Supertition in Elizabethan Period
Superstition in Elizabethan Period
Superstition is a strange belief to the supernatural and against the reason. In the Elizabethan period in England, there were some superstition in which they though. Superstition came from the fear and the ignorance mixed with sometimes some casualty. According to Joseph Hall, superstition was mainly for warning. It was describe as superstition but it was a variety of what happens to them, and they thought it was a sin by God. Although he condemn superstition, because for him it was a way of misjudged God. Although for many people it was a way of living. Needless to say, that these supernatural ideas came from many times before. And that that believes were not something of the lower classes. Monarchy and Nobility also had supernatural belief.
Many superstitions are still with us, we are not so much different. But, when was the origin of those believes? From the Romans and from theirs Gods. From some costumes, from the Middle Ages. From the Celtics, the Vikings, the Anglo-Saxon. From each people which had invaded England and had spent many time giving their costumes, their languages and their believes to the supernatural and the magic. From the Celtic they took the idea of the powerful names, and also, Celtic women were thought to use plants as medicine. Because the idea of make "magic potions" and the relation between women and witches. And these ideas of being able to see the future with the plant 's power, it is still believed by some people at present. Every superstition about colors or about some kind of metals were taken from the Romans. Saxons believe in bad luck from animals such as those about cats, which I am going to explain later. From the Vikings is the idea of 13 being the number of bad luck. They though that number 12 was the number of the good luck, for that reason the idea of count in dozens. Besides the superstition there are some Christian costumes what are taken from costumes of Celtics, Romans, etc.
Superstition is a strange belief to the supernatural and against the reason. In the Elizabethan period in England, there were some superstition in which they though. Superstition came from the fear and the ignorance mixed with sometimes some casualty. According to Joseph Hall, superstition was mainly for warning. It was describe as superstition but it was a variety of what happens to them, and they thought it was a sin by God. Although he condemn superstition, because for him it was a way of misjudged God. Although for many people it was a way of living. Needless to say, that these supernatural ideas came from many times before. And that that believes were not something of the lower classes. Monarchy and Nobility also had supernatural belief.
Many superstitions are still with us, we are not so much different. But, when was the origin of those believes? From the Romans and from theirs Gods. From some costumes, from the Middle Ages. From the Celtics, the Vikings, the Anglo-Saxon. From each people which had invaded England and had spent many time giving their costumes, their languages and their believes to the supernatural and the magic. From the Celtic they took the idea of the powerful names, and also, Celtic women were thought to use plants as medicine. Because the idea of make "magic potions" and the relation between women and witches. And these ideas of being able to see the future with the plant 's power, it is still believed by some people at present. Every superstition about colors or about some kind of metals were taken from the Romans. Saxons believe in bad luck from animals such as those about cats, which I am going to explain later. From the Vikings is the idea of 13 being the number of bad luck. They though that number 12 was the number of the good luck, for that reason the idea of count in dozens. Besides the superstition there are some Christian costumes what are taken from costumes of Celtics, Romans, etc.
Bibliography: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), "Six Kinds of Spirits". Samuel Harsnet, A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures (1603), "The Making of Frights and Witches". Alexander Roberts, A Treatise of Witchcraft (1616), "Why So Many Witches are Women". An Act Against Conjurations, Inchantments and Witchcrafts (1563). Reginald Scott, The Discovery of Witchcraft (1584) [excerpts]. Daemonologia: A Discourse on Witchcraft (1621), "Witches in West Yorkshire, c. 1620". Anon., Witches Apprehended, Examined, and Executed (1613), "Testing for a Witch".