Perun : the god of thunder / Mark Yoffe and Joseph Krafczik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoffe, Mark, 1958-

Contributor:

Krafczik, Joseph, 1960-

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in the humanities (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 43.

Studies in the humanities, 0742-6712 ; v. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perun (Slavic deity).

Physical Description:

xiv, 118 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: Christianity and the Slavs 1

Poetic Mythology 9

Perun: The God of Thunder 11

Earliest Recollection 11

Roots 12

Relations 13

Indic 13

Germanic 14

Greco-Roman 16

God of Fire 16

Origin of Fire and Man 17

Rain and Seed 18

Place of Worship 18

Power of Fire 19

Healing and Cleansing 22

Fire and Water 24

Fire and Death 25

Sacrifice 26

To Hearth 26

Animal and Human 27

Elders 31

Sacred Home 32

Hospitality and Abundance 33

Clouds and Mountains 34

Treasure 35

Shining and Blooming 38

Perunian Flowers 39

Fern Plant 39

Flying Grass 42

Weeping Grass 43

Weeping Grass and St. John's Wort 45

Dream Grass 48

Sleep and Reawakening 48

Perunian Animals 51

Cattle and Bull 51

Sheep and Goat 54

The Mighty Horse 55

Birds 60

Eagle 61

Raven 61

Stork and Woodpecker 62

Magpie 63

The Lame Leg: A Short Digression 64

Sparrow 67

Rooster and the Egg 68

Distortions 69

Poetic Mythology Applied 71

N.V. Gogol' 71

A Terrible Vengeance 71

Vii 72

Night on the Eve of Ivan Kupala 83

May Night, or The Drowned Maiden 84

The Igor Tale 85

Div 85

Tur 87

F. Sologub 87

The Petty Demon 87.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [91]-112) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0820441201

OCLC:

50184918