The dragon men are recorded in eastern Serbia, Banat, western Bulgaria, and Macedonia. The zduhaći are recorded in Montenegro, eastern Herzegovina, part of Bosnia, and the Sandžak region of south-western Serbia. The vetrovnjak, recorded in parts of western Serbia, fought against a bringer of bad weather imagined as a black bird. The victorious zduhaći would loot the yield of all agricultural produce from the territory of their defeated foes, and take it to their own region. The zduhaći (plural) of an area usually fought together against the attacking zduhaći of another area who were bringing a storm and hail clouds above their fields. The dragon man fought against female demons called ala, which led hail clouds over fields to destroy crops, and consumed the fertility of the fields. Notions associated with the zduhać, vetrovnjak, and dragon man, respectively, are not identical. Having defeated the demons and taken away the stormy clouds they brought, the protectors would return into their bodies and wake up tired. It was believed that the souls of these men could leave their bodies in sleep, to intercept and fight with demonic beings imagined as bringers of bad weather. The demons could be thwarted by men with supernatural properties.Ī zduhać ( Cyrillic: здухаћ, pronounced ) and vetrovnjak (ветровњак, ) in Serbian tradition, and a dragon man in Bulgarian, Macedonian and southern Serbian traditions, were men believed to have an inborn supernatural ability to protect their estate, village, or region against destructive weather conditions, such as storms, hail, or torrential rains. It was believed that demons could lead these clouds over fields to destroy crops. Cumulonimbus clouds are involved in thunderstorms, and can produce heavy rain and hail.
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