle ... ”Further, the story with unquenchable fire is repeated word for word. According to Frenzel - "Percuno, Deo tonitru & fulguru". Perun is also mentioned in the “Tale of the (Mamaev) Massacre led. book. Ditriy Ivanovich Donskoy" together with Mokosh among the pagan gods of the impious "Tatars". But, most likely, the compassionate compiler of the narrative recorded the main pagan gods as assistants to the wicked, which, undoubtedly, he knew even then - Mokos (Veles) and Perun.

In the "Word of St. Gregory" Perun is called the elder Slavic god, to whom in some areas the Slavs prayed as early as the 12th century. In the lists of gods, as, for example, in the Laurentian Chronicle, he takes first place. The history of the destruction of the idols of the Vladimir Pantheon in Kyiv in 988, after the adoption of Christianity by the prince and his retinue, testifies to the distinction of Perun among other gods. Unlike the statues of other gods, the wooden image of Perun was not burned; it was ordered to be thrown into the Dnieper, having sailed along which, it stopped aground, for a long time later called "Perunova". The idol of Perun in Novgorod, erected by the uncle of Prince Vladimir Dobrynya, as follows from ancient Russian written sources, stood over the Volkhov, and in 989, by order of Bishop Iakim, he, like in Kyiv, was thrown into the river.

After the adoption of Christianity, Perun, like other pagan gods, was classified as a demon. The books of Christian scribes condemned the worship of him and the offering of blood sacrifices. On the site of the sanctuaries of Perun were erected Orthodox churches. In Kyiv, on a hill, Prince Vladimir ordered the construction of a church in honor of St. Basil, whose name the prince received at baptism. In Novgorod, in Peryn, the Peryn skete was founded with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin. Despite the active struggle of the church with pagan cults and gods, the memory of Perun was preserved in the popular consciousness for many centuries.

This, for example, is evidenced by fragments of the description of “Journey to Muscovy and Persia”, compiled by the famous traveler and scientist of the 17th century, Adam Olearius, who, as secretary of the Holstein embassy, ​​visited the Russian state in 1633, 1636 and 1639: “Novgorodians, when they were still pagans , had an idol called Perun, that is, the god of fire, for the Russians call fire “perun”. In the place where this idol of theirs stood, a monastery was built, which retained the name of the idol and was called the Perun Monastery. This deity had the appearance of a man with a flint in his hand, similar to a thunder arrow (lightning) or a beam. As a sign of worship to this deity, they kept an unquenchable day or night fire, laid out from an oak forest. And if the servant at this fire through negligence allowed the fire to go out, then he was punished by death.

The myth of the origin of Perun

According to legend, when Perun was born to Lada, all Iriy was shaken by thunder and lightning of unprecedented strength. From his father, Svarog, Perun inherited blacksmithing, as well as mastery of all types of weapons. Meanwhile, it is difficult to say what character traits were transmitted to Perun from his mother. Legends say that this god, while still a baby, could fall asleep only under thunder peals, and when he matured, he ran with lightning races. Svarog, together with Perun's older brother Simargl, tempered his son in his own forge on the sacred Iry fire. And only many years later, at a moderate age, Perun learned to subdue the violent forces of nature, as it was destined for him by Makosh.

The first feat, from which Perun began his ascent to the heights of divine glory, was to defeat Skipper, the evil snake-like (or scorpion-like) son of Chernobog. Another legend tells how, in order to prove his prowess to the father of Dodola (the future Peryn, wife of Perun), the ruler of the Divyo World Dyyu, Perun defeated Wonder-Yudo, a sea creature born by the ruler of the seas Chernomor in the hour of anger. Many more legends are associated with Perun. And he defeated basilisks with griffins in the Repey mountains, and fought to the death with his brother Veles, and he turned Diva-Dodola for betrayal ladybug, and went to the Pekelny kingdom to fight with the children of Chernobog. For indomitable fury, great fearlessness and irresistible perseverance, Perun became the main defender of Reveal and Rule, the world of people and the world of gods.

The well-known researcher of Slavic mythology and collector of Russian folk tales A.N. Afanasyev sees a connection between the hero from Russian fairy tales and the myth of Perun. In the preface to the second edition of Russian Folk Tales, he writes: “The difficult exploits of the heroes and their battles with giants and snakes are only figurative, poetic images of natural phenomena that so powerfully influence the productivity of the earth. The sun, covered by dark clouds, in folk tales is represented as a maiden of indescribable beauty, abducted by a serpent, which carries her into his impregnable mountains and protects her with strong shutters; the liberator of the red maiden is the hero, the owner of the miraculous self-cutting sword, that is, Perun himself, the deity of thunder and lightning; he penetrates dark dungeons, drinks all the strong water there and strikes the serpent, or, in simple ordinary language, he breaks the clouds with lightning, pours rain on the ground and brings out the maiden-sun from the snake caves.

Description

To our ancestors, the god of thunder Perun was presented as a tall, stately, fair-haired and blue-eyed warrior in golden armor and a red cloak with an ax (or club) in his hand. Sometimes Perun used a shield and a spear in battle. But on the battlefield, he always appeared surrounded by thunder and flashes of lightning. In the emblematic aspect, the lightning of Perun could personify both the wrath of the gods and their help in the fight against the enemy. The idol or idol of Perun was a powerful oak pillar, on which the conditional face of an elderly warrior was carved, as well as his divine symbol and the corresponding military paraphernalia.

Symbols of Perun

Perunov day - Thursday. The day of Elijah the Prophet (August 2) and the period from July 20 to August 2-4 are especially celebrated. They also celebrate Perunov's day on June 21 ("Fedor-

Stratilat is rich in thunderstorms”) Its metal is tin, its stone is belemnite (devil’s finger-perun’s arrows), sapphire, lapis lazuli; tree - oak, beech. He was associated with fertility, in Orthodoxy it is correlated with Elijah the Prophet, as the defender of the real world from the Navi, literary in later times is correlated with Zeus, who owns a perun. Corresponds with Perkunas of the Balts, Thor of the Scandinavians, Tarinis of the Celts.

