Black Cat Superstition Good Luck
In France the black magical cat called matagot could under certain circumstances bring prosperity to its owner.
Black cat superstition good luck. Pirates believed cats could portend the future of their ship. In Chinese and Japanese culture the Maneki Neko beckoning cat is a common symbol of good luck. The most prominent black cat superstition is that youll be cursed with bad luck if they pass you but that depends who you ask anyway.
Sadly they have an association with bad luck. For example if the cat walked on and stayed on the ship it meant good luck. He had no time for superstition no time at all.
A black cat symbolizes health and fertility. If a cat walk towards you it will bring good fortune and prosperity. Owning a black cat is lucky.
There have been other good black cat superstitions scattered throughout Europe. In ancient Egypt black cats were held in the highest esteem because they resembled Bastet the cat-headed Egyptian goddess of home fertility and protection from disease. A unique New England superstition said that it would be good luck to throw a dead black cat over the left shoulder and turn around twice.
In some cultures owning a black cat can bring you luck or love. Nikos thought himself to be a very rational man a man who did not believe that his good luck or bad luck was in any way changed by black cats walking under ladders spilling salt or opening umbrellas inside the house. In England and other places a black cat on a ship could be lucky.
Most people think that if a black cat entered the room of an ill person it would bring death. One thing however that Nikos absolutely did not believe in was superstition. Black cats are considered both lucky and unlucky.