Superstition
Superstition - an irrational belief or practice resulting from ignorance or fear of the unknown. The validity of superstitions is based on belief in the power of magic and witchcraft and in such invisible forces as spirits and demons. A common superstition in the Middle Ages was that the devil could enter a person during that unguarded moment when that person was sneezing; this could be avoided Read More...
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Myths and Myth-Makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology
by John Fiske. 258 pgs.
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The Friday the Thirteenth Effect: Myth or Reality, in Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics
by Trevor W. Chamberlain, C. Sherman Cheung, Clarence C.Y. Kwan. 7 pgs.
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Folklore in America: Tales, Songs, Superstitions, Proverbs, Riddles, Games, Folk Drama and Folk Festivals
by Tristram P. Coffin, Hennig Cohen. 256 pgs.
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Fetichism in West Africa: Forty Years' Observation of Native Customs and Superstitions
by Robert Hamill Nassau. 442 pgs.
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The Persistence of 'Superstition and Idolatry' among Rural French Calvinists, in Church History
by Raymond A. Mentzer. 14 pgs.
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How to Think Superstitiously, in ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
by Paul Dennithorne Johnston. 6 pgs.
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