PERUN - slavic background music

Perun - Slavic god of thunder and one of the leading ones in the Slavic pantheon. “Perun“ is a name suggested by some researchers of the subject, resulting from the name of the thunder perunъ associated with the lex pьrati, ’to beat, to strike’ as meaning one of the chief Slavic deities. The personification of the thunderer, the god of thunder and lightning. According to the researchers’ intention, it is to organize individual traces of belief left by the cult of Slavic, tribal thundering deities. These include: in the Old Polish tradition the name Piorun or Grom, in Polish folk sayings also Pierun, in the Old Russian tradition Перун (pronounced Pierun). In mass culture, the name Perun is most often used to refer to the chief thunder deity Music by OB-LIX Animated Photo: BrandwayArt