What is "perun"

Perun is a Marvel Comics character based on the mythical deity in Slavic mythology, with control over thunder and lightning similar to that of the Norse god Thor.

In Slavic mythology, Perun ( Cyrillic: Перун) is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of thunder and lightning. His other attributes were fire, mountains, wind, the oak, iris, eagle, firmament (in Indo-European languages, this was joined with the notion of the sky of stone), horses and carts, weapons (the hammer, axe ( Axe of Perun), and arrow), and war. He was first associated with weapons made of stone and later with those of metal.

This page distinguishes between articles of the same or similar spelling or title:

• Perun, a Slavic god
  • Perun (comics), a Marvel Comics character based on the aforementioned god
• Perun, the Montenegrin perun, historical money
• Perkun (company), a Polish arms producer
• Peryn, a peninsula near Veliky Novgorod (Russia)
• Peryn Chapel, the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos on Peryn