Have you ever heard that opening an umbrella indoors attracts the bad luck to the residence? Despite being less known, this superstition is also popular.
As many people believe, this act is similar to other acts considered “strange”, such as turning the soles of shoes upwards and walking under stairs, for example. This “strangeness” would be responsible for attracting negative energies.
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According to researchers, this mystical theory may have originated in Ancient Egypt, where people believed that umbrellas were objects hated by the sun god Ra.
The same theorists point to the umbrella as an object of interest for Egyptian goddess from heaven, Nut. In this case, the “divine offense” would not be related to the act of opening the umbrella, but rather to whoever would be carrying out such an act. If it were practiced by anyone other than the goddess's priests, she would feel offended.
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Well, as we all know, opening an umbrella indoors or using this item “inappropriately” does not attract the wrath of any god. However, the superstition persists to this day, now presenting different reasons.
As time passed and modern umbrellas became popular, people came to understand that the danger of opening These indoor objects do not reside in pantheons of gods, but rather in the dynamics of the famous parasols.
It turns out that the characteristic sudden movement of opening the umbrella can end up affecting someone or some nearby object, if it is carried out in a place with little circulation space.
It is not uncommon to find cases of people being hit in the face by the stems of nearby open umbrellas, for example. Likewise, vases and other decorative objects can be knocked over by an inadvertently opened umbrella.
So, it is clear that what ancient egyptians understood as a bad omen, in fact, it means a risk to the physical integrity of people and objects. So be careful when opening umbrellas indoors!
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