Percunatele
Perkunatete, Perkunatele or Perkūnėlė is in
The character of Perkunatete seems to be present in the myths of Baltic sun goddess Saulė. This solar goddess, after her daily ride, bathes in a sauna to rest and recover her strength for another daily travel, with Perkunatete waiting on her. In the book of Georges Dumézil, it is described that Perkunatele was represented as an oak tree with a cleft, resembling the female genitals, where lightning hit. A fire could sometimes break out when the wood was not humid, bringing pain to her. This can be two things, passion that leads to the delivery of a child or a bad lover. If it was the first, laughter will come out of her uterus. If the former, Perkunatele would scream in agony. Its the classic myth of fertility that is present on many cultures, you have to satisfy your lover to bring harmony to the act of coitus. Unlike the Christian Madonna, Perkunatele was not immaculate. The name derivates from PIE *Perkwunos, cognate to *perkwus, a word for "oak", "fir" or "wooded mountain".
References
- ^ a b c Monaghan 2010, pp. 518.
- ^ Ralston 1872, pp. 91.
- ISSN 0395-2649.
- ^ Straižys, Vytautas; Klimka, Libertas. "The Cosmology of the Ancient Balts". In: Journal for the History of Astronomy: Archaeoastronomy Supplement. Vol. 28. Issue 22 (1997): p. S73. [2]
Reference bibliography
- Monaghan, Patricia (2010). "The Slavic Peoples". Encyclopedia of goddesses and heroines. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34989-8.
- ISBN 978-0-7661-8318-6.
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