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Published: 2015-10-31 20:31:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 6725; Favourites: 84; Downloads: 0
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Lady Midday -
also known as Poludnitsa, Noon Demon or Noonwraith. An exceptionally vile and murderous demon that roamed the fields. Born of spirits of women who died right before or right after her own wedding. Her appearance was that of a skinny, bony woman wrapped in white cloth, her skin dark and dry. Alternatively, she was somtimes descibed as a whirlwind. She roamed the fields around the noon and cursed men working on them with headaches, syncope or even death. She also kidnapped and ate children left without parental protection. When she was not hungry, she buried them alive under the boundaries of fields.

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Południca –  zwana również przypołudnicą, żytnią lub rżaną babą. Była wyjątkowo złośliwym i morderczym polnym demonem. Los południcy mógł przypaść kobiecie, która zmarła tuż przed własnym ślubem lub chwilę po nim. Ukazywała się jako owinięta w białą płachtę kobieta o chudej kościstej sylwetce i śniadej, wysuszonej skórze, bądź jako wir powietrzny. Jeśli w okolicach południa natknęła się na człowieka pracującego w polu zsyłała na niego bóle głowy, omdlenia, a nawet śmierć. Pozostawione bez opieki dzieci porywała i pożerała, bądź zakopywała żywcem pod miedzą.

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Second part of my "Slavic Bestiary" project. Female demon from Slavic Mithology, you can also known her as Noonwraith from The Witcher and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
One of illustrations from artistic part of my thesis, again a bit different from the original.

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Tools:
Pencils HB-2B
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Wacoom Bamboo Fun tablet


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Comments: 12

Mihoshi5 [2016-04-07 07:00:28 +0000 UTC]

Fantastyczna praca

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VanoVaemone [2015-11-05 09:52:25 +0000 UTC]

This sweet ghost who likes to catch you in not more beautiful landscape than innocent gardens. Scarier than ghosts in the night  

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GothaWolf In reply to VanoVaemone [2015-11-07 23:33:47 +0000 UTC]

Many of slavic demons may appear during the day o.o

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Kikifuko [2015-11-02 20:45:54 +0000 UTC]

Hm, tak sobie ludzie dawniej tłumaczyli udar, najs xD

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GothaWolf In reply to Kikifuko [2015-11-07 23:31:28 +0000 UTC]

Ano, sporo ciekawych rzeczy można się dowiedzieć o naszych przodkach z ich wierzeń xD

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ladysilvana [2015-11-02 19:48:43 +0000 UTC]

Nic tylko nie wychodzić nigdy na pole! Nie dość, że na zbożu są pająki, to jeszcze czyhają na ciebie południce. T_T

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GothaWolf In reply to ladysilvana [2015-11-07 23:30:32 +0000 UTC]

Do tego pojawiają się czasem jako wir powietrzny!

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asari13 [2015-11-01 09:52:12 +0000 UTC]

She is angry

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GothaWolf In reply to asari13 [2015-11-01 09:54:11 +0000 UTC]

She is, like most of the Slavic demons

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the-exiled-muse [2015-11-01 05:42:06 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I remember her from the original Witcher (I haven't played the second yet). In that one, she was similar to a siren in some ways.

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GothaWolf In reply to the-exiled-muse [2015-11-01 09:38:07 +0000 UTC]

A siren? Why so? She sang or something?
It was so long time ago and I don't remember it well

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the-exiled-muse In reply to GothaWolf [2015-11-01 20:47:10 +0000 UTC]

Not exactly. The main noonwraith Geralt encountered is the "Midday Bride." She and other noonwraiths dance around a tree in the fields. According the bestiary, those who watch them dance are forced to dance with them until they die of exhaustion.

The Midday Bridge (Alina), will also say this to Geralt: "The sun rocks the earth, grain falls from the stalk. Come away with me, wanderer, come away with the noonwraith."

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