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Purogentos
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 Posted June 10th, 2004 12:58 PM IP   
Is Perkunas ever reffered to as a father figure in your tradition? I see Father Perun mentioned often in some Slavic traditions and thought i saw the same with the Baltics but can't seem to recall the source.
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*Purogentos
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MarijaK
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Posted June 10th, 2004 03:55 PM IP
In some stories he is the father of Gabija - the Hearth Fire.
He's the one credited with split the moon and sun in half - thereby separating night from day. Every Winter Solstice Saule is hammered back into existence, in some regions of Lithuania this is believed. The hammerer is either Perkunas or his servant, Kalvelis (Heavenly Smith).
Though he doesn't have a wife, nor have any children in the sense of a family, he is still very much a father figure. He mets out justice and law. He protects humanity and ensures the fertility of the land with his rains. In this sense he is a "good provider" to humanity - a father figure.
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MarijaK
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Posted June 15th, 2004 03:44 PM IP
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Purogentos wrote:
Is Perkunas ever reffered to as a father figure in your tradition? I see Father Perun mentioned often in some Slavic traditions and thought i saw the same with the Baltics but can't seem to recall the source.
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Description about Perkunas:
Perkunas is the lord of the air and of the heavenly waters which are over the stone dome of heaven. Every spring Perkunas sets these waters free and impregnates the earth. When the summer draught comes, Perkunas fights with underworld spirits and sets the waters that have been captured by them free again. Perkunas also punishes injustice on the earth and shoots his fire arrows at evil-doers. Sometimes Perkunas is accompanied by a goat, but usually he rides a winged horse which leaves a fire trail after it when riding on the skies. The horse breathes fire, smoke comes from its ears and the hot coals mark its footsteps. Perkunas himself is an old man with a long white beard and a face the color of the moon. He wears a red cloak, on his shoulder he has a silver bow and golden arrows. There are flint axes hanging on his belt and flint cartridges in his pockets as big as your finger. Perkunas wears a lightning wreath on his head and always hunts devils for their tricks. Sometimes he appears as a hunter dressed in green and helps people.
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Thane
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Posted May 7th, 2009 09:34 PM IP
My apologies for the nearly duplicate posting, but just like the rumors I have heard about (the Slavic deity) Perun; I have likewise read (in "Of Gods & Holidays") that Perkunas is associated with sacred fires and the oak.
However this book also does not cite its sources.
Does anyone know what source materials are used to make these claims??
Sincerely,
-Aydan
I worship the Cosmic Law and He who guards the Tree.
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