Explore Perun through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Perun meaning
The highest god in the pantheon of Slavic mythology, the god of thunder and lightning.
Using Perun
- The main meaning on this page is: The highest god in the pantheon of Slavic mythology, the god of thunder and lightning.
- In the example corpus, perun often appears in combinations such as: perun and.
Context around Perun
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perun
- In this selection, "perun" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, joining, joseph, name and retaliates stand out and add context to how "perun" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include before joining perun on the and dani joseph perun and lucy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perun" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perun
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Veles taunts Perun and flees, transforming himself into various animals and hiding behind trees, houses, even people. (17 words)
The most common name of the supreme deity is Perun and was identified with the Christian God after Christianization. (19 words)
Perun retaliates to this challenge of the divine order by pursuing Veles, attacking with his lightning bolts from the sky. (20 words)
Enmity between the two is initiated by Veles' annual ascent up the world tree in the form of a huge serpent and his ultimate theft of Perun's divine cattle from the heavenly domain. (34 words)
This duality and conflict represents an opposition of the natural principles of earth, water, substance, and chaos (Veles) and of heaven, fire, spirit, order (Perun), not a clash of good and evil. (32 words)
For comparison, "Parom" a corrupted form of the name "Perun", is used as a mild curse in Slovak language - "Do Paroma!" is roughly equivalent to perkele in Finnish. (28 words)
Example sentences (10)
Chernobog the dark chaos god is another example, with the antagonist fighting Thor and Hulk before joining Perun on the modern Winter Guard.
From left, Admire Dani, Joseph Perun, and Lucy Martins all of People’s United Bank at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville on Thursday.
Enmity between the two is initiated by Veles' annual ascent up the world tree in the form of a huge serpent and his ultimate theft of Perun's divine cattle from the heavenly domain.
For comparison, "Parom" a corrupted form of the name "Perun", is used as a mild curse in Slovak language - "Do Paroma!" is roughly equivalent to perkele in Finnish.
He described them as barbarians, who lived under democracy, and that they believe in one god, "the maker of lightning" ( Perun ), to whom they made sacrifice.
Perun retaliates to this challenge of the divine order by pursuing Veles, attacking with his lightning bolts from the sky.
The most common name of the supreme deity is Perun and was identified with the Christian God after Christianization.
The union of Perun's kin and Veles' stepson brings peace between two great gods, staving off storms which could damage the harvest.
This duality and conflict represents an opposition of the natural principles of earth, water, substance, and chaos (Veles) and of heaven, fire, spirit, order (Perun), not a clash of good and evil.
Veles taunts Perun and flees, transforming himself into various animals and hiding behind trees, houses, even people.
Common combinations with perun
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: