My colleague Meghna Dutta is working on a research project exploring gendered persecution in India, under the guise of “witch hunts,” legitimized through mysticism. Read a recent article from the Wayne State University Graduate School.

The practice [of witch hunting] had a kind of mysticism she understood to be rooted in superstition. It wasn’t until she began her undergraduate program in […]

During Easter in Finland, children (especially girls) will dress up as Easter witches, and go door to door, carrying willow twigs decorated with colourful feathers and crepe paper. In return for treats, these "witches" will give a twig to each house as a blessing to drive away evil spirits.
🎨 Sasha Silvala

#FolkloreThursday #Mythology #Folklore #Superstition #Finland #Holiday #Easter #Witch

Finally! A good family tree of our Gods!

https://www.thecollector.com/greek-mythology-lineage-of-the-gods/

#religion #god #superstition #theism #genealogy

#superstition : extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance

- French: superstition, croyance

- German: der Aberglaube

- Italian: superstizione

- Portuguese: superstição

- Spanish: superstición

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I find people who think "The Market" is rational rather funny.

Economics is the Astrology of the 20th and 21st Century.

#economics #superstition

Though it's Friday the 13th today,
Please don't buy its "unlucky" cliché:
It's an unfounded notion
That rates no devotion...
Oh My God! A black cat's in my way!

#FridayTheThirteenth #FridayThe13th #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Superstition

http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/03/13/happy-friday-the-13th-limerick/