What are the origins behind this superstition?
2007-06-23 07:20:47 · 16 answers · asked by Beatlemaniac 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It's because umbrellas were used to protect people from the Sun, so by opening up inside, it angered the Sun god.
Also umbrellas were used to protect someone from storms, if you open one inside it might anger the house protecting god since they might believe that you think that they are not protecting you.
2007-06-23 07:44:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's meant to be bad luck to if you open an umbrella indoors, not necessarily to have an umbrella inside. God only knows where it came from, but I'm glad you called it a superstition, because superstition is the religion of fools.
2007-06-23 13:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by Emerald Book Reviews 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You stand a good chance of breaking something so it is a precaution not a superstition and the superstition that has arisen out of the is is nonsense the same as all superstitions.
2007-06-23 07:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is even a superstition. I just think it's something parents tell kids so they won't open umbrellas in the house. Same thing with "Keep making that face and it will freeze that way..."
2007-06-23 07:28:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are distinctive motives for each.. #13 is unlucky because of fact Judas became into the thirteenth apostle. i think of strolling decrease than a ladder has its roots in christianity besides.. some thing a pair of trinity.. as some distance because of fact the umbrella is going, i think of that beginning an umbrella indoors will deliver rain, or so the superstition went. is going. in spite of. ;)
2016-11-07 07:24:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small space, big umbrella - you could put someone's eye out! I suspect that's where the superstition comes from...
2007-06-23 07:33:12 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah A 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mad Monkey 42 is absolutely right. The origin came from the possibility of offending the Sun by opening the unmbrella anywhere that the sun didn't shine.
2007-06-23 08:47:53 · answer #7 · answered by becca7396 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way this is unlucky is that you might knock something over or catch someone in the face, other than that just nonsense
2007-06-23 11:48:36 · answer #8 · answered by ringo711 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a superstition, that means there is actually no evidence of this its just word of mouth.
2007-06-23 07:24:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only superstition , don't worry!
2007-06-23 07:30:22 · answer #10 · answered by Mau 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