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Legends and superstitions are handed down from generation to generation, so much so that we all know the omens of bad luck without knowing anything about where they come from.
Black cat, broken mirror, open umbrella, ladder, 13 at the table: here is where the most famous superstitions come from, and how to ward off bad luck.
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A superstition is almost always born of a story: a real danger, a religious account, an ancient rite. The story fades, the gesture remains, passed from parents to children.
They answer a very old need: to protect ourselves from what we cannot control, and to give meaning to the blows of fate. Knowing their origin takes nothing away from their symbolic power: it gives them depth.
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Behind each one lies a story:
A ladder leaning against a wall forms a triangle, a sacred figure since ancient Egypt and later a symbol of the Trinity: walking through it meant breaking it. In the Middle Ages, you could also get a paint pot or a tool on your head.
The first umbrellas with metal frames appeared in the 18th century: opened in a house, they injured those nearby. Hence the idea that opening one under a roof brought misfortune on the household.
In antiquity, seers and oracles read the future in mirrors covered with a film of water: a broken mirror was a very bad omen. The Romans added the seven years: the time, they thought, for the soul to renew itself.
The superstition appeared in medieval Europe, when the fear of witchcraft made the black cat the witches’ companion. In Britain and Japan, though, a black cat is a sign of good luck.
It refers to the Last Supper, Christ’s final meal with his twelve apostles before the crucifixion. Norse mythology echoes it: Loki, the thirteenth guest at a banquet of the gods.
Precious salt sealed pacts and hospitality: spilling it foretold a quarrel. In Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, an overturned salt cellar sits in front of Judas.
A French tradition: in the Middle Ages, bakers kept an upturned loaf on the stall for the executioner. Placing bread upside down on the table invites misfortune to your table.
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For each omen, tradition has its remedy:
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Are these superstitions any less troubling now that you know their story? For many, they remain small rituals that reassure, and connect us to past generations.
Every country has its own: discover the superstitions around the world, from Italy’s 17 to the Turkish nazar.
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