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    A superstition is any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural, attributed to fate or magic, perceived supernatural...
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    The Superstition Mountains (Yavapai: Wi:kchsawa) is a range of mountains in Arizona located to the east of the Phoenix metropolitan area. They are anchored...
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  • Look up superstition or superstitious in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Superstition is a belief, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge,...
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    Polybius described superstition in ancient Rome as an instrumentum regni, an instrument of maintaining the cohesion of the Empire. Superstition has been described...
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    Superstition Mountain (Yavapai: Wi:kchsawa, O'odham: Gakoḍk) is a prominent mountain and regional landmark located in the Phoenix metropolitan area of...
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  • Japanese superstitions are rooted in the culture and history of Japan and the Japanese people. Some Japanese superstitions are meant to teach lessons...
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  • Folklore and Superstition is the second studio album by Black Stone Cherry. The band recorded the album at Black Bird Studios, which is owned and operated...
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    strongly symbolic, and often have roots in superstitions for what makes a lucky or unlucky marriage. Superstition is often linked to practices involving luck...
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  • "Superstition" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was released on October 24, 1972, as the lead single from his fifteenth studio...
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  • Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science is a 1994 book about the philosophy of science by the biologist Paul R. Gross and...
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  • Superstition is a 1982 American supernatural slasher film directed by James W. Roberson and starring James Houghton, Albert Salmi, and Lynn Carlin. The...
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    religious country and approximately 85% of Serbs are Serbian Orthodox, superstition in Serbia continues to have an effect on its culture in mostly rural...
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    act for the state of Maharashtra, India, originally drafted by anti-superstition activist and the founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti...
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  • 2021". In May 2024, they released their third full-length album, Dark Superstition. Current Chase "Hellahammer" Mason – vocals (2013–present) Eric "The...
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    The curse of the ninth is a superstition connected with the history of classical music. It is the belief that a ninth symphony is destined to be a composer's...
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  • Superstition refers to any belief or practice that is caused by supernatural causality, and which contradicts modern science. Superstitious beliefs and...
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  • The Cancer of Superstition is an unfinished book by H. P. Lovecraft and C. M. Eddy Jr. that investigates ideas and trends of superstition throughout history...
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    Line, p. 87. One of Skinner's experiments examined the formation of superstition in one of his favorite experimental animals, the pigeon. Skinner placed...
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  • Theatrical superstitions are superstitions particular to actors or the theatre. William Shakespeare's play Macbeth is said to be cursed, so actors avoid...
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  • Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal...
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    Superstition in Korea, rooted in Korean shamanism, exists in many parts of Korean life. In Korean shamanic faith, folk beliefs have been passed down through...
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    melanin pigment content. Black cats are the subject of myth, legend, and superstition. They are often associated with witches and bad luck in European folklore...
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  • history of superstition. From the Curse of the Bambino to some players' refusal to wash their clothes or bodies after a win, superstition is present in...
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  • Encyclopedia of Superstitions Louisiana folklore miscellany, vol. 5 Harry Collis, 101 American superstitions Phillip W. Steele, Ozark tales and superstitions...
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  • Turkey is a country full of many traditions, its superstitions not being far behind. The superstitions are believed to be based on myths, legends, fables...
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  • Sailors' superstitions are superstitions particular to sailors or mariners, and which traditionally have been common around the world. Some of these beliefs...
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    The Superstition Hills are a low mountain range in the Colorado Desert, in western Imperial County, southern California. They are located southwest of...
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  • unlucky third light) is a purported superstition among soldiers during the Crimean War to World War II. The superstition goes that if three soldiers lit their...
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  • Superstitions have been present in Britain throughout its history. Early modern Britain was a superstitious society, and the superstitions were documented...
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  • Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics: From Majlesi to Ahmadinejad is a 2011 book by Ali Rahnema in which the author examines the role of superstition...
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