Superstition Collection (#8)

Temple of Jagganath, India (chromolitho)
3100641 Temple of Jagganath, India (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Temple of Jagganath, India)

Sins against the First Commandment (colour litho)
3108130 Sins against the First Commandment (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sins against the First Commandment. Peches contre le 1er Commandement)

Gypsy woman wishing a bullfighter good fortune (chromolitho)
3100747 Gypsy woman wishing a bullfighter good fortune (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gypsy woman wishing a bullfighter good fortune)

The crime of Pausanias (chromolitho)
3100717 The crime of Pausanias (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The crime of Pausanias)

Witches flying on broomsticks (chromolitho)
3100708 Witches flying on broomsticks (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Witches flying on broomsticks)

Napoleon consulting the fortune teller Marie Anne Lenormand (chromolitho)
3100706 Napoleon consulting the fortune teller Marie Anne Lenormand (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Robert Nixon, illustration from Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century
489608 Robert Nixon, illustration from Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century by John Ashton, pub. 1882 (litho) by English School

The Pa-Kua symbol, showing the symbols for the Eight Changes
CHT265553 The Pa-Kua symbol, showing the symbols for the Eight Changes, the Trigrams and Yin and Yang (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Illustration of Syphilis, 1496 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF275642 Illustration of Syphilis, 1496 (engraving) (b/w photo) by DAorer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fugitive sheet of Theodorious Ulsenius)

The King of Coins, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck
AGD336589 The King of Coins, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck, 1441-47 (colour litho) by Bembo, Bonifacio (c.1420-82) (attr.) (after); 17.5x8.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Ace of Coins, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck
AGD336595 The Ace of Coins, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck, 1441-47 (colour litho) by Bembo, Bonifacio (c.1420-82) (attr.) (after); 17.5x8.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The King of Wands, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck
AGD336591 The King of Wands, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck, 1441-47 (colour litho) by Bembo, Bonifacio (c.1420-82) (attr.) (after); 17.5x8.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Knight of Wands, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck
AGD336584 The Knight of Wands, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck, 1441-47 (colour litho) by Bembo, Bonifacio (c.1420-82) (attr.) (after); 17.5x8.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Seven of Wands, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck
AGD336566 The Seven of Wands, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck, 1441-47 (colour litho) by Bembo, Bonifacio (c.1420-82) (attr.) (after); 17.5x8.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Ten of Cups, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck
AGD336553 The Ten of Cups, facsimile of a tarot card from the Visconti deck, 1441-47 (colour litho) by Bembo, Bonifacio (c.1420-82) (attr.) (after); 17.5x8.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Three tarot cards depicting The Tower, The Star and The Moon (coloured wood engraving)
BNP159930 Three tarot cards depicting The Tower, The Star and The Moon (coloured wood engraving) by French School; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; eBibliotheque Nationale, Paris; French

Three tarot cards depicting The Star, The Moon and The Sun (coloured wood engraving)
BNP159936 Three tarot cards depicting The Star, The Moon and The Sun (coloured wood engraving) by French School; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; eBibliotheque Nationale, Paris; French

Three tarot cards depicting The Magician, The High Priestess and The Empress
BNP159931 Three tarot cards depicting The Magician, The High Priestess and The Empress (coloured wood engraving) by French School; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; eBibliotheque Nationale

Wedjat eye amulet (cornelian)
HSC241430 Wedjat eye amulet (cornelian) by Egyptian; Private Collection; (add.info.: used to ward off evil spirits; ); Photo eHeini Schneebeli; Egyptian, out of copyright

The Witches at the Sabbath, after Hans Baldung Grien, illustrated in a history of magic
STC202554 The Witches at the Sabbath, after Hans Baldung Grien, illustrated in a history of magic published late 19th century (litho) by Baldung Grien

The Crystal Ball (oil on board)
Ma198357 The Crystal Ball (oil on board) by Bell, Robert Anning (1863-1933); Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

