Thunder and Lightening (2010)
KYIV DESTINATION: National History Museum, Kievan Rus Park, Kyiv City Museum
Ukraine, Bosnia and Bulgaria (along with Belarus and Russia) share an ancient slavic God - Perun.
He was the King of Gods and like Zeus and Thor he was linked to thunder and lightening.
You can see in several places over Kyiv.
In Bulgaria and Bosnia many mountain tops, associated with lightening strikes, are called or sound similar to Perun. An iris in the region is also called Perun's flower, as it was believed to only grow where lightening had struck.
In Ukraine also Perun was a revered God before Christianisation and one Kyiv prince erected seven statues of Perun on his accession. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perun
One gold-painted replica statue stands outside the very first settlement site of Kyiv - currently the location of the National History Museum. http://www.nmiu.com.ua/index.php/en/ You will see people worshipping there to this day. Offerings are often found at the foot of the statue.
Another can be found at the Old Kiev Park Kievan Rus theme park. http://parkkyivrus.com/ua/ which is a 30 minute drive outside Kyiv.
But there are two amazing original survivors in the Kiev City Museum. http://kyivhistorymuseum.org
Discovered during some building work, this original post has several jaw bones still embedded into the wood. Archeologists say these are animal bones from sacrifices, and their blood was traditionally poured over the statue. This post definitely looks blood-stained. This must date to before 988 when Vladimir the Great converted to Christianity and demanded all images of Perun be destroyed.
There are around 140,000 ethnic Bulgarians still living in southern Ukraine.
The Bulgarian embassy:
Address: 1, Gospitalna St, Kyiv.
Tel: +380 (44) 246 7672
The Bosnian consul: Andriy Vasylkovskyi,
Address: 40, Anri Barbyusa St, Kyiv.
Tel: +380 (44) 537 2377
Bulgarian, Bosnian, Ukrainian God Perun
EUROVISION COUNTRIES: Bulgaria and Bosnia HercegoviniaKYIV DESTINATION: National History Museum, Kievan Rus Park, Kyiv City Museum
Ukraine, Bosnia and Bulgaria (along with Belarus and Russia) share an ancient slavic God - Perun.
He was the King of Gods and like Zeus and Thor he was linked to thunder and lightening.
You can see in several places over Kyiv.
In Bulgaria and Bosnia many mountain tops, associated with lightening strikes, are called or sound similar to Perun. An iris in the region is also called Perun's flower, as it was believed to only grow where lightening had struck.
In Ukraine also Perun was a revered God before Christianisation and one Kyiv prince erected seven statues of Perun on his accession. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perun
One gold-painted replica statue stands outside the very first settlement site of Kyiv - currently the location of the National History Museum. http://www.nmiu.com.ua/index.php/en/ You will see people worshipping there to this day. Offerings are often found at the foot of the statue.
Another can be found at the Old Kiev Park Kievan Rus theme park. http://parkkyivrus.com/ua/ which is a 30 minute drive outside Kyiv.
But there are two amazing original survivors in the Kiev City Museum. http://kyivhistorymuseum.org
Discovered during some building work, this original post has several jaw bones still embedded into the wood. Archeologists say these are animal bones from sacrifices, and their blood was traditionally poured over the statue. This post definitely looks blood-stained. This must date to before 988 when Vladimir the Great converted to Christianity and demanded all images of Perun be destroyed.
There are around 140,000 ethnic Bulgarians still living in southern Ukraine.
The Bulgarian embassy:
Address: 1, Gospitalna St, Kyiv.
Tel: +380 (44) 246 7672
The Bosnian consul: Andriy Vasylkovskyi,
Address: 40, Anri Barbyusa St, Kyiv.
Tel: +380 (44) 537 2377
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