Old Belief
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Empty harvest field at the hottest hour, short shadows, heat distortion in the air

noon with no shadow

The hour is the creature. Noon is a boundary in Slavic belief in the same way midnight is, and the field at noon is the place a person is most likely to be alone, unshaded and overheated.

Basis: Slavic reckoning of noon as a dangerous hour · AI-generated

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