Also called Pogoda (proposed reading).
Their story
Helmold notes that the people of Plön honoured Podaga, whose image stood there. He says nothing more. Some scholars suggest the name is a miscopying of Pogoda, meaning weather, but that is a guess.
Best times to give to them
- no festivals are recorded
What they like being given
- bread
- a candle
How to honour them
- Acknowledge him as one of the named local gods of the Baltic Slavs.
How they can help you
- remembering local gods
- place and belonging
Symbols
- an idol in a temple
A single mention by Helmold; the weather reading is conjecture.
Sources
- Helmold, Chronica Slavorum, Book I, chapter 84
More Slavic gods
- Perun The thunder god of oak and axe
- Veles Lord of cattle, wealth and the underworld
- Dazhbog The giving god, the sun
- Svarog The heavenly smith, father of fire and sun
- Jarilo The youthful god of spring and growth
- Rod The god of kin, birth and fate
- Stribog Grandfather of the winds
- Khors The bright disc of the sun