Percunatele

Perkunatete^[1] or Perkunatele is in Baltic mythology the thunder goddess mother of Perkunas, in Slavic mythology referred to as Percunatele mother of Perun, which is probably derived from the Balts^[2][3] Like many such goddesses absorbed into Christianity, she is, today, difficult to distinguish from the Christian madonna, Mary, one of whose epithets was Panna Maria Percunatele.^[3][4] Professor Patricia Monaghan of DePaul University also believes that she was originally derived from the Baltic thunder goddess.^[3]

References

1. Perkunatete or Perkuna tete in Baltic mythology
2. Monagan:Perkunatele (Percunatele) probably derived from Baltic mythology
3. Monaghan 2010, pp. 518.
4. Ralston 1872, pp. 91.

Reference bibliography

• Monaghan, Patricia (2010). "The Slavic Peoples". Encyclopedia of goddesses and heroines. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34989-8.
• Ralston, William Ralston Shedden (1872). "The Old Gods". Songs of the Russian People as Illustrative of Slavonic Mythology and Russian Social Life (reprinted by Kessinger Publishing, 2004 ed.). London: Ellis & Green. ISBN 978-0-7661-8318-6.