The Storm God and the Hunter: A Fragment of an Old Balto-Slavic Epos?<br>Le Dieu de l'orage et le chasseur: un fragment d'une ancienne épopée</br>

Authors

  • Patrice Lajoye Société historique de Lisieux, Université de Caen Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032 Caen Cedex 5, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v21i0.7064

Keywords:

Perun, Perkūnas, storm god, divine weapon, hunter

Abstract

A comparison of a group of Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian legends implying a thunderous character, with a passage from the Mahābhārata, an ancient Indian epos, allows us to reconstruct a fragment of the myth of the Baltic and Slavic thunderstorm god.

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Published

2018-10-25

How to Cite

Lajoye, P. (2018). The Storm God and the Hunter: A Fragment of an Old Balto-Slavic Epos?<br>Le Dieu de l’orage et le chasseur: un fragment d’une ancienne épopée</br>. Studia Mythologica Slavica, 21, 27–37. https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v21i0.7064

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RAZPRAVE / ARTICLES