From animals, a horse was dedicated to Perun, and from trees, an oak. So, in a letter dated 1302 by the Galician prince Lev Danilovich, which defines the boundaries of the possessions of the bishop of Przemysl, Perunov oak is mentioned as one of the borders: “and from that mountain to Perunov Oak there is a mountain slope.” In Baltic mythology, the analogue of Perun was the image of the thunder god Perkunas (Perkons). By written sources XVI-XVII centuries, the Lithuanians worshiped the oak as the sacred tree of Perkūnas. The reflection of these ideas is preserved in the Lithuanian belief that lightning never strikes an oak tree.

So, Perun, the elder son of Svarog:

1. God of thunder and lightning as heavenly fire
2. The patron saint of warriors and the princely squad.
3. God-ruler, god punishing for non-compliance with laws.
4. Defender of Yavi.
5. Giver of male power.

The symbolism of the temple is an oak idol, a stone, or two stones on either side of the idol, a sacrificial fire lit in front of the idol, a six-beam wheel on the idol, a symbol of lightning or an arrow, or even a thunder arrow itself with the idol. Probably, the pagans did not cut down living trees for idols - a living, but an old, powerful oak was already a symbol of worship for them, putting facial features on it with gold and silver paint. Oak, struck by lightning, was especially revered, and amulets, staves, wands, arrows made from it were considered the best guardians from Navi.

Sphere of influence

First of all, Perun patronizes warriors, he was revered after great victories, and they also asked for help before major battles. But the sphere of influence of the deity was not limited to military affairs: Perun protected Yav from creatures from Navi, driving them back to another world with lightning and fire.

Enemies

Veles has always been openly opposed to Perun, and many myths and legends about their mutual hostility have been preserved in history. However, this cannot be called enmity in the truest sense of the word, they are more like two brothers who do each other petty dirty tricks in order to attract attention to themselves.

"Perun arrows" and "blue berets"

The main weapons of Perun were arrows and axes, as well as Perun stones (among the Poles), now called belemnites. All these items of pagan worship from the standpoint of ancient Orthodoxy were called "godless things." Meanwhile, weapons for ancient warriors were of great value. The thunder god was already endowed with a military function in the Indo-European tradition. In Russia, he was considered the patron of the military squad and its leader, the prince.

In the Christian tradition, the functions of Perun are partially transferred to Elijah the prophet. No wonder this saint is still considered the patron saint of paratroopers. Maybe it's not without reason that paratroopers bathe in fountains on their day. By doing this, they unwittingly revive the long tradition of blessing water on Ilyin's day. "Fistfights", which are also regularly organized by paratroopers, are reminiscent of ancient valiant games in honor of Perun.

Initially, in ancient iconography, Elijah the prophet was depicted on a chariot or on a horse. He strikes with his formidable weapon a serpentine enemy, to which the ancient Veles corresponds, and in later versions of the myth - Zmiulan. Thus, Ilya Muromets from Russian epics has every chance of being considered the successor of the Old Slavic Perun.

Perun's legacy

Slavic god Perun found multiple reflections in the culture of his followers. First of all, it touched the folk epic. The expression "not even afraid of lightning" refers to courage in the face of Perun's wrath.

• "Perun took you!";
• "You won't be afraid of Perun's thunder";
• "Perun's wall";
• "Perunov Thunder".

The ethnographer Adolf Peter Zaturkishki in the collection "Slovak Proverbs and Sayings" also recorded many statements in which the god Perun appears:

• “If you are Perun, thundering Perun, show your teeth!”;
• "God Perun in the clouds!";
• "Perunov way".

The echo of the cultural heritage of the cult of Perun found its place in modern life. In Belarus, the Chervensky district of the Minsk region stands the ancient Perunov Most. The district of Kyiv also got its name due to its connection with the deity. When the idol god Perun was thrown into the waters of the Dnieper, the inhabitants shouted “Get out, God!”. Which literally means "swim out." The part where the idol emerged was called Vydubychi.

Holidays in honor of Perun

The Slavic god Perun was famous on the holidays "thunder". These dates included:

• July 13;
• July 15;
• July 20;
• July 25;
• July 27th.

During the celebration, a bull was sacrificed as a symbol of limitless power. Celebrations were held from festivities and fisticuffs.

Greeks, Indra of the Hindus, Thor of the Scandinavians, Perkunas of the Balts). The name of Perun is often associated with the Sanskrit root "par" and compared with the nickname of Indra - Parjanya-parganya (lightning cloud). According to the views of the Slavs, Perun appeared with his lightning on warm days of spring, fertilized the earth with rains and brought out a clear sun from behind the scattered clouds. His creative power awakened nature to life. Producer, creator, he, as it were, created the world again.

But Perun is also a formidable and punishing deity, which excites fear and awe. Among the Indo-Europeans, the god of thunder was constantly associated with the military function. In Russia, Perun was represented as an elderly man: according to the chronicles, the head of his wooden idol in Kyiv was silver (gray hair?), And his mustache was golden. The beard of the Thunderer among all Indo-European nations played some special role, which was partly reflected in Russian folklore formulas relating to the “beard of Elijah the Prophet”, whose image (like the image of George the Victorious) replaced Perun after baptism. The main weapons of Perun were stones and arrows (personifications of lightning), a club, a whip, and also axes.

Zbruch idol. Perhaps the image of Perun. OK. 10th century

In the form of a rider on a horse or on a chariot, Perun strikes a serpentine enemy with his weapon (in the original version of the myth, then mythological creature, which corresponds to god Hair-Veles, in later texts - the fabulous Zmi-lancer, etc.). He hides from Perun, first in a tree, then in stone, man, animals, water. After Perun's victory over the enemy, waters are released (in other versions of the myth - cattle, a woman abducted by Perun's opponent - Dodola, Marena, Mokosh), and it rains. The myth of Perun personified the descent of thunder, thunderstorms, fertile rain.

This myth corresponds to common Slavic rituals associated with the cult of Perun and aimed at causing rain. The most common of these was the dousing of a woman, perhaps originally associated with the victims of Perun. According to chronicles, animals, children and captives were also sacrificed to Perun.

The myths and rituals attributed to Perun were often associated with oaks and oak groves, as well as with hills, on which in ancient times the idols of this god and his sanctuary were placed. Solemn oaths were pronounced at such oaks. The names of hills and mountains, derived from the name of Perun, are found throughout the ancient area of ​​\u200b\u200bsettlement of the Slavs. In Baltic and Slavic mythologies, Perun and Perkunas are timed to the four cardinal points, which can be seen, in particular, from the name of Thursday - the fourth day of the week - as the "day of Perun" among the Polabs, and from the four (eight)-membered structure of the sanctuary of Perun on Peryn under Novgorod.

