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354 Cf. Saxo Grammaticus, p. 578; Helmold, i. 83. i. 83. For the oak as sacred to Perun see Leger, Mythologie, pp. 73–75; cf. also the Lithuanian association of Perkunas and the oak, infra, p. 321. Guagnini, f. 83 a, states that a perpetual fire of oak burned before Perun's idol in Novgorod, death being the penalty of any priests who might carelessly allow the flame to be extinguished. In the Oriental Churches many of the great figures of the Old Testament rank as saints, quite unlike the rule in the West. See supra, p. 293. For the blending of Perun and St. Iliya see Leger, Mythologie, pp. 66–73. The Biblical basis for the identification is sought in such passages as I Kings xvii. i, xviii. 24 ff., xix. 11–12, II Kings i. 10–12, ii. II, Luke ix. 54, James v. 17-18. Cf. Krek, Einleitung, p. 391, note 2, Leger, Mythologie, p. 121. The deity is, accordingly, plainly to be compared with the Samogitian god "Datanus [*Datanus, "Inclined to Give"; see T. von Grienberger, in ASP xviii. 19-20 (1896)] donator est bonorum, seu largitor," of Lasicius, ed. Mannhardt, p. 11. Nestor, xxxviii (tr. Leger, p. 64). Cf. supra, pp. 286-87, on Svaražic and infra, p. 298, on Svarožič.</li> <li>See Mythology of All Races, Boston, 1916, i. 241–43.</li> <li>Chronicle of Hypatius, ed. V. Jagic, in ASP v. i (1881).</li> <li>Tr. Boltz, pp. 17, 20.</li> <li>Cf. Krek, Einleitung, p. 393; Leger, Mythologie, pp. 5–6, 121, note 2, is very sceptical as to the mythological value of this epic.</li> <li>Cf. V. Jagić, in ASP v. 11–12 (1881).</li> <li>See Krek, Einleitung, p. 395, note i.</li> <li>Cf. the Elbe god Svaražic, supra, pp. 277, 286–87, and the similar statement regarding Dažbog (supra, pp. 277, 297).</li> <li>Cf. V. Jagić, in ASP iv. 412–27 (1880).</li> <li>See Mythology of All Races, Boston, 1916, i. 205–08.</li> <li>See supra, pp. 277, 286–87.</li> <li>If, as V. Jagić has suggested (ASP iv. 426 [1880]), the author of the Chronicle connected the name Svarog with Russian svaritĭ, svarivatĭ ("to weld, braze, forge"), the deity may be identical with the celestial smith of Baltic folk-songs (see infra, p. 330). For older explanations of the name see Krek, Einleitung, pp. 378–82.</li> <li>Nestor, xxxviii (tr. Leger, p. 64).</li> <li>Leger, Mythologie, p. 117.</li> <li>See Mythology of All Races, Boston, 1916, i. 175–82.</li> <li>Tr. Boltz, pp. 34–35.</li> <li>In similar fashion an idol (in this instance carved of stone) worshipped at the mouth of the Obi was called Zolota Baba ("Golden Gammer ") by the Russians (Guagnini, ff. 85 b–86 a).</li> </ol>