the reading of the Latin -dag- as -tęg-/*-tǫg-, Łuczyński reads the Proto-Slavic form of theonym as *Potǫgъ. This is supported by the Old Polish personal name *Potąg, reconstructed on the basis of the village of Potęgowo, as well as the personal name *Nietąg (name with negation) from the 13th century. According to Henryk Łowmiański the cult of Podaga was a cult arranged by prince Kruto and not a tribal cult, because the creation of an independent deity, erecting a temple and a statue of him would have exceeded the capabilities of a small territorial unit. According to Łuczyński, the new temple (probably dedicated to a new god) was supposed to raise the authority of the prince's power. According to him, Potag should therefore be considered an epithet of Perun, which would have a Rus' analogy in the form of the creation of an official state cult established in Kyiv by Vladimir the Great. Potag would thus originally have been a given name, and as an adjective of the deity it was eventually recognized as a separate theonym, at first as an alternate name for Perun. References Bibliography Slavic gods