In Chapter 8 of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, Sancho Panza and Don Quixote come across a field of windmills. Don Quixote is convinced that the windmills are giants although Sancho tells him otherwise. He then goes off to fight the so-called 'giants' and inevitably gets beaten. The main conclusion Don Quixote draws after retreating from his attack on the 'giants' is that that he can blame a magician for altering his chances for defeating the giants in a skirmish. In the end, he still thought that a magician was playing tricks on him - turning the giants into windmills in order for him to lose.
