There is no »Perun in the Caucasus«... But Maybe an Ancient Iranian Thunder Demon<br>Na Kavkaze »Peruna net« ... est' tam, vozmožno, staryj iranskij demon</br>

Thirty years ago, the Russian historian L. S. Klejn proposed that the legendary Chechen and Ingush character Pira or Pirow was borrowed during the Middle Ages by the local population from the Russian mythology, through a contingent of Eastern Slavs deported there by the caliph Mervan II. Thus, Pira...

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Main Author: Patrice Lajoye
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2012-10-01
Series:Studia Mythologica Slavica
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Online Access:https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sms/article/view/1582