(H)ÁLA/(Х)АЛА ДЕМОН НА ЛОШОТО ВРЕМЕ, ХАРАКТЕРЕН ЗА СЛАВЯНСКАТА ЕТНИЧЕСКА ГРУПА НА СЪРБИТЕ, БЪЛГАРИТЕ И МАКЕДОНЦИТЕ
(H)ÁLA, BAD WEATHER DEMON SPECIFIC TO SLAVIC ETHNIC GROUP OF SERBS, BULGARIANS AND MACEDONIANS

Summary/Abstract: The paper offers a short analysis of the word hála, attested in Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian and Bulgarian, including Banat Bulgarian. This noun is originally used to denote the daemon causing the storm of hail and tempest. According to popular beliefs the principal attributives of hála are enormous size and strength. Hála, being mainly the personification of the storm of hail, we also present, briefly, customs related to protection from hail. Referring to Banat Bulgarians, even if none of those we surveyed could not describe an accurate representation of the hála, there are some details that clearly demonstrates that we are dealing with the personification of a mythical being.

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