Old Slavic weather-dragon tradition, still on the map in place names
Slavic tradition gives Bulgaria the zmey, a dragon that is not simply a monster: the male zmey is often a guardian of his village’s fields and a bringer of rain, fighting the destructive lamia that brings hail and drought. Whole hillsides and springs across the Balkan range carry dragon names. It is old agricultural folklore about weather and survival, told across Bulgaria, Serbia and North Macedonia.
The Balkan Mountains (Bulgaria)
See it on the map
Other places on the map within a couple of hours of here.
