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Superstitions
Beliefs and practices resulting from the human need to find causation in the everyday happenings of life. This is where we will try to unravel some of the unusual and esoteric things people ask us about.
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Technically, the diamond isn't bad luck, it is widely believed and rumored to be bad luck.
The reason of this is because many people have died from the "Hope Diamond"/"Blue France" for unknown causes, all of which owning the diamond.
Due to this, a superstition was believed that the diamond is bad luck, and you will die eventually if you had owned the diamond. HOWEVER, if you read the "About" entry about the bad luck, you'd learn that the person who obtained it after buying in Russia, was not killed.
Many famous people have died because of this supposed curse, and it is now located in the Smithsonian Museum.
It could be bad luck, but chances are it is just a minor historic coincidental.
What superstitions were there in the 16th 18th century?
Back in the 16th century one of the superstitions was that if you decapitated a chicken the devil would posess your first born child and it would grow up to be fat and ruin everyones lives it interacted with and in the end would end the world the mayans also beleived this
this comes from a pagan religion that kony worships hitler also was a member of this religeon
It's not wrong. It depends on what you believe in. Somewhat like what color you like. All people have different opinions.
What is the superstition that harming a cat is worse than breaking a mirror for bad luck?
I believe it stems from the old belief that cats where witches familiars and so to harm one would annoy them.
But another possible is that in a lot of old religions cats where aspects of god/godesses (egypt basst, bastet i think), so harming one could literally bring down the wrath of a god
Does breaking a mirror really give you seven years of bad luck?
No breaking a mirror doesn't really give you bad luck it just people being supersticious
Is the 6th prime number unlucky for some?
Some superstitious people believe that 13, the 6th prime number, is unlucky.
Can kundalini be awakened by surgery?
No not.it can be only awak by the medition in lord.we can only awak kundalini by it
What were the superstitions of the Amerindians?
They belief more or less in things that they created from clay or carved from wood, such as things like zemis which is in breif:A supernatural being of the aboriginal Tainos of the West Indies or an object that houses the being, such as an idol. They believed that if they placed them in the fields where they farmed the land would become fertile.
Is it bad luck to have a black rose tattoo?
The black rose, known as Les Fluers du mal (the flower of evil) it is a staple of Gothic and horror stories.
The term is the title of a book of french poetry byCharles Baudelaire. First published in 1857
Brian Stableford wrote a short story entitled Les Fluers du Mal in which the rose is a predatory plant used in assassinations.
What is the meaning of two horseshoes linked together?
It means the two people that are holding the horseshoes are in love with each other
No,it doesn't.
if we think scientifically its impossible to believe...
What are some examples of superstitious beliefs connected to death?
In Japanese culture, there are many superstitions linked to death:
- do not pass food from one set of chopsticks to another, this is how cremated remains are handled. Very bad luck.
- when setting out your bedding (a futon), do not face the head of the futon towards the north. This is how the deceased are layed at funerals.
- the number 4 is unlucky because it is pronounced the same way as the word for death: 'shi'.
- do not whistle at night, it is said to summon spirits
Also try looking at Halloween and it's origins. Originally, it was beleived that this was the night when the veil between the living world and the dead world was at it's thinnest. Dead realtives could come back to visit; hence the "trick or treat". By dressing up, bad spirits were scared away.
How do you say knock on wood in yiddish?
There are many ways to say this common Yiddish phrase, depending on one's transliteration - literally, "no evil eye":
kinahora, kina hora, kayne hora, kayn eyn hora, קינאַהאָראַWhat are some examples of religious superstitious beliefs?
That god even exists. There is no evidence to support this assumption.
That Hell exists. Prior to Christianity, the Jewish god did not punish people in the supposed afterlife. This heresy began with some factions of the early church.
That god is all-knowing and all-powerful. The Israelites didn't think their tribal diety was. Judges 1:19 King James Version clearly states that god COULDN'T deliver victory in battle to the Jews because their enemies "had chariots of iron".
Due to the superstitious belief that the number 13 is unlucky.
Is a bloody egg a sign of bad luck?
I assume it is indeed bad luck. Blood is another sing on the end and an egg shows fertility so I assume something young has recently died or shall in fact die?
