MEANING: the thunder

GRAMMATICAL INFORMATION: Kas? perkūnas Ko? perkūno Kam? perkūnui Ką? perkūną Kuo? perkūnu Kur? perkūne

USAGE:
Liepos 20-toji yra Perkūno, Šv. Elijaus debesų valdytojo diena.

O už ką? Kad pagonys garbino žalčius, perkūną?

Perkūnas turėjo žmoną Žemyną ir devynis sūnus.



INTERESTING FACTS: Perkūnas was the common Baltic god of thunder, one of the most important deities in the Baltic pantheon. In both Lithuanian and Latvian mythology, he is documented as the god of thunder, rain, mountains, oak trees and the sky. As a heavenly (atmospheric) deity Perkūnas, apparently, is the assistant and executor of Dievas‘s will. Perkūnas is pictured as middle-aged, armed with an axe and arrows, riding a two-wheeled chariot harnessed with goats, like Thor.