The name Perun is associated with the ancient German word fairguni ("rock"). In Norse mythology, Fiorgynn is the name of the mother of the Thunderer Thor.

According to the ancient Russian source "Perun is many" - this god had several geographical and seasonal incarnations, each of which played an independent role. AT pre-Christian Russia he was revered as the highest god.

During the baptism of the people of Kiev, the holy prince Vladimir, who had previously highly revered Perun, ordered to tie his idol to the tail of a horse and “drag from the mountain along Borichev to the Stream” to the Dnieper, assigning 12 men to beat the defeated idol with rods. The people cried when they saw it. On Perunov Hill, Vladimir erected a church in the name of St. Basil.

God (Perkunas, Perkon, Perk, Purusha) - the Patron God of all warriors and many Clans of the Great Race, the defender of the Lands and Clans of Svyatorus (Russians, Belarusians, Estonians, Litas, Lats, Latgals, Zemgals, Glades, Serbs, etc.) from the Dark forces, God the Thunderer, who controls Lightning, the son of God Svarog and Lada the Mother of God, the grandson of God Vyshen. God Perun has already arrived on Midgard-Earth three times to protect her and Rod Great Race from the dark forces of the Hell World. Dark forces come from different Halls of the Hellish World in order to deceive, flatter and cunning to lure people from the Clans of the Great Race to their place, and if this does not help, then they kidnap people in order to turn them all into obedient slaves in their dark World and not give opportunities to develop spiritually and advance along the Golden Path, as established by God Svarog.
Dark forces penetrate not only to Midgard-Earth, but also to other Light Earths in Svarga the Most Pure. And then there is a battle between the forces of Light and Darkness.
Perun, already once, freed our Ancestors from the Hell captivity and filled up the Gates of the Interworld, leading to Hell, on Midgard-Earth with the Caucasus Mountains.
These battles of Light and Darkness took place at certain intervals: "... after the expiration of the Svarog Circle and Ninety-Nine Circles of Life", i.e. after 40176 years.
After the first three Heavenly Battles between Light and Darkness, when the Light Forces won, God Perun descended to Midgard-Earth to tell people about the events that had taken place and what awaits the Earth in the future, about the onset of dark times and the upcoming Great Asses, t .e. Heavenly Battles.
Fluctuations in time between the Third and the upcoming decisive Fourth Battle of Light and Darkness can be, in addition to the time mentioned by Perun, only one Circle of Life, i.e. 144 Years.
There are also Traditions that God Perun visited Midgard-Earth several more times in order to tell the Hidden Wisdom to the Priests and Elders of the Clans of the Holy Race, how to prepare for dark, difficult times, when the Arm of our swastika galaxy will pass through spaces subject to forces from Dark Worlds Hell.

The dark forces that secretly penetrated Midgard-Earth create all kinds of false religious Cults and specifically try to destroy or denigrate the Cult of God Perun, erase it from the memory of peoples, so that by the time of the Fourth, decisive battle between Light and Darkness, when Perun arrives on Midgard-Earth , people did not know who He was and for what purpose He came.
In our time, a large number of “true” prophecies about the End of the World or the End of Times have appeared, especially in Lunar Cults, about the coming to Midgard-Earth of the Supreme God the Savior. Followers of one world religion call him Christ, and other religions call him the Messiah, Mosheach, Buddha, Matreya, etc.
All this is done so that during the coming of Perun to Earth, white people do not recognize in Him their Supreme God and reject His help, and thereby doom themselves to complete humiliation and death.

Perunov Day - Thursday coinciding with the day of Veles the Pure, which is why our ancestors said that "Perun drives away demons and washes the body". Perunov Day is also the "Day of Changes", so if you decide to change something in your life, then it is best to make such decisions on Thursday. However, it should be remembered - new cases are accepted only on the rising moon.
Weapons of Perun - lightning, hammer (axe), a short Slavic sword, as well as a bow with a quiver full of fire and stone arrows.
Hidden Animals - bay horses, cheetah, wolves and wild boar.
Hidden Birds - rooster and eagle.
Perunovy plants - oak, peas, oats, ferns and mushrooms.
Perunov figure - "four".
Perunov's requirements - cereals (especially pearl barley), cakes, pies, apples, peas and other legumes. He loves Perun and the sounds of drums, trumpets, the rattling of weapons, the roar of cannonades and the peals of bells that inspire horror in the enemy.
Perun's planet solar system- protector of the earth Jupiter (YuPater). With its favorable influence, large harvests, a rapid increase in livestock weight gain, good development of fruit seedlings, etc. are noted. Between Jupiter and its nearest satellite Io, electrical discharges-lightnings periodically occur. The energy of one such lightning is many times greater than the power of all modern power plants. Modern astrophysicists have established that these discharges generate electromagnetic radiation that favorably affects the Earth's atmosphere.
Perun - Patron God Hall of the Eagle in Svarog Circle.

Amulet of the Hall of the Eagle in the Svarog Circle

Perun, as part of the Universe

- SKY
Perun is God-Sky, and therefore the entire sky, precipitation, winds and weather are in his power. Combining with Earth-Terra, he thereby becomes the Father of earthly Nature, and then the Slavic-Aryans.
Perun is the formidable God of retribution for non-compliance with the Canons established by the Gods. He is the patron of honest, just, courageous and noble people who uphold the Truth and preserve Native Faith. In particular, Perun favors warriors and princes. His winged Valkyrie daughter Magura meets the souls of the soldiers who fell in battles and escorts them to the Light World of Navi - Slav. That is why it was so important for the warriors not to die in bed, but to fall in battle with weapons in their hands and immediately go to the World of Glory.
The symbol of Kolo Perun is an oblique feather cross, and the general symbol is an oblique linear cross. The oblique cross is sometimes represented as a four-beam star, which inherited from the cross symbolic meaning, but of a lower order. Basically, it is read as the "Star" of the Righteous Path.
In some Slavic communities, three-, six- or eight-pointed stars are also used as the Perun Star.

