How many people have heard about the superstition that breaking a mirror
can cause seven years of bad luck? How many people still mention it when they know someone who breaks a mirror or they break a mirror themselves? This superstition dates back to the Roman Empire in which Romans were the first to create glass. This superstition was passed down to other cultures at the time including Africans, Greek and Chinese. They believed that the mirror was a reflection of the person and captures the soul and when the mirror was broken, the persons soul became corrupted. It is said that if you break a mirror you should bury the pieces and avoid touching the glass itself.
Many traditions, customs and beliefs have been passed down from earlier humans and while there are some firm believers in superstitions and myths, others dont. Im quite sure everyone has broken a mirror at some point in their life. Has anyone experienced bad luck afterwards? I believe everything happens for a reason and there is a reason for everything happening. Lets say you break a mirror then lose your job, maybe something better is about to come along so the loss cannot be totally blamed on a broken mirror.
The experience of bad occurences may be blamed on the mirror, but it could all just simply be a mind game. The more thought you put into something, the more life you give it. If you worry and dwell on something that happened, everything after that event will then be related to that event. I disagree that a broken mirror brings seven years of bad luck, I dont believe there is any evidence that can stroingly support this claim so therefore, it shall remain a myth.
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