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  2. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  3. O-mikuji - Wikipedia

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    Misfortune (凶, kyō) Other sequences may include additional degrees such as "middle blessing" ( 中吉 , chū-kichi ) , "great misfortune" ( 大凶 , dai-kyō ) , or "blessing [and] misfortune still undetermined" ( 吉凶未分 , kikkyō imada wakarazu , i.e. one's fortune could end up being either good or bad depending on one's actions) .

  4. The old man lost his horse - Wikipedia

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    The story exemplifies the view of Taoism regarding "fortune" ("good luck") and "misfortune" ("bad luck"). The story is well-known throughout the East Asian cultural sphere and is often invoked to express the idea of " silver lining " or " blessing in disguise " in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese.

  5. Misfortune - Wikipedia

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    Misfortune (Italian: "Sfortuna"), an Italian fairy tale collected by Italo Calvino in his Italian Folktales; Misfortune, a 2005 novel by Wesley Stace; A Misfortune, sometimes translated "Misfortune", an 1886 short story by Anton Chekhov

  6. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    Apotropaic magic (from Greek αποτρέπω, apotrépō 'to ward off') or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye.

  7. Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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    Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.

  8. Japanese superstitions - Wikipedia

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    There are six unlucky numbers in Japanese. Traditionally, 4 is unlucky because it is sometimes pronounced shi, which is the word for death. [5] Sometimes levels or rooms with 4 do not exist in hospitals or hotels. [8]

  9. Duppy - Wikipedia

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    Duppy are generally regarded as malevolent spirits who bring misfortune and woe on those they set upon. [1] They are said to mostly come out and haunt people at night, and people from around the islands claim to have seen them.