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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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an ancient superstition/myth
0 The belief that breaking a mirror would bring seven years of bad luck is 01 b 00 an ancient superstition 02 b 00 . 02 br
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00 The belief that breaking a mirror would bring seven years of bad luck is 01 b 00 an old myth. 02 b 02 br
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 The belief that breaking a mirror would bring seven years of bad luck is 01 b 00 an old myth. 02 b 02 br
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00 Hi, 02 br
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0 No. I sense 01 i 00 myth 02 i 00 as something different -- an entire system of narratives which illustrate cultural truths that people live by. 02 br
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0 CJ, I have to say your reply surprised me. Maybe I don't understand the term cultural truths but the word truth contradicts with the definition of myth, as far as I know.Can you give an example? To me, a superstition is like the example Angholic gave and another example would be belief in signs. I don't have a concrete definition for supersittion, I tend to categorize them based on a case by ca
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