Note 1093 — Chapter V · THE MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER (continued 2)
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W. Smyth and F. Lowe, Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para (London, 1836), p. 230. An eclipse either of the sun or the moon is commonly supposed by savages to be caused by a monster who is trying to devour the luminary, and accordingly they discharge missiles and raise a clamour in order to drive him away. See E. B. Tylor, Primitive Culture,² i. 328 sqq.