Signs on October 15

Our ancestors believed that a person could be attacked by dark forces, sometimes even without realizing that it happened. To protect themselves from the demons' wiles, the people turned to their saints for protection: women to Ustinya, men to Cyprian (Kupriyan).

People's signs on October 15

Signs on the Pokrov on October 15 determined the character of the coming winter.

  1. It was stated, from which side the wind blows, they will come from that and cold, and in the second half of the day they were judged about the winter.
  2. It was believed that if October 15, without snow, then until December 7 (to Catherine), the land will remain naked. If the snow still fell, then it will not last long, and this winter will come in six weeks.
  3. It was believed that the bad weather of that day: piercing wind, heavy rain - warned a person that the coming winter would be extremely harsh.
  4. The signs on October 15 were also related to the state of the world around us. Often the leaves on the trees stayed until the middle of October. If the fall foliage began on this day, it was believed that the cold is already around the corner.

October 15 and evil spirits

However, the most attention on this day deserved the action, which allows to protect themselves from evil forces. It was believed that drunks, atheists and sinners were most vulnerable to her attack. In this case, demons could appear in a dream, and meet on the road in broad daylight.

They said that they are drunkards a big company that looks quite intimidating: as a rule, they are dark entities, often endowed with horns, tails, overgrown with thick wool, with claws on hands and feet. They torment alcoholics and drunkards, plunge into a state of horror, depriving them of rest and sleep and plunging them into a state that is commonly called white fever.

On October 15 demons also visited sinners, and the signs of the day asserted that if a person fails to pray for the saints of Kupriyan and Ustinya, the impure force can move into him and begin to torment his body and soul. If a person can not resist the influence of demonic forces, he often ends up suicidal.

Atheists could comprehend the same fate, and the demons appeared to them not only in their original form, but could take on a human form, tempting and pushing those who do not believe in God, to violate the laws of God, that is, universal.