Podaga
Encyclopedia
In Wendish mythology
Podaga is the weather
god and the god of fishing
, hunting
and farming.
Wendish mythology
In 1824 the Danish poet Bernhard Severin Ingemann published his thesis on North-Slavic and Wendish mythology in which he established the following pantheon:First line of gods :...
Podaga is the weather
Weather
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate...
god and the god of fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
, hunting
Hunting
Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...
and farming.