Perun as an existing (embodied) deity

At times, Perun turns into a wolf to help a person or punish him, therefore, in many Russian lands, the wolf is a sacred animal of the Russians and a protective totem of some clans. In folk legends, the wolf is also the personification of a dark cloud that stores the living water of rain. The concept of strength, health and beauty is inextricably linked with it.
The Slavs also have a legend about how Perun was born on Earth:

Perun's parents were Svarog and Lada. The birth of Perun was marked by a powerful earthquake. "... Then thunders rumbled in the sky, Then flashed in the clouds of lightning, And was born, like lightning, the Son of Svarog Perun the Thunderer."
Before the baby had grown up, he was kidnapped by the Skipper-beast (that is, half-man-half-scorpion. It is described in detail in the ancient Sumerian-Babylonian poem about Gilgamesh. Skipper guarded the entrance to the other world).
The monster took with him the sisters of Perun - the goddesses Zhiva, Marena and Lelya. Skipper plunged Perun into an eternal sleep, and turned the goddesses into hairy monsters.
Lada, in grief, called her eldest sons and ordered them to immediately go in search of Perun and sisters. They turned into prophetic birds - Sirina, Alkonost and Stratima, flew around the wide world.
Everyone flew around, did not find a trace of the baby Perun. They just noticed the Skipper Beast sitting at the entrance to the dungeon. He, at the sight of Svarozhich, immediately disappeared. The brothers understood where to look for the loss, and descended into the dungeon.
For a long time they made their way along the gloomy passages and finally saw Perun sleeping in a sound sleep. Over the past years, he grew up, became a man, but only he could not be awakened from dead oblivion.
Then the Svarozhichi sent the bird Gamayun to the Repey mountains for the holy surya - living water. They washed my brother with it, and he got up alive and healthy.
As Perun came to his senses, he said that he would take revenge on the Skipper-beast and would definitely find his sisters.
He overcame many obstacles in the dark kingdom of Navi, faced many horrors, but still found Zhiva, Marena and Lelya, turned into monsters by the Skipper. Perun disenchanted the sisters and went to the Skipper's palace, which was made of human bones.
They gripped tightly and fought for a long time. Finally, Perun lifted the enemy and threw him to the ground. Mother Earth parted and swallowed Skipper forever.

During his Third visit to Midgard-Earth, about 40,000 years ago, Perun told people from various Clans of the Great Race and the descendants of the Heavenly Clan in Asgard Iriysky about the future, which the Priests of Belovodye wrote down with Kh'Aryan Runes and preserved for posterity in the Nine Circles " Santii of the Vedas of Perun" (in nine "Books of the Wisdom of God Perun").

Commandments of the Native Gods.
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD PERUN

1. Honor your Parents, and support them in old age, for as you take care of them, so will your children take care of you ...
2. Keep the memory of all the Ancestors of your Clans and your descendants will remember you ...
3. Protect old and young, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, for these are your relatives, the wisdom and color of your peoples ...
4. Raise in your children love for the Holy Land of the Race, so that they are not seduced by miracles overseas, but can themselves create miracles more wonderful and beautiful, but to the glory of your Holy Land ...
5. Do not work miracles for your own good, but work miracles for the good of your Family and the Heavenly Family…
6. Help your neighbor in his trouble, for trouble will come to you, your neighbors will help you ...
7. Do good deeds, but for the glory of your Family and your Ancestors, but gain protection from your Light Gods ...
8. Help with all your strength to build Temples and Sanctuaries, preserve the Wisdom of God, the Ancient Wisdom ...
9. Wash your hands after your deeds, for whoever does not wash his hands loses the power of God ...
10. Cleanse yourself in the waters of Iria, that a river flows in the Holy Land, to wash your white body, sanctify it with God's power ...
11. Approve on your Earth the Heavenly Law that your Light Gods have given you ...
12. Honor the people, you, the days of the mermaid, observe God's holidays ...
13. Do not forget your Gods, burn incense and incense for the glory of the Gods, and you will find the favor and mercy of your Gods ...
14. Do not offend your neighbors, you live with them in peace and harmony ...
15. Do not humiliate the dignity of other people, and may your dignity not be humiliated ...
16. Do not harm people of other faiths, for God the Creator is One over all the Earths… and over all the Worlds…
17. Do not sell, you, your land for gold and silver, for you will call curses on yourself, and there will be no forgiveness for you all the days without a trace ...
18. Protect your land and defeat with your right weapon all the enemies of the Race ...
19. Protect the Clans of Rassen and Svyatorus from foreign enemies that go into your lands with evil thoughts and with weapons.
20. Do not brag about your strength when you go to Bran, but brag about when you leave the Battlefield ...
21. Keep the Wisdom of God in secret, do not give the Secret Wisdom to the Gentiles ...
22. Do not convince, you, those people who do not want to listen to you and heed your words ...
23. Save your Temples and Sanctuaries from the desecration of the pagans, if you do not save the Shrines of the Holy Race ... and the Faith of your Ancestors, years of sorrow will visit you, but resentment with suffering ...
24. Whoever runs away from his land to a foreign land, in search of an easy life, that apostate of his Family, may he not be forgiven by his Family, for the Gods will turn away from him ...
25. Do not rejoice, you, I am burning for a stranger, for whoever rejoices in someone else's grief calls grief to himself ...
26. Do not slander and do not laugh at those who love you, but you answer love with love and gain the protection of your Gods ...
27. Love your neighbor, if he is worthy ...
28. Do not marry, brother - your sister, and son - your mother, for you will anger the Gods and destroy the blood of the Family ...
29. Do not take wives with black skin, for desecrate the house and ruin your Kin, but take wives with white skin, you will glorify your house ... and continue your Kin ...
30. Do not wear men's robes for your wife, for you will lose your femininity, but wear your wife what you are supposed to ...
31. Do not destroy the bonds of the Family Union, consecrated by the Gods, for you will go against the law of the One Creator God and lose your happiness ...
32. Yes, the child in the womb of the mother will not be killed, for whoever kills the child in the womb will incur the wrath of the One Creator God ... Love your husbands' wives, for they are your protection and support, and of your entire Family ...
33. Do not drink a lot of intoxicating drink, know the measure in drinking, for whoever drinks a lot of intoxicating drink loses his human appearance ...