Moloch, copy of an illustration from Oedipus Aegyptiacus by Athanasius Kirchner
STC202572 Moloch, copy of an illustration from Oedipus Aegyptiacus by Athanasius Kirchner, Rome 1652, used in a History of Magic, published late 19th century (woodcut) by Italian School

The Proportions of Man and their Occult Numbers from De Occulta Philosophia
STC202549 The Proportions of Man and their Occult Numbers from De Occulta Philosophia Libri III, by Henricus Cornelius Agrippa (1533)

The Divining Rod, from Bergwerk Buch by Georg Agricola, Frankfurt 1580
STC202511 The Divining Rod, from Bergwerk Buch by Georg Agricola, Frankfurt 1580, illustrated in a History of Magic, published late 19th century (litho) by German School

Ideal figure of Hermes Trismegistus, copy of illustration from
STC225709 Ideal figure of Hermes Trismegistus, copy of illustration from De Divinatione et Magicis Praestigiis by Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1605

Predicting the future from reading coffee grounds, engraved by Charles William Sharpe
CHT223768 Predicting the future from reading coffee grounds, engraved by Charles William Sharpe (1818-99) (engraving) (b/w photo) by Crowley

A Way of Telling the Future, engraved by Mlle. Formentin, 1824-27 (litho)
STC89225 A Way of Telling the Future, engraved by Mlle. Formentin, 1824-27 (litho) by Grevedon, Henri (1776-1860) (after); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Illustration for the Fairy tale Marya Morevna (Maria des mers) par Zvorykin
FIA5403004 Illustration for the Fairy tale Marya Morevna (Maria des mers) par Zvorykin, Boris Vasilievich (1872-after 1935), c

l oiseau de feu et du loup gris - Illustration for the Fairy tale of Ivan Tsarevich
FIA5402994 l oiseau de feu et du loup gris - Illustration for the Fairy tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf par Zvorykin, Boris Vasilievich (1872-after 1935), c

Illustration for the Fairy tale Marya Morevna (Maria des mers) par Zvorykin
FIA5402990 Illustration for the Fairy tale Marya Morevna (Maria des mers) par Zvorykin, Boris Vasilievich (1872-after 1935), c

The Love Potion par Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1862-1942)
FIA5404152 The Love Potion par Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1862-1942), 1888 - Oil on canvas - State A. Radishchev Art Museum, Saratov by Nesterov

The witch Bessie Millie, living on the island of Pomona (Orkney)
GIA4811109 The witch Bessie Millie, living on the island of Pomona (Orkney), sells bags of winds favorable to sailors. Illustration of Walter Scotts story from 1814

The Butter Plate, number 393, Satirical in Colours, 1908_10_10
ICA4909353 The Butter Plate, number 393, Satirical in Colours, 1908_10_10: Radical ways to prevent epidemics - Anticlericalism, Medical, Russia, Religion, Cholera, Epidemia - Procession

A fantastic hunt (aerian or wild) or Menee (the Menee Hellequin) or Mesnie in the Vosges
GIA4702889 A fantastic hunt (aerian or wild) or Menee (the Menee Hellequin) or Mesnie in the Vosges, a nocturnal tempete that according to popular legends manifests itself after a curse or a sabbath

The mystical bath. At the foot of the cross on which Christ is crucified
JLJ4604021 The mystical bath. At the foot of the cross on which Christ is crucified, men and women bathe in a fountain of blood from the body of the Messiah. Central part of the triptych

The supersitions (fear) of the year thousand (1000): the end of the world
GIA4707327 The supersitions (fear) of the year thousand (1000): the end of the world. Engraving in " Histoire des Papes-Rois-Queen

The fortune teller. Painting by Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), 18th century
JLJ4686937 The fortune teller. Painting by Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), 18th century. San Francisco, Fine Art Museum by Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

