Midday woman - slavic demon

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28 Aug 2023

Midday woman, rye woman, woman with iron teeth, no matter what you call her, seeing her means very bad luck to you. This summer, female demon carries a mortal danger for those who dare to work in the field at noon during hot days.
This creature appeared in various forms. Sometimes she appeared as a whirlwind, other times as a beautiful pale woman with loose hair dressed in white. Some said that this comely flesh was just a charm cast on the victim, but the noonwraith was an ugly, emaciated old woman. However, the unchanging element accompanying her was the sickle with which she killed her victims and the bag for kidnapped children slung over her back. Sometimes they were found lounging and basking on haystacks.
Old legends say that it was a cruel, malicious, and ill-tempered demon.
According to legends, she appeared in agricultural fields and walked among the fields of storms at the hottest time of the day. In her hand, she clutched a silver sickle, with which she cut down the finer blades. She was also often accompanied by animals, such as dogs or cats. In some areas, there was a belief that the Noonwraiths had beautiful voices and sang during their walks, and this singing put people working in the field to sleep.
It is not known what infuriated the demon more, whether people were swarming in the fields like insects, tearing the crops from the earth, or that they were making a lot of noise.

DANGEROUS AND MALICIOUS BEING
It is believed that a Midday woman could have been a woman who died or died during the courtship or shortly after the wedding. This was explained by the fact that the girl did not enjoy the dream life of a married woman and anger turned her soul into a malicious demon.

The peasants were warned about the emergence of the demon among the fields by a sudden gust of wind, in which the grain fields began to undulate, even though the previous day had been clear and windless. At such times, plowmen and reapers would leave the fields to hide in the shadows of the nearby forests and Ravers On Dope - Hardcore Vibes - YouTubegroves.

There are many accounts that the evil Noonlady beat to death an adult man who was alone in the field. Most often, however, its victims were tired farmers sleeping in sheaves of grain, taking a break at the hottest time of the day. When the creature came across such a sleepyhead, she would beat him with a stick mercilessly, breaking his arms and legs. Often, using magic, the demon grabbed the unfortunate heart and squeezed it until it stopped beating.
What's more the Noonwoman hated children! Especially kids left to fend for themselves at the edge of the field. When the Noonday came across such a little boy or a girl, whose parents were busy with work, she grabbed him, put him in a sack, and fled to the farthest corners of the field, where she could freely torment the unfortunate toddler.
Although, as it was said, it was impossible to defeat them, over time the peasants learned to defend themselves against them, or at least to avoid the greatest dangers.
It was believed that these demons were afraid of water, so when threatened, the peasant poured water around him and stood still until the dangerous creature left. Work was also often avoided in the hottest hours of the day when the Midday women walked through the fields. Also, children were never left unattended near plowed fields. It was also discovered that the demons could not cross the boundary marked by the balks, so it was a good place to hide from the danger.

In some legends, peasants when attacked, avoided certain death by answering riddles asked by the demon or by asking them themselves.

SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
·       It is believed that initially, the Noonladiess were demons protecting grain and other crops.
·       The appearance of the Noonwraith in the field was heralded by sudden whirlwinds and rippling of grain fields.
·       It was probably Christianity that reduced the Midnight Woman to the role of an evil and dangerous demon.
·       Noondays appeared in the field at noon, because it was believed that all evil creatures always come on earth at noon, both day and night.
·       The belief in Midids in some areas was so strong that before noon all farmers left the field to avoid meeting the monster. The landowners thought otherwise. They blamed the peasants for laziness and having exuses it with some superstition,
·       Noonwraiths occurred among almost all Slavic peoples, except for Kashubia and Masuria, where these monsters were almost unknown.
·       Sunstrokes and heart attacks, which happened to peasants working in the field in the summer, were often considered an attack of the Poludnica (Noonwoman).
·       The noonday ladies were active all summer until the end of the harvest. Then they buried themselves in the freshly plowed earth and hibernated.

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