Ameeba Free Horror Comics PDF Books Download in Hindi
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| Comics Name | Ameeba Free Horror Comics PDF Books Download in Hindi |
| Author | Sanjay Gupta |
| Category | Raj Comics |
| Language | Hindi |
| Page | 32 |
| Quality | SD |
| Size | 4.4 MB |
| Download status | Download Available |
“Throwing Salt Over Your Shoulder”
European/Christian, ancient Roman
Perhaps the next most common superstition, at least in the West, involves tossing salt over one’s shoulder.
Like ‘knocking on wood,’ this superstition also involves the idea of ‘warding off evil’ – in this case, the Devil himself.
In Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Jesus’ betrayer, Judas Iscariot, is portrayed as having accidentally spilled salt.
Since Judas was associated with doing something bad, the argument goes that, ipso facto, so was salt, and throwing it over your shoulder would blind the devil waiting there.
Since, in other versions of the superstition, “Old Scratch” was thought to reside just over your left shoulder, ready to tempt you, the salt was thrown to the left.
Still, others say that the sheer value of salt alone in ancient times led to the belief that to spill it was to incur bad fortune (like among Romans), requiring a corresponding ritual or act of penance to prevent worse loss from occurring.
