What is superstition?

Superstition means that a person believes in the action of supernatural forces. But this also includes the fact that a majority of people consider this to be nonsensical. Superstition is therefore also an expression that devalues the conviction of another person or presents it as stupid.

Examples of superstitions are: black cats bring misfortune, as well as the date “Friday the 13th”. Chimney sweeps, on the other hand, are good luck charms, which is why they also appear at many weddings. Also that a certain item can bring good luck, for example, the first self-earned coin, as the comic character Scrooge Mcduck believes. So superstition has a lot to do with luck or misfortune.

Superstition often arises from the fact that something actually happened once or twice. So a person can really be unlucky after a black cat ran into him. Only this has nothing to do with each other. If this happens to you two or even several times and you then derive a rule from it, this is just a superstition.