Superstitions surrounding ships probably began the very first time a human launched onto water clinging to a floating log.
Way back in early societies, people used superstitions to explain things that they couldn't understand.
They started out with 151 ships.
No one person 'started' ships', they were developed over the centuries from primitive canoes and other craft for one or two people. Certainly the Ancient Greeks had what were recognisably ships.
For a long time there were superstitions centered around woman and ships, however none have been proven to be factual. Women own, work on, travel on, and build ships. They have boats named after them and they are the subject of a good number of figureheads, so I'd say no.
You should not believe in Superstitions. Superstitions is the product of ignorance among people. Many superstitions are not true.
Way back in early societies, people used superstitions to explain things that they couldn't understand.
I'm not sure if anyone knows why they started. Each country has their own superstitions about black cats. Most think they are good luck or magical. Americans are about the only ones who think of them as bad luck.
there is no specific source for a superstition. someone started it and it continued.it also forms from stories told by elders to scare children
"Common superstitions" is too broad of a term. Since the dawn of time, man has always wondered about the world outside of their own. So, to answer your question, I would say that the first literate human who heard and/or saw a strange something, was the one who started it. To which country, probably some Middle Eastern country.
Are superstitions based on cultural beliefs? Do superstitions vary from country to country? Can superstitions influence people's behavior?
There are no Buddhist superstitions although individuals may have their own private superstitions as in any religion.
it is a saying of some persons