In Wendish mythology, Přezpołdnica (in Lower Sorbian, Připołdnica in Upper Sorbian) is known as Mittagsfrau ("Lady Midday") among German speakers of Eastern Germany's Lusatia (Sorbian Łužica, German Lausitz) and in the now only German-speaking parts of what used to be the larger region of Old Lusatia.

In Polish belief the Poludnica (Poludniowka, Przypoludnica) manifests herself in the shape of a tall woman, dressed in a white robe reaching to her feet, and carrying a sharp sickle in her hand. She would ask riddles of those abroad at midday, then reap those who could not answer.

Jan 12, 2024 · The Lady Midday (or Noonday Demon, Polish: południca, Czech: polednice, Slovak: poľudnica) is a mythological character, the personification of noon as a dangerous time for humans in Russian and Western Slavic mythology.

Lady Midday is a Slavic folklore figure who appears at noon during hot summer days. According to legend, she appears as a cloud of dust and carries a scythe, sickle, or shears. Lady Midday is known for stopping people in the fields and engaging …

Jan 7, 2019 · In Slavic mythology, Lady Midday is known as "Midday Spirit" or "Poludnica." She is a female noon devil, an evil creature that carries a lethal danger to those who, on hot days, dared to work in the field.

In English, we know her as Lady Midday. A Slavic demon that thrives best on hot, summer days when the sun is at its highest point. She carries a weapon with her at all times: A sickle, a scythe, or a pair of shears — depending on who is telling the story.

In the scorching Slavic summer, Lady Midday, enigmatic and beautiful, tests souls with existential questions under the blazing sun.

Poludnitsa, a.k.a. Lady Midday, is a female field spirit from Slavic mythology. She's usually depicted as a beautiful young woman dressed in white clothes and carrying a scythe.

In Polish folklore, the Południca, also called Lady Midday or the Noon Witch, is a female supernatural figure that roomed in the roamed field bounds, scaring away the children from ruining the crops.

Poludnitsa is a noon demon in Slavic mythology. She can be referred to in English as "Lady Midday", "Noonwraith" or "Noon Witch". She was usually pictured as a young woman dressed in white that roamed field bounds. She assailed folk working at noon, causing heatstrokes and aches in the neck; sometimes she even caused madness.