Ep:26 A Discovery of Witches, review part 2

A Discovery of Witches has soooo much to cover that I have split this review up into 3 parts. | | MIN MARKERS | |1:30 | Everyday Folklore, Broken Mirrors | 6:10 | Beginning chit chat and banter |11:00|  Review of A Discovery of Witches, part 2 |INFO REFERENES| Everyday Folklore, If you break a mirror you get seven years bad luck.| https://www.twowaymirrors.com/mirror-superstitions/  |    https://www.framemymirror.com/5-superstitions-and-myths-about-mirrors/ |  https://www.illuminated-mirrors.uk.com/blog/7-years-bad-luck-the-truth-behind-the-superstition/ | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326082213_The_broken_mirror_syndrome_vs_constructive_self-criticism#:~:text=The%20broken%20mirror%20syndrome%20is,knots%20of%20negative%20emotions%20and | https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/seven-years-bad-luck/ | | MUSIC CREDIT | "Glass Smash, Bottle, C.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org “Easy Trip Trap” The Brothers Records, “Skeleton Dance” by Myuu “Heaven and Hell” by Jeremy Blake | DIALOGUE CREDIT | INTRO "A werewolf can be killed only with a silver bullet?" - THE WOLFMAN "Because I'm the chosen one and there are vampires" - BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (film) "You in danger girl" - GHOST "My name is Sabrina Spellman, and I will not sign it away." - THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA "Am I dead?" - THE VAMPIRE DIARIES "We don't allow black magic." - LEGACIES "Witches aren't real." - CHARMED "Once the world was full of wonders but. . . . . . It belongs to humans." - A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES "I myself am, strange and unusual." - BEETLEJUICE | TRANSCRIPT | Megan Erickson  Welcome to folklore Friday.   Megan Erickson  In the episode description I have listed the segments of the show with their minute markers. That way you can skip right to what you want to hear every day. breaking a mirror is seven years bad luck. This superstition is believed in various parts of the world. But where did this belief come from? Many cultures believe that a mirror can be a window to the soul. Which is why many folkloric beliefs are that supernatural creatures such as vampires have no reflection because they have no soul. The lore of seven years bad luck upon breaking a mirror is thought to originate from Roman lore. The belief was that every seven years life and the soul would renew itself. And any parts of your life that were not quite right would fall into place and all would be right. A mirror was thought to have a window to the soul. So if a mirror was broken, especially if your image was the final thing it reflected, then you were bound to endure seven long years of misfortune until the cycle ended and your good luck was renewed. And since we are human, we are prone to be clumsy in one way or another. So there were measures that could be taken to avoid misfortune if you happened to break a mirror. Some of the rituals included taking the shattered pieces and burning them by the light of a full moon. Or taking one fragment to a cemetery and placing it against a tombstone to transfer the bad luck to someone who no longer roamed the earthly plane. The thought was the bad luck would dissipate into the ground since the soul was no longer there to attach itself to. In Russia and Kazakhstan, breaking a mirror evicting evil spirits from their home, they will hunt the person who caused the damage as an act of revenge. In Fung Shui a broken mirror distorts good energy. In Switzerland, the last person to look in a broken mirror is the first to die. But others claim your misfortune depends on how the mirror breaks. If it breaks into small pieces, your bad luck will be small. But be afraid if your mirror breaks into large pieces, because your bad luck will be significant. And once the mirror is broken, looking at your reflection in the shards is bad luck in both India and Russia. in psychology, there is a term called the broken mirror syndrome. It is applied to women who have suffered domestic abuse from a male partner. The thought i