VERY SUPERSTITIOUS!
Okay, yeah that was a little corny, my bad I won't do that again. My level of corniness is outrageous though, so beware. Whatever though, it leads into the obvious topic because it's the title, but let's talk about Korean superstitious. The word 'superstition' in Korean is mishin 미신.
Here are 10 different Korean superstitions!
#10 Fans Never go to sleep with an electric fan on in your room with the windows closed, behind a closed door, or it'll freaking kill you! It's believed that a person will die from suffocation you know, lack of oxygen or die of hypothermia. So be careful this summer everyone!
#9 Red Ink Are you trying to kill someone like Light Yagami from Death Note? In Korea it's been said that if you use red ink to write someone's name they'll die. In Korea they normally use red ink to write the names of the dead, so to write the name of the living is considered wrong because you could possibly kill them. (I know in America we use red ink to correct and mark papers.) So unless you're planning to kill someone, don't use red ink in Korea!
#8 Giving Shoes as Gifts To give someone a pair of shoes as a gift especially to someone you love puts a strain on the relationship... because whoever is the receiver of those shoes will probably end up running away from the giver. Forever. I once read somewhere that if you "sell" the shoes instead it's basically a loophole to the superstition and they won't run away!
#7 Shaking Your Leg I actually have this really horrible habit, guess this is why I'm so poor. It is said that if you shake your leg you will shake away all your god fortune. In Korea apparently (I had no idea this was a thing there) there is prosperity that lies in the leg, so when you shake it, you're basically shaking it all away.
#6 Dreaming of Pigs If you have a dream of pigs, Koreans would say that a lot of money is coming your way. So keep dreaming of pigs everyone!
#5 Whistling at Night Whistling at night is thought to bring evil spirits, bad luck, snakes, the works man! So don't whistle at night otherwise you're going to have a bad time. Keep the spirits out of your house. (I have learned that his isn't just a Korean superstition this is an international superstition. I once watched this anime Mushi-shi--love it, but there were an episode where Ginko instructed this boy to not whistle at night because bad mushi; that looked like snakes, would come into his home!) So just don't whistle at night.
#F The Number 4 Means Death This one is the most interesting to me, because I first learned it from my Chinese math teacher. The number four in Korean sounds like the word death so often it's skipped on elevators and there is no 4th floor in many apartments.If there is a 4 it's normally replaced with 'F,' hence the #F. (This is also true of Chinese even Japanese culture isn't this cool?)
#3 Blinding Butterflies I know how beautiful butterflies and moths can be, but don't let them touch you, and if you do, make sure not to rub your eyes right after. Why you ask? Because if you do, you're bound to go blind! Apparently though, this superstition has been around for centuries it has it's believers and non believers just like any other superstition.
#2 Moving Spirits Don't move, you might as well just stay put. If you decide it's time for you to move into a bigger and better house you need to make sure you do it on a moving day. If not, you're going to be bringing bad spirits or just spirits in general from the other house. For the people that believe this, there are calendaer made so they know when it's a good time for them to move and when it's not. My advice... you better find the perfect place from the start.
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