In return, sending you an ask for Worldbuilding Wednesday! What's some of your world's superstitions, both good and bad?
Hey, happy WBW!!! Thank you!!! :D
Some common superstitions in the Ehlverse include:
- the appearance of Vampiric animals is a bad omen, usually taken as a warning of death (which is understandable, because carnivorous animals hit with vampirism can’t digest solid food, just like vampiric people, and because they don’t understand it, they become a lot more dangerous to people that they would otherwise avoid in their desperation for food)
- spotting an opalescent object or animal during your first meeting with someone is a sign that that person will be meaningful in your life
- accidentally breaking a wooden object when you fall is a sign of being blessed by the Mayhist Goddesses; on the flip side, purposefully breaking or burning a wooden object unnecessarily is inviting their wrath
- in southern Deltierin, many Mikrona believe that the first animal a child Shifts to is indicative of how that child will act when they are an adult (children that Shift to notoriously dangerous animals - like storm snakes or flint cats - are often Forsaken if the parent believes this prediction wholeheartedly)
- and in Emarye, if someone sees a shooting star before the first thaw, it’s an omen for a wonderful year to come
