Ancient Slavic god Perun

The ancient Slavic people, by church and Byzantine accounts and archeological evidence had one supreme god, which ruled the heavens.  The ancient Slavic god was named Perun.  Perun battled the evil enemy Veles and sent him to the underworld. This god Perun was the supreme god of all and his rule was manifest in lightning and thunder.  In fact storms were celestial battles.  The Polish word for lightening is Piorun.  However, this can also be used for lightening and thunder.  The similarities and the genesis of this word are obvious.  Also the word for storm is burza. This sounds like the Polish word for God, Boże in the vocative case.

The Proto Indo European word for thunder god was Perkwunos.

With the arrival of Christianity Perun was perhaps replaced by St. Michael conceptually as the vanquisher of the devil and commander of heaven’s legions.With this history of the ancient Slavic supreme god, I hope you will remember the Polish word for lightening. If you add richness to your language learning your will remember your word better.

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