 ... heads of these Indians, who have put themselves up to the throat in water, because, according to their notions, this is a very religious act, and will induce the Sun or Moon to defend itself bravely against the dragon. In America, it was thought that...  Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Page 43by M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) - 1803 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
 | T. H. Moody - Astrology - 1838 - 324 pages
...eclipsed, the inhabitants believe that a great dragon, with his black claws, is going to seize those luminaries ; and all the time the eclipse lasts, you...herbs ? And were not we, likewise, in great alarm but two and thirty years ago, [1654] at a total eclipse of the Sun ? Did not an immense number of people... | |
 | T. H. Croft MOODY - 1838 - 344 pages
...against the dragon. In America, it was thought that the Sun and Moon were angry when they were eelipsed, and every kind of absurdity was practised to regain...herbs ? And were not we, likewise, in great alarm but two and thirty years ago, [1654] at a total eclipse of the Sun ? Did not an immense number of people... | |
 | C. A. Chardenal - French language - 1871 - 222 pages
...and God knows what they would not do to get reconciled to them. But the Greeks, who were so refined, did they not for a long time believe that the moon was bewitched, and that female magicians caused it to come down from the heavens to cast upon plants a... | |
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