Know any interesting ones?
A superstition is a belief in supernatural causality. It is the belief that one event (or object, or action) can cause another without there being any physical process linking the two.
Ideas such as rabbits feet bringing good luck, an apple a day keeping the doctor away, toads causing warts, or that a black cat crossing your path is a bad omen are all types of superstition.
A superstition is a belief in supernatural causality. It is the belief that one event (or object, or action) can cause another without there being any physical process linking the two.
Ideas such as rabbits feet bringing good luck, an apple a day keeping the doctor away, toads causing warts, or that a black cat crossing your path is a bad omen are all types of superstition.
There are many, many superstitions out there from all over the world, some quite sensible (walking under ladders could spell bad luck... if someone working up one drops something on your head!) but others quite out there. Now by saying that I do not mean to detract from a persons belief as when it comes to the paranormal/supernatural you just never really do know... just that on the outside some superstitions can seem a little bizarre to the uninitiated!
Some superstitions can, in a way, be similar to some urban legends or the fact that at their core many urban legends come to form a lesson or a real world warning that has been packaged into a more threatening or intriguing tale. Some superstitions are just really bite sized urban legends.
Do you have any superstitious beliefs or know of some interesting ones?
And what of their origins (if you know them)?
Some superstitions can, in a way, be similar to some urban legends or the fact that at their core many urban legends come to form a lesson or a real world warning that has been packaged into a more threatening or intriguing tale. Some superstitions are just really bite sized urban legends.
Do you have any superstitious beliefs or know of some interesting ones?
And what of their origins (if you know them)?
"Basically, I love a good story and even better if it has a dark or paranormal twist."
~ Ashley Hall - The Paranormal Guide.
As well as having written over 300 articles about all things paranormal, strange, dark and bizarre for The Paranormal Guide, Ashley is also the producer and director of the sites videos, and is the producer and host of The Paranormal Guide Podcasts.
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