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Sun lore of all ages; a collection of myths and legends concerning the sun and its worship (1914)

Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 326

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things round him are seen as by other men, butthe sense of vision is so dulled that the world isforever to him in a dark vapoury cloud. Among the Tunguses, an accused man has towalk toward the sun brandishing a knife, and cry-ing: If I am guilty, may the sun send sickness torage in my bowels like… … Solar Omens 261 been seen, and that they appeared just beforeNapoleons disastrous campaign in Russia. Thelargest sun in this case was in the northerndirection, and they say that is why the Russianstriumphed. The sun is also an important factor in Mexicansuperstition. The following cases are…

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