Meteors. I stole that from "and the earth will shake" (Robert Anton Wilson). There was a description of The Royal College of Astronomy, or somesuch, harrumphing about such a ridiculous, and ignorant superstition.
HairyOldCoot
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The idea that rocks sometimes fall from the sky.
"Act like a dumb shit and they will treat you as an equal". --J. R. Bob Dobbs
Ha! Just remembered the name of the novel. Hyperion by Dan Simmons. The Rabies name was Sol Weintraub, for what that's worth. OK, now I can think about something else...
My understanding of the story (in the novel, which I still can't remember the name) was that in knuckling under to the command to murder his own child, Abraham failed the test.
There is a novel, and damned if I can remember the title, where a rabi proposes that god commanding Abraham to kill his son was a test, which he (Abraham) failed.
Took me a few seasons to figure out that every season was the same. "I think we've found a place to settle down, but there might be a problem...".
Self descriptive.
I would say once they hit the ground they are meteorites. But while they are falling they are meteors. Based solely on my own assumptions. Not a hill I care to defend.