Western folklore, superstitions associated with bad luck include Friday the 13th and walking under a ladder. It is also believed that if you were to step on a crack, your mother would then break her back. Often people will throw salt over their shoulder after they spill it, in order to blind the devil, who sits at your left shoulder. Breaking a mirror is considered to cause 7 years of bad luck.In India, there is a superstition that a pregnant woman should avoid going outside during an eclipse in order to prevent her baby being born with a facial birthmark. In Iran, birthmarks are called 'maah-gereftegi' (Persian: ماه گرفتگی) which means eclipse. In Korea, there is a superstition that leaving a fan on in a closed room will suffocate the occupants.To european medieval scholars the word was applied to any beliefs outside of or in opposition to Christianity; today it is applied to conceptions without foundation in, or in contravention of, scientific and logical knowledge.Many extant western superstitions are said to have originated during the plagues that swept through Europe. According to legend, during the time of a plague, Saint Gregory I the Great ordered that people say "God bless you" when somebody sneezed, to prevent the spread of the disease.Now what the superstitions do you have in your country?
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I have my own way of interpreting superstitions, when a black cat , for example, crosses the street in front of me I always make a wish and it always comes true (whenever a superstition says that something bad will happen I believe in the opposite, I believe that something nice is sure to happen to me), I'm trying to tell you that only YOU can decide what you want to believe in, just believe in good and it will always happen, assure yourself in that and luck will never abandon you .
I tootaly agree with you .That 's all right if we are sure of somthing it will happenes ..That is the reason why lots of people billieve in superstitions ....it happenes with them because inside them there is a conviction of that
steven said:
I think the superstitions are true if you want to believe in them. But you always decide to believe or not. We create our reality according our believes thats all.
Frankly, I have one as well..In my tribe, there is a superstition which states that when people in our house are having lunch or dinner, we cannot go from home. If we do so, we will have never come back again forever (die).However, I will never believe it beacuse our fate is determined by Allah SWT....
in my country indonesia we have a lot of superstitions but i never believe in...in my country for the pregnant women if they are prohibited to go out at night...if they go out they must bring something(like small knife) to protect them from something....n we have many more
THANK YOU so much for the intresting informations...realy ..evry contry have its own superstitions....... for example in my contry (Morocco) the people think that when you dream your teeth fall that means someone will die .......?? Also the girls do not have to wear men slippers because that causes death of his husband ................................... And when the milk fall somthing good will happen ..... and when there 2 brothers or 2 sisters Breastfeeding one will be stupid and the other integent
Hi Emilie,
I don't also believe in that but in my country we have a lot of them.Like the pessimestic from black cats and owls.In fact i like cats wether they are black or white.
Keep smiling
Kamel
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Hi Kamel:
Thanks for this intersting topic . For me Kamel,I don't believe in that we live as Allah created us. If anything happens to us,so we have to believe that it's from God. Thanks Kamel.
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steven said:
I don't also believe in that but in my country we have a lot of them.Like the pessimestic from black cats and owls.In fact i like cats wether they are black or white.
Keep smiling
Kamel
Thanks for this intersting topic . For me Kamel,I don't believe in that we live as Allah created us. If anything happens to us,so we have to believe that it's from God. Thanks Kamel.