They also are not suppose to sleep during an eclipse because their eyes won't open again. Traditional Navajos are not suppose to look at an eclipse, or they will go blind. This taboo is a fact. People can go blind by looking too long at an eclipse. The death of the sun and of the moon is a frightful and ominous thing.
Blindness is the punishment of looking to long at the sun.
This punishment is a fact on life for all people. Stars Navajos believe that they should not look at a shooting star unless they blow at it, or they will have trouble and bad luck. The also believe if they look at a falling star, there will be bad luck. There are traditional Navajo taboos related to snow. Navajos can't catch snow when its is falling, or it will keep falling and turn into deep snow.