Superstitious Collection

"Allhallow-Eve" - a sketch in Kilkenny by Edmund Fitzpatrick, 1858. Creator: Unknown
"Allhallow-Eve" - a sketch in Kilkenny by Edmund Fitzpatrick, 1858. Allhallow-eve (1st of November)...is the night of all others on which the Irish peasantry believe that ghosts, witches

L'Empereur du Maroc consultant le celèbre sorcier Desbarolles, 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
L'Empereur du Maroc consultant le celebre sorcier Desbarolles, 1859. The Emperor of Morocco consulting the famous sorcerer Desbarolles

Scene from "Macbeth", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "Macbeth", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. London stage production, showing...the Witch-Cauldron Scene...in the superb revival of "Macbeth

Omen in the flight of birds, 1742-1801. Creator: Anon
Omen in the flight of birds, 1742-1801. Romulus and Remus are looking for an omen in a flight of birds. The number of birds determines which of the twins has the right to found a city

"The Jordan" Epiphany Custom at St. Petersburg, 1856. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
"The Jordan" Epiphany Custom at St. Petersburg, 1856. Ceremony...in commemoration of the baptism of Christ, on the 6th of January, on the ice of the Neva

Winter in Norway - from a picture by Adolphe Tidemand, 1856. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Winter in Norway - from a picture by Adolphe Tidemand, 1856. With Christmas begin the national festivals...During this season all work is stopped...and the feasts are celebrated with the hospitality

Midsummer's Eve. Sick People Asleep upon the Grave of St. Helena at Tisvilde, 1847. Creator: Jorgen Sonne
Midsummer's Eve. Sick People Asleep upon the Grave of St. Helena at Tisvilde, 1847

The Synod at Thurles - the Procession from the College to the Cathedral, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Synod at Thurles [in Ireland] - the Procession from the College to the Cathedral, 1850. Clergy in a...procession from the College to the Cathedral

The Fortune Teller and the Lady. Creator: Andries Stock
The Fortune Teller and the Lady

The Circumcision, 1611-74. Creator: Leonard Bramer
The Circumcision, 1611-74

The Fortune Teller, 18th century. Creator: Francois Boucher
The Fortune Teller, 18th century

A Couple in an Interior with a Gypsy Fortune-Teller, ca. 1632-33. Creator: Jacob Duck
A Couple in an Interior with a Gypsy Fortune-Teller, ca. 1632-33

The Fortune-Teller, probably 1630s. Creator: Georges de la Tour
The Fortune-Teller, probably 1630s

Desolation des Peruviens pendant L Eclipse de Lune, 1723. Creator: Bernard Picart
Desolation des Peruviens pendant L Eclipse de Lune, 1723. Desolation of the Peruvians during the lunar eclipse. From " Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde"

Edward III of England vows that he will make peace, 1360 (1864). After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm frightened the King (1312-1377)

Beliefs and popular superstitions, 1493 (1849). Artist: A Bisson
Beliefs and popular superstitions, 1493 (1849). A 19th century version based on an original manuscript illustration in Liber Cronicarum at the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels

Beliefs and superstitions, 1493 (1849). Artist: A Bisson
Beliefs and superstitions, 1493 (1849). A 19th century version based on an original manuscript illustration in Liber Cronicarum at the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels, Belgium

Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. 1) The Great Tree of the Banyans. 2) A pagoda of the idol Mamaniva

German Almanac, 1484. Creator: Unknown
German Almanac, 1484

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