Posts Tagged ‘superstitions’

Eight Bizarre Superstitions from Ancient History

Whether you toss salt over your shoulder or avoid opening umbrellas indoors, we’ve all got our own superstitions. Superstitious beliefs are nothing new – humans have been abiding by these interesting beliefs for millennia. Read more Section:  News Myths & Legends Europe Read Later  Source

Consciously Superstitious Elite and Flourishing Superstitions in India

In a country where almost eighty percent of population live in rural India and at least sixty of India population is illiterate and uneducated, it is quite depressing to know that at least, ninety-five percent of Indian elite are deeply religious, ritualistic, god fearing and superstitious. It is against the logic of the co-relation between […]

Superstitions About Sneezing

By T. Sharper KnowlsonFrom The Origins of Popular Superstitions and Customs [1910] The advance of modern physiology has all but killed the sneezing superstition, at least in civilised countries. Among peoples who have not emerged from savagery, or whose intellectual equipment, in spite of contact with superior races, is still meagre in the extreme, sneezing […]

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