[2][3] In Ossetian mythology Uacilla is the thunderer and lord of storms, the patron of agriculture and harvest.
Among the Ossetians, it is believed that Uacilla protected the fields from hail and showers, disposed of rain clouds and contributed to the growth of cereals and herbs.
In folk songs, Uacilla was portrayed as a plowman, performing the functions of a plow in one case and a sower in another.
At the end of the repast, which was held separately in each family, the older men took the skin of the sacrificial goat (in which the head and legs were left) and carried it into the forest and hung it on the first tree they encountered.
[7] In the first half of the 19th century the researcher of Ossetian traditions A. Yanovsky reported that on this holiday "Ossetians slaughter goats, remove the skin without cutting off the head and hang it on a high pole in honor of the prophet Elijah, asking him to send rain.