Mandala de vajravarami the goddess dances (in the center) its name means "
JLJ4689121 Mandala de vajravarami the goddess dances (in the center) its name means " adamantine laie". Tibet, 19th century

The Happy Adventure (oil on canvas, 17th century)
LRI4604861 The Happy Adventure (oil on canvas, 17th century) by Cairo, Francesco del (1607-1665); Galleria e Museo Estense, Modena

Exorcism: Arab musicians chasing jinn from the body of a child
LSE4315678 Exorcism: Arab musicians chasing jinn from the body of a child. Painting by Andre Brouillet (1857-1914), Oil On Canvas, 1884. Musee des Beaux Arts de Reims

Happy Year Postcard with Hourglass and Four Leaf Clover - Drawing, 1906
LSE4104120 Happy Year Postcard with Hourglass and Four Leaf Clover - Drawing, 1906 by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Witchcraft and black magic: "The Lord Robert III of Artois (1287-1342
XEE4161255 Witchcraft and black magic: " The Lord Robert III of Artois (1287-1342) enchanting John of Valois (John II, known as John the Good), son of King Philip VI

First Punic War - Publius Claudius Appius Pulcher (died around 240 BC
XEE4161741 First Punic War - Publius Claudius Appius Pulcher (died around 240 BC) before the Battle of Drepanum (249 BC) makes sacred chickens cast into the sea - First Punic War - Battle of Drepana

Sorcerer selling to sailors the winds locked in the three nodes of a rope - in "
XEE4148210 Sorcerer selling to sailors the winds locked in the three nodes of a rope - in " Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus" (History of the peoples of the North) by Olaus Magnus

Catherine de Medici, Queen Regent of France, consulting her astrologer, Cosimo Ruggeri, 1577 (colour litho)
5996222 Catherine de Medici, Queen Regent of France, consulting her astrologer, Cosimo Ruggeri, 1577 (colour litho) by Blanche

Advertisement for Sunlight soap showing the lines and features of a hand that enable a palm reader to predict someones
6030575 Advertisement for Sunlight soap showing the lines and features of a hand that enable a palm reader to predict someones future (chromolitho) by English School

Spouted Wine Vessel (He), 11th century BC (bronze)
5049841 Spouted Wine Vessel (He), 11th century BC (bronze) by Chinese School, Shang Dynasty (13th-11th century BC); 17.8 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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"Unraveling the Threads of Superstition: From Wicker Man to Divine Amulets" Superstition, a captivating realm where belief and folklore intertwine, has long fascinated humanity. Like pieces of a puzzle scattered across time and cultures, various hints shed light on this enigmatic subject. The iconic UK One Sheet poster of "The Wicker Man (1973)" beckons us into a world where ancient rituals and pagan beliefs collide with modern sensibilities. A chilling reminder that they can still hold sway over our lives. In France, the notion that good wine brings luck takes center stage as the rugby team prepares to face their Irish rivals. With glasses raised high, they hope for fortune's favor on the field. Across borders in Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape, we glimpse an intricate tapestry woven with hidden meanings. Each proverb carries its own superstitious weight, reminding us that wisdom often hides behind seemingly ordinary words. A 4-Leaf Clover by Barde captures nature's lucky charm; its rarity symbolizing hope against all odds. As we stumble upon it amidst life's chaos, we dare to dream of serendipitous moments yet to come. Francisco de Goya's haunting masterpiece "Witches Sabbath" transports us deep into the heart of darkness where superstitions thrive unchecked. The artist invites us to confront our fears and question what lies beyond reason's grasp. Amidst Edinburgh's bustling Royal Mile stands St Giles Cathedral adorned with Heart of Midlothian paving stones mosaic – an emblematic tribute rooted in local lore. Stepping carefully upon these stones is said to bring good fortune or ward off ill fate for those who believe. Men-an-tol standing stones whisper secrets from ancient times when mystical energies were harnessed through sacred rituals. These silent sentinels remind us how deeply ingrained they are within human history.