Mr. Rockhill (_Rubruck_, p. 245, note) writes: ‘Rashideddin states that
when the Urianghit wanted to bring a storm to an end, they said injuries
to the sky, the lightning and thunder. I have seen this done myself by
Mongol storm-dispellers. (See _Diary_, 201, 203.) “The other Mongol
people,” he adds, “do the contrary. When the storm rumbles, they remain
shut […]