[[thunder-lightning]] Often the god of SKY, THUNDER/LIGHTNING, and STORMS are all the same. *** ## Etymology PIE Perkwunos > Poetics > [[epithets-thunder-lightning]] ## Characteristics - Wields [[bolt]] - Member of the [[divine-family]] - Leader of the Mythologized [Koryos](koryos-warband-comitatus-mannerbund.md) Germanic [[thor]] --> Estonian [[taara]] Indic [[indra]] Greek [[zeus]] Indic [[parjanya]] Hittite [[collins2007]] ### Influence on Uralic [[u-saloUNKNOWN]] thor --> Estonian [[taara]] ## Biblio [Wikipedia: Perkwunos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkwunos) [Wikipedia: PIE Myth: Weather deity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European-mythology#Weather-deity) [ie-connection: thunder god](https://www.indo-european-connection.com/religion/gods/thunder-god)