I started off by exploring the origin of the superstition about saying "Macbeth" in the theatre, which got me thinking about other superstitions and where they might have come from...
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [ • Greenery – Silent Partner (No Copyrig... ]
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
A Norse mythology image of Loki with a fishing net, from the 18th century Icelandic manuscript "SÁM 66", now in the care of the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland.
“The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci (from 1495 until 1498). Held by the Santa Maria delle Grazie.
Photograph of our saltshakers on a table with salt spilt from one of them, taken by Jorge Royan (2006).
“The Last Supper” by Giampietrino after Leonardo da Vinci (c.1520). Held by The Royal Academy of Arts, London but usually on exhibit at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Miners pose with lunch pails in hand on a pile of "poor rock" (waste rock) outside of the Tamarack mineshaft. In the background is the Tamarack #5 Shaft-Rockhouse. This mine was one of the most productive mines in Copper Country. The men are carrying lunch pails, but some have not yet changed their street clothes for work clothes (or perhaps have already changed to go home, depending on whether they are going to work or going home from work), taken by Adolph F. Isler (1905). From Keweenaw National Historical Park archives, Jack Foster Collection. Downloaded from http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byways/photos...
Photograph of a pair of hobnailed boots, taken by Anthony Appleyard (2006).
Imentet and the sun god Ra from the burial chamber of Nefertari, wife of Ramses II, Scene: The God Re-Harakhty and Amentit, the goddess of the West (c.1298-1235 BCE). Photographed for The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
Bastet or Bast (Ancient Egyptian: bꜣstjt "She of the Ointment Jar", Coptic: Ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲧⲉ/ubastə/) was a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BCE). As Bast, she was the goddess of warfare in Lower Egypt, the Nile Delta, before the unification of the cultures of ancient Egypt. Her name is also translated as B'sst, Baast, Ubaste, and Baset. In ancient Greek religion, she is also known as Ailuros (Koine Greek: αἴλουρος "cat"), drawn by Gunawan Kartapranata (2012).
Frontispiece from the witch hunter Matthew Hopkins' The Discovery of Witches (1647), showing witches identifying their familiar spirits.
Photograph of Lilith the black cat, taken by DrL (2006).
Photograph of an 18th century vermeil mirror in the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg, taken by Gryffindor (2008).
Roman fresco of a woman fixing her hair using a mirror, from Stabiae, Italy, 1st century AD. Naples National Archaeological Museum.
Images from news articles regarding witch-marks: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2... and https://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...
Various screenshots from https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/feat....
An example of Marian marks and a butterfly mark from inside Prince Arthur's Chantry in Worcester Cathedral, originally shared by http://www.apotropaios.co.uk/protecti...
Photograph of collection of concealed shoes that have been found in East Anglia. Held by St Edmundsbury Heritage Service, St Edmundsbury Borough Council. Taken by Edmund Patrick (2013).
Bartmann Jug, 8” tall (c.1650).
Photograph of a witch-bottle and its contents, taken by the Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England (2012).
A poster for a c. 1884 American production of Macbeth, starring Thomas W. Keene. Depicted, counter-clockwise from top-left, are: Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches; just after the murder of Duncan; Banquo's ghost; Macbeth duels Macduff; and Macbeth. By W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith.
Screenshots from the RSC website: https://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/about-....
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