Heavenly Father and Lada - Heavenly Mother. The Slavic God Perun sends people courage, courage, strength and skills to protect their native land, family and country. Therefore, there are so many amulets and signs addressed to Him. God Perun is one of significant gods in the ancient northern system of divination - "Slavic Cuts of the Family". On Perun's Day, people remember His strength, and ask for justice and protection.

Perun the Thunderer is the son of the Heavenly Father Svarog and the Heavenly Mother of God, Lada. Perun was born into the World according to a special plan of the Creator's Family, the Progenitor of all gods and people. The purpose of Perun is to be the protector of the World of Reveal, to make the weak strong, to help become bolder and wiser.

God Perun is a brother:

• Semargl - the God of Fire;
• Stribog - God of Wind and Air.
• Lelya and Polelya - two Gods responsible for love and a strong family union;
• Moraines - Goddesses of Winter and Death;
• Leli - Goddesses of Spring, Love and Beauty;
• Alive - Goddesses of Life and Summer.

legends and myths about Slavic God Perun

There is a dark and mysterious place in the Arkhangelsk region - this is Mount Karasova and its nearby territories. For a long time people do not go there, they consider it a dead place. Science does not know everything that our ancestors have known for a long time and pass on from generation to generation. There is one legend that those in charge link with Mount Karasov, believing that this is the real burial ground Skipper-Snake, which Perun the Mighty buried after the battle. Here is an excerpt from the legend:

... and Perun struck with a spear and nailed the Skipper-Snake to the ground. He writhes, breaks out, and Perun chopped off his poisonous claws with a sword-treasure. The Svarozhich brothers arrived in time and chained the Black Skipper-Snake with charmed iron.

At once, he lost his magical power, but he keeps anger and black hatred for everything bright with him. And the brothers drove the hated enemy ahead of them, and even faster, ahead of them, the rumor ran that the tormentor and human enemy had been captured. The Serpent Skipper's servants fled, fleeing the wrath of the people. And the land, freed from black witchcraft, began to bloom and bear fruit.

The brothers chose a suitable place, dug a hole 90 fathoms deep and 30 fathoms wide. They knocked together an oak coffin, sheathed it with iron hoops, pushed Kara-Skipper there, and put Veles, wise god, spell: "to sleep in this coffin dead sleep Kara-Skipper-beast, but every three hundred years and three years he woke up, recalled how he wanted to destroy a small child, how Perun, freed by his brothers, fulfilled what Makosh had inscribed. And remembering this, he would have fought in impotent rage, unable to break the chains and break the oak coffin. And then they closed this pit with oak shields, fastened it with iron hoops, put more stones on top, and the wise Veles cast a spell on them.

Symbols and amuletsGod Perun: ax, shield, Perunov color.

More than one amulet is used by the Slavs, with whom they turn to Perun. Combined with their strength is the power of the God of Thunder and Justice.

Holidays, where honoredGod Perun

• January 12 Perun was revered as the wise and just God of the Slavs. This is the Day of Perun's Justice, the Fiery Sword. On this day, as well as on the Day of the Tommer, it was very important to run barefoot through the snow in the early morning, at the dawn. Some daredevils could even wipe themselves with snow, wipe themselves, wash their faces. It was believed that this powerful force would give the body and purify the human soul.
• February 2. The great holiday of honoring the Slavic God Perun - Gromnitsa. On this day, thunderous candles were made and they were spoken by the power of the Thunder God for the whole year.
• July 20-August 2. During this period, the warriors celebrated their holiday, accompanied it with the consecration of their weapons, amulets, and performed ritual battles.

The power in these three holidays is undeniable, today many people who have tried to honor Perun these days have already experienced His cleansing and beneficial blessings!

Taking into account the questions that readers of previous articles had, I tried to write this article about Perun, including in the narrative the attitude or information that our contemporaries contributed to this topic: Asov, Trekhlebov, Petukhov, Petrukhin, Gavrilov, Ermakov, etc.

When studying this deity, I came across so much conflicting information that I can’t help but intersperse it with my additions and reflections, since, in my opinion, the absence of the latter affects the entire atmosphere of the article.

Perun is mentioned in the chronicle story "The Tale of Bygone Years" in connection with the so-called "pagan reform" of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich, when he installed the idols of the six most important deities:

"And Vladimir began to reign in Kyiv alone, and set up idols on a hill outside the terem courtyard: a wooden Perun with a silver head and a golden mustache, Khors (and) Dazhbog, Stribog, Simargl and Makosh."

The official introduction of the cult of Perun as the supreme deity takes place shortly before the introduction of Christianity. His temples were established and the idols of Perun were installed only in 980 by Prince Vladimir. In front of the temple of Perun, an eternal fire burned, the continuous maintenance of which was the responsibility of the priests. For negligent performance of this duty, the guilty person was threatened with the death penalty in the form of burning at the stake. Not being able to document my case, I will only express my categorical disagreement with the dates adopted in official history (as well as with some of the events described in them), nothing more. Unfortunately, these are just emotions and intuition. And as you know, intuition is “you can’t spread butter on bread.”

Many authors agree that Perun was put forward at the head of the pantheon during the period of the existence of military democracy on Russian soil and was the patron of thunder and lightning, war, squads and weapons. In the 5th-10th centuries A.D. e. Perun was the patron god of Russian princes and knights (knight - reiter, participant in a military campaign. italics. mine). Its main attribute was considered a fiery heavenly sword - lightning. It is no coincidence that in the 1st millennium AD. e. the eastern Slavs - the Russians, if they did not identify, then brought Rod and Perun together (supposedly, without reliable military protection in the conditions of a barbaric nomadic semi-environment, highly developed Slavic agriculture could not successfully develop), and the functional duties of the Rod ( supreme god Earth and Heaven) and Perun (the god of thunder and lightning, squads and weapons) coincided in many respects, and this coincidence was directly reflected in the calendar ritual practice.

Why many followers of such a theory, without going into details, simply attributed Perun to the army.

What A.I. Asov wrote about the deity "Perun is the god of princes and warriors. He keeps the foundations of the state, keeps order in the Universe, gives victory in battles. According to ancient legend, Perun was born by Svarog and Mother Sva. He was born after after Mother Sva ate Pike Rod. When Perun was born, thunders rumbled, the earth shook and mountains collapsed.

