Perkúnas versus Perun7

BLAŽEK, Václav. Perkúnas versus Perun7. In Civjan,Tatjana; Zavjalova, Marija; Judžentis, Artūras. Baltai ir slavai: dvasinių kultūrųsankirtos / Balty i slavjane: peresečenija duxovnyx kuľtur. Vilnius: Versmė, 2014, p. 101-114. ISBN 978-9955-589-99-0.

Basic information

• Original name: Perkúnas versus Perun7
• Authors: BLAŽEK, Václav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Vilnius, Baltai ir slavai: dvasinių kultūrųsankirtos / Balty i slavjane: peresečenija duxovnyx kuľtur, p. 101-114, 14 pp. 2014.
• Publisher: Versmė

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: Lithuania
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/14:00074055
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-9955-589-99-0
• Keywords in English: theonym; Baltic and Slavic mythology; Indo-European mythological tradition and heritage
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

In the article the relationship and differences between Baltic *Perkúnas and Slavic *Perun7, designating "Thunder God", are analyzed. Both are derivatives of the IE verbal root *per- "to beat, strike". The Baltic theonym is a compound of the type Donnerkeil, where the second component may be interpreted as "stony wedge". The simplification of the Slavic form is explainable as hypocoristic, but it could also be caused by contamination with Slavic *p6rvj6nj6 "first, former", indicating implicitly the role of a 'primeval deity', known also from Baltic, Greek or Indo-Aryan traditions.

Links

• GAP406/12/0655, research and development project: Name: Jazykové interference Indoevropanů v Centrální Asii a Číně

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Indo-European Linguistic Interference in Central Asia and China