I don't quite think it was all for "the rain" and stuff like that, though the podcast, "the Martyrmade Podcast" has a great episode on them (and one the communists of the Soviet block titled the anti-humans as well as a solid history of Russia and Ukraine and stuff)
I think a lot of it was smoke and mirrors to include rituals to keep the population in their clutch.
I don't quite think it was all for "the rain" and stuff like that, though the podcast, "the Martyrmade Podcast" has a great episode on them (and one the communists of the Soviet block titled the anti-humans as well as a solid history of Russia and Ukraine and stuff)
I think a lot of it was smoke and mirrors to include rituals to keep the population in their clutch.