Comparing Sahagun's Omens And Munoz Camargo

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The Omens described by Sahgun’s Informants are similar to what Munoz Camargo said because they both describe the same events that are going on except Sahagun’s Informants called the events Omens and Munoz Camargo called them wonders. In addition, the way the described the events were different too, the way Sahagun’s Informants described the events sounded like they really had no idea what was happening, they have never seen it before so they described the events with stuff they do know. For example, “The fourth bad omen: Fire streamed through the sky while the sun was still shining” (Page.5). Whereas, the way Munoz Camargo described these events it seemed like he knew a little more about what was happening and wasn’t really afraid of what was

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