Next comes such a heroiniad, related more to people than to gods, and if there is any meaning in it, then it is hidden very deeply. I said and I repeat that everything that needs to be read between the lines, all this appeared during the period of persecution of Vedicism, which means during the period of the advent of Christians to Russia. But why is it to follow the same path and cast a "shadow on the wattle fence." There are only two reasons for this: the first is that I am rewriting, I don’t know what is hidden “under the bushel”; the second, I invent, but there are not enough words (and there is nothing more to rely on, see the first).

In the "Tale of Slovenia and Rus" (this legend is not perceived by some researchers as a reflection of a living tradition) we read: "The greater son of this prince of Slovenia, the Magus, is a devil-pleaser and a sorcerer and is fierce in people then, and creating many dreams with demonic contrivances, and transforming in the image of a fierce beast korkodil, and the water path lies in that river Volkhov, and those who do not worship it are devoured by the ovs, the ovs are twisted and drowned. rokosha, in the Russian language the thunder is called Perun. Put it, damned sorcerer, for the nightly dreams and gathering of the demonic, the city is small in a certain place, called Peryn, where the idol of Perunov is standing. Our Christian true word, with an unfalse test, is much-tested to tell about this damned sorcerer and Volkhov, as if evil was broken and strangled from demons in the Volkhov River and dreams of demonic eyes This body was quickly carried up the river Volkhov and cast out onto the bank opposite its Volkhov city, where it is now called Perynya. And with much weeping from the infidels, the accursed one was buried with the great feast of the filthy, and the grave was poured over him very high, as the custom is to eat filthy. And after three days of the accursed feast, the earth sagged and devoured the vile body of Korkodil, and his grave waking up with him into the depths of hell, even to this day, as they say, the sign of that pit is not filled.

Somehow it turns out that in these words one hears the attitude of the deity to the dead, and not just the dead, but to the so-called "mortgaging", i.e. the undead dead.

Here is another opinion: “Perun’s weapons were originally stones, later on stone axes and finally a golden ax: the gods “progressed” along with people. The ax - the weapon of the Thunderer - has been attributed miraculous power since ancient times. They struck with an ax on a bench on which someone died: it was believed that by doing so Death would be “cut down” and expelled. The ax was thrown crosswise over the cattle so that it would not get sick and multiply well. With an ax they drew a Solar Cross over the sick person, calling for help from two brothers-Gods at once. And on the blades of axes, symbolic images of the Sun and Thunder were often knocked out. Such an ax, planted in the door jamb, was an insurmountable obstacle for evil evil spirits, seeking to penetrate into human habitation.

Perun - the god of thunder and lightning, like heavenly fire, is mentioned in the annals, in the agreements of the Rus and Slavs with the Romans (Prince Oleg - 907, Prince Igor - 945, Prince Svyatoslav - 971). Svarozhich (Perun - in Russian chronicles, Perunov - "Mater Verborum", Perown - "Word and revelation of the holy apostles" from teachings against paganism of the 14th century). Mentioned in the "Word of Bribery" (list of the XVI century), as well as in the "Tale of the (Mamaev) Massacre of Grand Duke Ditriy Ivanovich Donskoy" together with Mokosh among the pagan gods of the impious "Tatars", and in the "Word of Repentance" (list of the 16th century). His day is Thursday. Its metal is tin, its stone is belemnite (devil's finger - Perun's arrows), sapphire, lapis lazuli, wood - oak, beech. It was associated with fertility, in Orthodoxy it is associated with Elijah the Prophet, in later times it is associated with Zeus, who owns a perun. Corresponds with Perkunas of the Balts, Thor of the Scandinavians, Tarinis of the Celts.

In the "Word and Revelation of the Holy Apostles" John Chrysostom says "how the first trash they believed in idols and laid rites to them ..." - the god of the sun and life-giving power. In the teachings against paganism (Let. Russian lit. vol. IV, 89, 92, 97, 107), among other gods, they are mentioned next to Artemis: Pereun, Hours, pitchforks and Mokosh, we rest and coast, they are also called distant sisters, and others believe in Svarozhitz and in Artemis, whom people pray to, and slaughter chickens ... and hoarfrost in the waters drown the essence. pray and throw into the water ... offering a sacrifice, and friends, fire and stone, and rivers, and springs, and banks, and firewood - not only before in filth, but many and now they are doing it.
I found very funny sayings and assumptions about the military hairstyle of the Slavs (forelock, sedentary and mustache, there was no talk of a beard) "This combat hairstyle not only suits the Slavs, it makes them beautiful and courageous, and by this hairstyle you can easily recognize your own, by the way if a foreigner makes such a hairstyle, then it will not suit him, because he will look like a monkey ... ".

Recall that the idol of Perunov was decorated with such a hairstyle. (?)

Further, I leave the above sayings for those, "who this air" as air in the form of securities - a share, drives through the exchanges: "The Supreme God Perun more than 40,000 thousand (?) Years ago, from Uray - the Earth in the Hall of the Eagle on the Svarog Circle , visited Midgard - Earth for the third time. God Perun flew in on a Whiteman ... "Like a similar one:" 40015 Summer from the 3rd Arrival of Whiteman Perun". These entertainments not only do not fall on the ear, but are more an insult to common sense.

Procopius of Caesarea in the 6th century wrote about the “sklavins and ants”, the predecessors of the Eastern Slavs: “They believe that God alone, the creator of lightning, is the master of everything, and bulls are sacrificed to him and other sacred rites are performed. Fate (in the meaning of "rock", fatum.) They do not know and generally do not recognize that it has any power in relation to people; and when death is about to threaten them, whether afflicted with disease or in a dangerous situation in war, they promise, if they are saved, to immediately offer God a sacrifice for their soul, and, having escaped death, they sacrifice what they promised and think that their salvation was bought at the price of this sacrifice. They also revere rivers, nymphs, and all sorts of other demons, make sacrifices to all of them, and with the help of these victims, they also perform fortune-telling ”(Code ... p. 183).

