2007-08-27 16:34:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The moon also plays a major role in many superstitions. A well-known superstition says that a pregnant woman shouldn't touch her belly during a lunar eclipse. Doing so will cause the baby to be born with quite a noticeable birthmark.
Folklorist John O. West describes another superstition among Mexican-Americans involving pregnancy. If pregnant woman goes out during a full moon or lunar eclipse, her baby will born with a harelip or with the features of a wolf. To prevent this, West adds, the woman should carry a bunch of keys around her waist so that they hang over the baby and deflect the light.
Housewives were busy before the eclipse placing `darbas' and tulsi leaves on food items and throwing away cooked food to prepare fresh food later. Pregnant women too were tense, sitting tight for fear of hurting their babies. Some grandmas prevented them from scratching too for the fear that the newborn would have scars! -
2007-08-28 00:21:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Superstition about Eclipse is a worldwide phenomenon. Many cultures believed that a demon or dragon swallowed the sun.
In India we believe that Rahu and Ketu play a role in the eclipse. Rahu and Ketu are supposed to be planets but they really have no existence in the solar system that we know about. They are purely inventions, beautiful creations albeit, of the mind of the ancient people.
In China, it is believed that the dragon swallows the sun during eclipse. So they would beat drums to produce great noise and commotion to frighten away the dragon while, the Japanese would cover the wells so that the demons in the cover of darkness during the eclipse would not drop poison into them.
In Romania people believed that werewolves and demons ate up the sun during the eclipse. To frighten them away they would light up huge fires and ring church bells would be rung throughout the eclipse.
In 1504, Columbus used his foreknowledge about a lunar eclipse to convince the native Indians of Jamaica to give him provisions he needed. Even today some people are superstitious about a dark moon rising.
2007-08-27 17:08:21 · answer #2 · answered by boggle10 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Back in the old days... People believed Lunar Eclipse was a sign of Omen in the sky
2016-05-19 22:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it increases the emotions of the spirit as it passes. People become more emotional and make decisions they may regret during the full moon that a lunar eclipse fall on.
2007-08-27 17:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it my religion it says it cause my a heavenly Dog who eat it
2007-08-27 22:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