Solar eclipses were once extremely terrifying events, experts say

When the Aztecs experienced a total solar eclipse, the wailing began. After all, the moon had eclipsed the almighty sun, transforming it into an ominous onyx eye. Then there were a tumult and disorder. All were disquieted, unnerved, frightened. There was weeping. The common folk raised a cry, lifting their voices, making a great din, calling out, shrieking. There was shouting everywhere.These are translations from the early ethnographer Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, a friar who meticulously