Unfortunately, even serious modern researchers have not escaped the “charm” of the mention of the “creator of lightning” and, by inertia, project this information onto the thunderer. So, V. Ya. Petrukhin writes: “The perception of the cult of Perun as a retinue cult of a deity that was considered supreme among the Slavs already in the 6th century. (according to Procopius of Caesarea), streamlined the positions of the princely squad ... ”(Petrukhin, 1995, p. 141). I don’t understand this phrase, because, Procopius, and this is truly known, does not at all name the supreme god “Sklaveni and Antes” and only testifies that the Slavs also know a single god, he is the creator, the creator of lightning. Such could be the blacksmith Svarog, and the ancient parent of the winds - Stribog.

There is information about the idol of Perun in the Gustinsky Chronicle: “Firstly, Perkonos, this is Perun, they had an elder god, created in the likeness of a man, in his hands there was a valuable stone like fire, he, like God, offered a sacrifice and fire unquenchable from oak trees incessantly palyakh; if it would happen due to the negligence of the serving priest when this fire is extinguished, the same priest would be killed without any warning and mercy.

“In the first place, put the most basic idol, in the name of Perun, the god of thunder and lightning and rain clouds, on a hillock high above a storm stream like a little man. His body was cunningly carved from the tree; In the hands of holding a stone in the likeness of a perun, a burning one. Decorated with rubies and karbukl ... ”(“ About the idols of the Vladimirovs ”).

AT given description Does the idol of Perun set by Vladimir say nothing about the fact that Perun is the god of war or martial art? There is nothing similar in Radzivillovsky and in any other list of Russian chronicles: “And the beginning of the book (I) of Volodimer’s life in Kiev is one, and put an idol on a hill outside the courtyard of the tower: Perun is wooden, and his head is silver, and must be gold, and Khorsa, and Dazhab (o) ha, and Stroboga, and Semargl, and Mokosh. And I will eat them, calling them gods, and I will bring my sons and daughters, and I will eat them with a demon, and I will defile the earth with my requirements. And the Russian land and that hill were defiled with blood ... "

in Czech explanatory dictionary 13th century Mater Verborum left a commemoration of a certain Slavic god named Sytivrat, who is compared with Saturn, preceding Jupiter (in the view of the authors who wrote in Latin according to the Roman model), and who was overthrown from Olympus by the thunder weapon: Saturnus. Saturnum pagani ilium esse ajunt qui primus ab Olimpo uenit arma Jovis fugiens.

Encyclopedia "Myths of the peoples of the world" written by Vyach. Sun. Ivanov refers to Mater Verborum as a completely reliable source (Myths of the peoples of the world, vol. 2, p. 454). At the same time, his constant co-author V.N. Toporov makes a reservation about the doubtfulness of the dictionary ( Slavic antiquities, vol. I, p. 213). As you can see, not everything is so clear with the sources. By the way, the celebration of Saturn fell on December 17 and coincides with the "coronals or saturnalia."

Sometimes it turns out that having obtained one source, the author-interpreter, not knowing about the presence of another, begins to assert that this is the only and, accordingly, correct material, which he, without any doubt, cites to confirm his thoughts.

The same situation is with ordinary readers. They come across any format on the topic, one way or another, it is consistent with their level of knowledge, feelings and the way of perception laid down in childhood (upbringing). In doing so, they miss the possibility of other sources that can generally direct their thoughts in the opposite direction. But, without having the relevant data, the reader begins (if he is carried away by the topic through the given author) to “run through” similar material with his eyes, without going into what he thinks is a “known topic” and “fish out” from the “flip through” only what lies into the stencil already created by him in his head, and more so in his psyche. I do not write in the Soul, since the Soul does not engage in such nonsense, this is its lowest manifestation of the psyche (no matter how this word is translated). And then, in the event of a clash of opinions, this reader will prove his vision of the problem to the max. And to health!!!

Why are the following lines so remarkable:

“Svarog is also known as Svantovit, and subsequently he was worshiped as St. Vitus ... Perun assimilated with the Jewish prophet Elijah. He was also associated with the ruler of the weather Erisvorsh and the gods of the winds Stribog, Varpulis (stormy wind) and Dogoda (soft western wind) ”(Pennick, Jones, 2000, pp. 329-330). And they were not written by the last people in the studies of Slavic mythology. God be their judge, we'll move on.

Perun (other Russian Perun, Ukrainian Perun, Bel. Pyarun, Polish Piorun) is the god of thunder, in Slavic mythology and the patron of warriors (prince and squad) in the ancient Russian pagan pantheon. After the spread of Christianity in Russia, many components of the image of Perun migrated to the image of Elijah the Prophet (Thunder). This is evidenced by sayings similar in meaning and content:

Perun rolled up - summer before lunch, autumn after lunch

Perun turns for the winter, puts on the first of his seven jackets

Perun summer ends, water freezes on Perun

Before Perun people bathe, after Perun they say goodbye to the river

Authors such as Adolf Peter Zaturkishki (“Slovak Proverbs and Sayings”), Jan Kohler, Sreten Petrovich (“Serbian Mythology”) cite many Slovak folk sayings and spells in which Perun appears.

Already from these sayings it follows that the people treated this deity ambiguously. He was not only shunned, but also treated as an attribute of power, and power, as usual in Russia, has always, from time immemorial (and as we see in the entire Slavic world) is not honored. And on this subject there are popular beliefs that Perun does not know the date of his holiday, as he threatens: "If I knew my holiday, oh, I would do it, I would grind everything ... why Rod hides his day from Perun, says" then the holiday did not reach, then it “passed”.

In view of the existing sacrifices, and the holiday of Perun falls on July 20, it was believed that the tours allegedly ran out of the forest themselves and allowed themselves to be stabbed for a sacred feast. (?) Consciousness is not directly human! But I want to draw a parallel between the date of the celebration and the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, as well as between the symbol of Perun - the oak and the leaves of this tree in the buttonholes of the German Luftwaffe.

In addition, this deity (the only one in the Slavic pantheon) was clearly a lover of bloody sacrifices. So, even to prevent the death of the crop from thunderstorms, which Perun disposed of, “meat” sacrifices were made. "It's strange, it's strange"

The general conclusion is this: Perun (Vparuna, Peren, Perkun) is the God of Thunder, commanding thunders (everyone hears the Word, the Word of God, resounding from above) and lightning (sword and arrows), and the rainbow is his bow. Clouds are clothes or beard (?) and curls, storm winds are his breath, rains are a fruitful seed. If before this there is nothing, then the last one is somehow not very good. Perun animates the manifest, gives life to all things. He is the god who monitors the world order, the sunrise and sunset of the Sun’s Golden Wheel, the rotation of the Heavenly Kolo. What “Vleskniga” unambiguously tells about “Yes, and God Perun - the Thunderer and the God of Battle and Strife, we call Him the Living Manifested and tell Him not to stop rotate Kol - and Who leads us along the right path to battles and great feasts for all the fallen who go to eternal life in the army of Perun.

