Superstitions

People still tend to believe in common superstitions despite all the technological and scientific advances in today's world. Performing little rituals or honoring good or bad luck omens can give people a sense of control in their lives.

Friday the 13th superstitions are among the most pervasive of all bad-luck beliefs. Learning about the history and evolution of Friday the 13th may relieve people and allow them to face their phobia.

People have been plagued by bad luck superstitions for centuries. Thus, remedies and charms for warding off bad luck have evolved, with many people fully participating, even if they know better.

Elizabethan superstitions reflect the fears and beliefs of British citizens in the 1500s and early 1600s. These superstitions blend pagan traditions and international folk tales with seemingly supernatural explanations of events.

Renaissance superstitions presented people with a confusing mix of enlightened insight into science, plus beliefs in the supernatural and pagan influences beyond one's control. These superstitions attempted to bring prosperity and ward off disasters.

Halloween superstitions helped people who wrestled with their fears of the supernatural believe they had some control over what they felt were true threats to health and safety. Most Halloween customs have evolved from these actions, beliefs and rituals.

The origins of common superstitions reflect the hopes, wishes and fears of the human race. Performing small rituals gave people a small sense of power in their ability to influence elements largely out of their control.

Most Chinese superstitions are geared toward happiness and goodness as opposed to death or bad luck.

Filipino superstitions are colorful and ingrained into the traditions of the Philippines.

Even the most intelligent and skeptical people fall under the spell of love superstitions, some of which are an essential part of wedding tradition.