Perun

(Art by Andrey Shishkin)

**Perun** is the god of thunder and fertility who was worshiped by the Slavics.

## Overview

Perun is the most important god according to the Slavics. Perun was associated with the eagles and lived in the highest place of the top of the world tree. His most famous adventures were his battles with his rival, Veles, the god of the underworld.

Perun is not just the god of thunder and rains, he also was associated with fire, mountains, wind, iris, eagle, firmament, horses and carts and war. Just as humans transitioned from tools of stone to tools of iron, so did he transition to iron tools. His weaponry included a hammer, axe, and arrows.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Climate Control**: Perun can alter the weather at will.
	+ **Thunder Maker**: Perun can create thunder storms.
	+ **Atmosphere**: Perun has a semi-perfect control over the atmosphere.
	+ **Rain Control**: Perun can make it rain upon the Earth.
* **Godly Army**: Perun can invoke an army created by himself.
* **Divine Resistance**: Perun can resist against any kind of magic.

## History

### Early Life

Perun was born from the union of Svarog, the god of fire, and Lada, the goddess of war. Due to the power held by his parents, Perun was able to easily climb his way up the social latter to become the king of the gods. He took refuge in the Skylands among the other rulers of pantheons. This made Perun's brother Veles jealous, as he felt as though the title fit him better, leading to a rivalry between the two that would last for centuries.

After the overthrowing of Dyēus, God told Perun and the gods directly associated with him that they would be worshiped by the Slavs, in the general area of what is now Russia. Due to his status as a king of gods, he was invited to join the Council of Godheads in order to stop threats to the Earth. He had his father, Svarog, chosen as a back up just in case Perun couldn't show up.

### Continued Rivalry

Every so often, Veles would come out of the underworld to steal things from Perun in order to provoke the thunder god. Perun eventually reached a breaking point and started to chase Veles around the Earth, trying to annihilate him with his lighting and thunder. Veles was very good at hiding, even from the wrath of a deity. This wouldn't last forever though, Perun finally struck Veles down back into the underworld, returning back to the Skyland having enforced his superiority.

This would repeated every so often, as both were gods and neither could die. To the average human, this would only appear like a normal thunderstorm, but in reality this would be the continuation of one of the oldest rivalries of the gods.

## Myth and Legends

Perun is a figure of veneration from the mythologies of ancient Slavic tribes. Perun was generally considered the supreme god of most of these tribes near the end of Slavic paganism. The first recorded supreme god of the Slavs was the deity Rod, though it is unknown how the worship of Rod evolved into the worship of Perun. It is generally believed that the Slavic Perun is an evolution of the Proto-Indo-European Perkwunos.

## Trivia

* Perun was equated with Thor and Perkunas by theologians.