Perun is a formidable god, he is also a merciful and all-righteous God, merciful to those who revere him and formidable to the enemies of Russia. At the same time, he is the husband of the Earth, which is why he waters the earth for the germination of fruits. This fertility extends to the health of spouses. He has a huge suite of Thunder, Lightning, Rain, Hail, Winds, Storms incl. The nightingale the robber, frost-calinniki Treskunets, Studenets, Karachun, heroes Dobrynya, Duginya, Lesinya, Valigora, Elinya, Usynya, Svyatogor, etc. Yav and Nav are subject to him, and the lord underworld Viy, respectively, and everyone who surrounds Viy, obey Perun

Oak groves, entire forests were dedicated to Perun (they were executed for cutting them down).

He is the Slavic Zeus (see Mallala the Elinsky and Roman chronicler, 2001).

At the same time, Parjuna (Indian Vedas) completely coincides both in name and in function with Perun. True, here, according to Yu. D. Petukhov, there is a problem, which consists in the incorrect use of the name of God by some translators. Excluding the letters "j", the author suggests writing Paryuna, while narrating that Arjuna (Arjuna) is Yarun. What, in his opinion, is related to Sanskrit and the Russian language, which is spoken in India (?)

Perun correlates with the inextinguishable Fire (possibly renewed from lightning, then - "heavenly fire"). Enemies were sacrificed to him, as well as priests who did not follow his sacred Fire. This seems to apply to anyone sacred fire, lit in honor of any other God. For example: “To this much executed idol and kermet (temple) was created the life and the Magi vdan, and this unquenchable fire to Volos, holding and sacrificial smoke to him ...” (“The legend of the construction of the city of Yaroslavl ...”).

The symbols of Perun are a stone (flint), or a fiery stick (thunder arrow, orb, mace, hammer, club). Some authors draw analogies between a hammer and a heavenly mill (the millstones of which give a spark of lightning) (?)

In the name of Perun, they swear at the conclusion of the contract. Perun is a sovereign ruler, he punishes for non-fulfillment of the law, treaty, oath. In this sense, his cult is undoubtedly princely, in fact. Perun is the god of Order, who implements the law and personifies it.

Ilya the Prophet is the Christianized name of Perun.

Unlike other gods Slavic pantheon there are almost no mentions of Perun in the toponymy of the earth. And this suggests that Mr. Perun was invented to create a certain image, as we would say today. And since this image refers to a warrior and more to the military elite (prince), then it was invented by this very elite, i.e. prince Vladimir. But here I am, not doubting the existence of this prince, I think that he was surrounded by the idols indicated above by the subsequent biographers of the prince. Well, that's how it seems to me. But, of course, it is mentioned in certain places, somehow:

Perun - the weapon of Zeus, forged by the Cyclopes:

Perun (4250) is an asteroid from the main belt group, discovered on October 20, 1984 by the Czech astronomer Zhdenka Vavrova

Perun - a village in the Dnieper village council of the Volnyansky district Zaporozhye region Ukraine

Christopher "Perun" Radzewill - Great Hetman of Lithuania, commander of the Commonwealth

During the period of dual faith, a saying was born: “Until the thunder breaks out, the peasant will not cross himself,” which indicates that the people did not really strive sign of the cross impose on yourself. There was and still is another saying "After the rain on Thursday." It's about waiting, maybe that will break off. By the way, Thursday is the day of Perun. And the saying is not talking about the good side of Perun.

Well, the last Perun was part of Triglav: Svarog - Perun - Veles, which in common people sounded: "Grandfather - Oak - Sheaf."

In a word, "wherever you throw a wedge everywhere." If we are guided by what the authors of studies of the image of Perun in the Slavic mythology tell us, then it turns out that we do not have ancient god, but only the hypostasis of the supreme god Svarog. Because Perun covers the entire reality of the Universe and the Nature of the earth, that, according to the logic of things, there is no place for other gods, or they should only serve Perun, thus personifying only one of his many-sided sides.

This suggests the conclusion: if Perun was in the host of the ancient gods, he did not occupy a special prominent place, but as usual, to reinforce someone's isolated ambitions, this hypostasis was removed from the shadows and presented to little Vladimir, as a form of possible personification of power. Why Vladimir, who was in power in the singular, tried to make this deity the sole overlord of all Slavic, but more Russian lands. Here, the formation of monarchical power is evident, when, even under the traditionally existing Veche, i.e. contractual system, the “last word” is already appearing, and this is the word of the prince, supported by the weapons of his squads sparkling in the sun. The meaning of force (weapons) comes to the fore and the primordial Slavic gods are forgotten. They are being replaced by, as we would say today, foreigners: Khors, Simargl, Makosh. These foreigners still have a connection with Russia, but no more than that existing in folk beliefs, but are already little "used" by the people, except that not always in positive aspect. Svarog, Stribog and Veles are also in use. But all sources unanimously claim that between Veles and Perun there is an endless, bloody war. It continues in other ways, and today it is expressed in the relationship of meat-eaters and vegetarians to each other. If you stand on this ground, arguing that Perun is a form of sole power, this is the demolition of ancient foundations, this is the beginning of a monarchical manifestation in Russia, then it is quite natural that Mr. monotheism, but completely did not recognize the presence of any associates, associates and advisers in one god. But only admirers, followers and slaves. It is also understandable that Vladimir, paying tribute to his first deity, did not chop him into pieces, as he did with the rest of the gods of the temple (after all, they could burn them according to military custom), but “sent him on his way”, along the river. Therefore, even today, this character of mythology is very impressed by this character of mythology, and they are ready to hang so many regalia on him that the latter is left to go and drown himself from all this "burden". Are there really so few people who understand that with these, if I may say so, “makeweights”, we are killing the memory of our ancestors.

But still, for some reason, I want, however, sadly, to say: “Everything that is done is for the better,” but I still don’t understand whether to put a question mark at the end of this phrase or not?