- Perkele
Perkele is a god associated with thunder in
Finnish mythology . Perkele was referred to with a variety of names, including "Ukko " "an old man", "Lars " "shortness", and "Ylijumala" "the supreme god."The name is of Indo-European origin. Related gods from other areas are
Piarun (Belarus ),Pērkons (Latvia ),Perkūnas (Lithuania ),Percunis (Prussia ), Perkun or Perun (Serbia),Perkwunos (Poland ),Perun (Russia ) andParkelj (Slovenia )."Perkele" is a common swear word in Finnish, meaning
Satan . This connotation was coined in the Finnish translation of the Bible. The term was used until the 1933/38 translation. The 1992 translation uses the word "paholainen" "devil" of the Icelandic word "fjandinn". The use of "perkele" in the Bible aimed at demonizing Finnish gods. Fact|date=April 2008Perkele is also the name of an
Oi! band from Sweden.ee also
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Perkwunos , Indo-European god of thunder
*"Management by perkele ", a Swedish expression
*Finnish profanity
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