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Pogoda (Polish: Počasí, Cyrillic: Погода; meaning ‘weather’) is an alleged Slavic god of gentle, pleasant wind, as well as good weather, clear days, and a herald of spring.[1]
He was first mentioned in "Annals or Chronicles of the Famous Kingdom of Poland" by Jan Dlugosz, written in 1455-1480:
‘They also considered Weather to be a deity, so they called him Weather, that is, the giver of suitable air’.[2]: 73
However, the list of gods given by Dlugosz is not generally accepted.
He is then mentioned by Maciej Miechowita, who was probably inspired by Dlugosz, in the Chronica Polonorum of 1519:
‘They revered Pogoda, the name meaning weather, they revered the wind, either as a light breeze, stirring the ears of corn and the leaves of the trees, or turning into a whirlwind: [then] they called the deity Pogvizd.'[2]: 74
The last written mention of the god occurs in ‘Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, and all of Ruthenia...’ by Maciej Stryjkowski from 1582:
‘The Poles glorified the howling wind as a god and called it Zhiviy, as well as Pogoda, the god of bright and happy days, which Mekhovyi heard about from his ancestors.’[2]: 75
There is one recorded version where Pogoda is the husband of Zimerzla, an alleged Slavic goddess. He was imagined as a bright-eyed, cheerful young man in a pointed hat, from under which bull horns were visible. In his right hand near his chest, Weather holds a cornucopia, and in his left — a stick, indicating the rank of the highest deity.[1]
The deity may also have certain connections with the Polabian Podaga.[3]: 157
References
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- ^ a b c Téra, Michal (2009). Perun: Bůh hromovládce. — Červený Kostelec : Pavel Mervart, 2009.
- ^ Ovsec, J. Damijan (1991). Slavic mythology and belief.
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