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A [['''Rain Dance]]''' is a ceremonial religious dance performed by people (usually aboriginal) who want to appeal to God/the gods to make it rain. Although it is commonly seen as a Native American device, rain dances have been practiced since [[Older Than They Think|Ancient Egyptian times]]. Rain Dances have been seen as recently as the 20th century in the Balkans.

* Played straight in ''[[I, Claudius|Claudius the God]]'' -- a—a Roman commander whose troops are lost in the desert follows his native guide's advice to invoke the local rain god. It works.

* In the children's horror anthology ''Still More Scary Stories for Sleepovers'', a [[Rain Dance]] {{spoiler|causes the [[Downer Ending]]}} in "Night of the Ki-Khwan". Perhaps the only time a [[Rain Dance]] was ever played for horror.