The Spirit Of Perun
The Spirit Of Perun, to be honest, seems to hold the root name of Peru, with the wall of the serpent sauntering down the east coast of South America. Who have ears, listen. A slavic God as tall as a mountain could walk over a great part of the earth in a day. Thus am I sure he was well known the world over. He is heralded as the God Of Order; he is Perun, the thunder god of the ancient pagan Slavs, a fructifier, purifier, and overseer of right and order . His actions are perceived by the senses: seen in the thunderbolt, heard in the rattle of stones, the bellow of the bull, or the bleat of the he-goat (thunder); and he is felt in the touch of an ax blade. In the Christian period, the worship of Perun was gradually transferred into St. Elijah (Russian Iliya), but in folk beliefs, his fructifying, life-stimulating, and purifying functions are still performed by his vehicles: the ax, the bull, the he-goat, the dove, and the cuckoo. Sacrifices and communal feasts on July 20 in honour...