Sky and thunder were not separate mysteries requiring theological reconciliation—they were father and son, creator and enforcer, the divine hierarchy made visible through natural phenomena that any person could observe. When lightning struck the oak during summer storm, this was not random violence of indifferent nature but deliberate action of Perkūnas, the thunder god, executing judgment under authority granted by Dievas, the supreme sky father. The Baltic peoples did not worship chaos requiring priestly interpretation. They honored order made manifest, divine structure reflected in observable patterns of celestial behavior and seasonal cycles that governed agricultural life upon which survival depended.