In folk spells for repelling hail clouds in Serbia, these clouds were called white cattle.
At the sight of hail clouds, he would mount his mare and disappear for several days.
Dragon or serpent like demon connected with the wind, and thunderstorm and hail clouds.
A zduhać could take the storms and hail clouds over the territory of another zduhać to destroy its crops.
When an ala threatens by bringing hail clouds, a dragon comes out to fight with her and drive her away.
In the region of Boljevac, the epileptics were said to be alovit their souls went out of their bodies during epileptic fits and led hail clouds.
In Bulgarian tradition, thunderstorms and hail clouds were interpreted as a battle between the good dragon or eagle and the evil ala.
It was thought that his soul then flew skywards to fight against some black bird which led the storm and hail clouds.
His arch-enemy was a female demon named ala (plural: ale), whose main activity was to lead storm and hail clouds over fields to destroy crops.
A role of zduhaći, according to folk tradition, was to lead storms and hail clouds away from their family estates, villages, or regions, to save their crops.
