The document discusses several superstitions and their origins, including:
1) The ancient Etruscans used chicken bones in divination rituals and believed they still held magical powers after the chicken's death.
2) Native Americans believed breathing in a cemetery could cause you to inhale someone's soul.
3) Ancient Egyptians saw cats as bringing good luck, though that belief changed after King Charles claimed his luck was gone after his cat died.
4) Romans began the tradition of throwing coins in fountains, possibly to appease water gods, and it continued with Celts.
The document discusses several superstitions and their origins, including:
1) The ancient Etruscans used chicken bones in divination rituals and believed they still held magical powers after the chicken's death.
2) Native Americans believed breathing in a cemetery could cause you to inhale someone's soul.
3) Ancient Egyptians saw cats as bringing good luck, though that belief changed after King Charles claimed his luck was gone after his cat died.
4) Romans began the tradition of throwing coins in fountains, possibly to appease water gods, and it continued with Celts.
The document discusses several superstitions and their origins, including:
1) The ancient Etruscans used chicken bones in divination rituals and believed they still held magical powers after the chicken's death.
2) Native Americans believed breathing in a cemetery could cause you to inhale someone's soul.
3) Ancient Egyptians saw cats as bringing good luck, though that belief changed after King Charles claimed his luck was gone after his cat died.
4) Romans began the tradition of throwing coins in fountains, possibly to appease water gods, and it continued with Celts.
The document discusses several superstitions and their origins, including:
1) The ancient Etruscans used chicken bones in divination rituals and believed they still held magical powers after the chicken's death.
2) Native Americans believed breathing in a cemetery could cause you to inhale someone's soul.
3) Ancient Egyptians saw cats as bringing good luck, though that belief changed after King Charles claimed his luck was gone after his cat died.
4) Romans began the tradition of throwing coins in fountains, possibly to appease water gods, and it continued with Celts.
in their divination ritulas .People thought that even after the chicken died, he could stil take advantage of the magic prophecy by holding the swing bone. HOLDİNG BREATH WHİLE PASSİNG THROUGH THE CEMETERY
(Mezarlıktan geçerken nefesini tutmak)
↠ For the Native Americans breathing
in the cemetery was a very riskly act. Because you could breathe in someone’s soul. BLACK CAT (Kara kedi)
↠ Starting with the Antic Egyptians
cats were believed to bring good luck mourning the death of his cat king Charles claimed his luck was gone and that belief changed. THROWİNG COİNS İN A FOUNTAİN (Bir çeşmeye para atmak)
↠ This event started with the Romans
and then continued with the Celts some believe it was an act of soothing the water gods. HANGİNG A HORSESHOE ON YOUR DOOR (Kapıya at nalı asmak)
↠ During the middle ages people
thought that witches were afraid of horses and would avoid any signs that’s why they hung horseshoes in their house. WEARİNG THE WEDDİNG RİNG ON THE FOURTH FİNGER OF THE LEFT HAND (Sol elin dördüncü parmağına alyans takmak)
↠ This belief began when the Romans
saw a thin sinus or nerve going directly from that finger to the heart when they ripped corpses. FİNDİNG A FOUR LEAF CLOVER LUCKY (4 Yapraklı yonca bulmak şans getirir)
↠ The Celts believed that the four leaf
clover was a powerful object and cloud be used to ward of evil. WİSHİNG UPON A SHOOTİNG STAR (Kayan bir yıldızın altında dilek tutmak)
↠ The origin of this tradition goes back
tothe 1st century for ptolemy a shifting star meant a god looking at the world. This is why people believed that god saw it and it was more likely to come true. THE END “KENAN ALTAN YILDIRIM “