Friday, September 19, 2008

A brief catalogue of collected superstitions

As such:

The color black has these cultural connotations:
Grim determination
Despair
Night
Evil
"The personality traits of those who lean towards black are:
Female-Mystery
Male-Accepting of the challenge of mystery.
Black Angels are fallen angels
Black Mountains: The Northern Mountains that cover the Earth in darkness (Navajo)

The color blue has these connotations:
Discouragement
Capable of destroying the enemies of faith
Constancy
Deity
Justice
Sky
Truth
Doubt
The personality traits of those who lean towards blue are:
Conservativeness
Introversion
Sober-mindedness
Opinionated
Old-terms associated with the color blue:
Blue Woman:
A woman whose presence dismays men.
Blue Stocking:
A woman of too bookish taste.

Wolves have the connotation of:
Astuteness
Bloodthirsty
Corrupt
Covetous
Cowardly
Cruel
Cunning
Dark
And the plant "Wolf's Bane" is symbolic of misanthropy.


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