Percunatele

Perkunatete, Perkunatele or Perkūnėlė 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.[1] 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.[1][2] Professor Patricia Monaghan of DePaul University also believes that she was originally derived from the Baltic thunder goddess.[1]

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.[3][4]

References

Monaghan 2010, pp. 518.
Ralston 1872, pp. 91.
Laurinkienė, Nijolé. "Saulės ratų ir laivo mitiniai vaizdiniai: šviesulys paros cikle (Mythical Images of the Solar Carriage and Ship: the Heavenly Body in the Course of an Astronomical Day)". In: Tautosakos darbai t. 54, p. 13-25. ISSN 1392-2831.
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.

Reference bibliography

Monaghan, Patricia (2010). "The Slavic Peoples". Encyclopedia of goddesses and heroines. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34989-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[FOOTNOTEMonaghan2010518-1] Monaghan 2010, pp. 518.

[FOOTNOTERalston187291-2] Ralston 1872, pp. 91.

[3] Laurinkienė, Nijolé. "Saulės ratų ir laivo mitiniai vaizdiniai: šviesulys paros cikle (Mythical Images of the Solar Carriage and Ship: the Heavenly Body in the Course of an Astronomical Day)". In: Tautosakos darbai t. 54, p. 13-25. ISSN 1392-2831.

[Straižys,_Vytautas_1997-4] 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.