Norse
Odin
wisdom, poetry, war
Perun
Slavic tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- thunder, lightning, oak
- Symbols and attributes
- Axe; oak
Key myth
Chief of Vladimir's idols at Kyiv in 980, with a silver head and gold moustache. Procopius, in the 6th century, wrote that Slavs revered one god, the maker of lightning. After conversion, Vladimir had the idol thrown into the Dnieper.
Where sources differ or caution applies. The 'Perun versus Veles' dragon-slaying myth is a modern reconstruction (Ivanov and Toporov, 1970s) from folklore and Indo-European comparisons.
Primary sources
- Primary Chronicle (980, 988)
- Procopius, History of the Wars VII.14
Place in the family graph
More traditions
Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Perun: sky, storm and thunder, war and fighting. This is overlap in one area only.