The Western world is full of superstitions. Who hasn’t heard the dire claims about Friday the 13th? So many people fear this allegedly ill-fated day that there is even a name for the condition: paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Russia, too, has its share of superstitions. While some are similar to those in the West (a black cat crossing one’s path = bad luck), many Russian superstitions may take Westerners by surprise. Below you will find a random selection of Russian superstitions as well as superstitious beliefs Russians share with Westerners.
Unique Russian Superstitions
• Women should avoid sitting on cold surfaces as this may affect their ability to bear children.
• Mothers should not show their newborn babies to anyone other than the father and midwife until
40 days have passed.
• A person should celebrate his or her birthday on or after the birth date, not before.
• You will have good luck if a bird poops on you.
• Russian couples should only get married on the date they originally set. Their
relationship will be cursed if they choose another date.
• A person who sneezes while speaking is telling the truth.
• Unmarried people should avoid sitting at the corner of a table. Otherwise, they will never wed.
• Don’t make your bed, cut your fingernails, or wear anything new on examination days.
• If you whistle indoors you may lose your money.
• It is bad luck to see a woman walking with an empty bucket.
• If you have hiccups, someone is speaking ill of you.
• Rain on a wedding day means wealth for the couple.
• Eating from a knife will make you angry.
• You must drink all of your alcohol and never place a glass full of booze back on the table.
Similar Superstitions
• It is bad luck for a black cat to cross one’s path.
• Bad luck can be warded off by knocking on wood.
• Spilling salt is a bad omen.
• It is bad luck to break a mirror.
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