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Macro Mondays Theme: Superstition
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Garlic has a long and fascinating history in superstition, folklore, and ritual across many cultures — often seen as both a protector and a purifier.
1. Protection Against Evil
In European folklore, garlic was believed to ward off evil spirits, demons, and witches.
It became especially famous in Balkan and Romanian legends as protection against vampires — hence the popular image of garlic garlands in Dracula tales.
People hung braids of garlic over doors and windows or wore cloves around the neck to repel malevolent forces.
2. Purification and Healing
In ancient Greece and Rome, garlic was thought to purify the body and soul. Soldiers and athletes ate it for courage and strength, but it was also used to protect against disease and bad luck.
In folk medicine, garlic was believed to draw out poison and counteract the “evil eye.”
3. Agricultural and Domestic Rituals
Farmers in rural Europe would plant garlic to protect crops and livestock from curses or bad weather.
A clove placed under a baby’s pillow or in the cradle was said to protect infants from harm
4. Symbolism in Other Cultures
In India, garlic has mixed connotations: it is valued for health but avoided by some spiritual traditions (because it stimulates passion and aggression).
In the Middle East and Mediterranean, it was often burned or scattered to repel jinn or misfortune.
Eguzkilore : At first everything was dark. And the goddess Ama Lur (Earth) gave the men their two daughters Eguzki (the sun) and Ilargi (the moon). So they could defend themselves from the terrible genes that populated the ancient planet.
The Superstition Mountains as seen from the Florence Kelvin Highway east of Florence Arizona. Saguaro Cactus in the foreground.
~24-image stitched panorama. Vertical portrait mode shots during a storming day out at Superstition Mtn.
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Following the Apache trail you can drive through to the other side of the Superstition Mountains but most stop at Tortilla Flats a small touristy affair where passenger cars can turn around head back to town. The brave of heart with the proper vehicle can try their luck following the trail to its end but it depends on the season, you should always check to make sure the road is open and passable before attempting this route. This scene is of Canyon Lake on the Salt River about 20 mile before Tortilla Flats and home to a Steamboat tour for those that like to take in the desert sights from the water.
I took this on Dec 22th, 2019 with my D750 and Tamron 24-70 f2.8 G2 Lens at 29mm, 1/13s, f16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
When the temperature is projected to be 106 you rise early and get to a location before the sun bakes.
Sorry I haven't been on lately. I have been so busy with my business and all of the end of year paperwork! And the weather has been so bad very cold, just haven't felt like taking any new pictures. I have missed all my flickr friends and hope you are all busy taking beautiful photographs :) The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine centers around the Superstition Mountains. According to the legend, a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz discovered a mother lode of gold in the Superstition Wilderness and revealed its location on his deathbed in Phoenix in 1891 to Julia Thomas, a boarding-house owner who had taken care of him for many years. Several mines have been claimed to be the actual mine that Waltz discovered, but none of those claims have been verified.[1] The legends and lore of the Superstition Mountains can be experienced at the Superstition Mountain Museum on the Apache Trail where artifacts of the Lost Dutchman are on display.
Some Apaches believe that the hole leading down into the lower world, or hell, is located in the Superstition Mountains. Winds blowing from the hole are supposed to be the cause of severe dust storms in the metropolitan region.[3]
There is religion or spirituality around that is captive to social conformity or even happy to make peace with the status quo. There are voices telling you that in order to submit to God you need to have an infantile fixation with paternal authority. This is superstition.
Do not kill spiders, it brings bad luck!
This spider (and many others) lives in my attic.
Believe me, it was not pleasant to hang out with them during the shooting, but I really don't kill them intentionally, even though I'm not superstitious.(I suppose these cocoons are full of its eggs)
HMM!
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In the dark attic, these cocoons with spider eggs looked to me like a small heads of mummies hanging all around.
In my country, we say " U strahu su velike oči" it means "When you are afraid you can see and what is not there"
You need somebody to blame when the photo is NOT perfect... This is my black cat... If it makes you laugh then it is a good tool for THOSE days :-)
never drop a ladybug, the so called Marienkäfer are believed to have been sent by Holy Mary and in general bring luck! But never let them fall down or drop them, this might bring bad luck.
If you achieve to have it crawl all the way up to your index fingertip and fly away you can make a wish!
(at least that's what they told me when I was a child)
Btw I was lucky yesterday!
For almost 16 years I have been trying my hand at photography from film to digital and attempting to learn to edit to produce the same vision that I saw when I captured a picture. For the past several years during the plague with a lot of at home time I have tried to further my editing game so these shots I took and edited several years ago from a Christmas vacation to Arizona are back in the digital darkroom and will work through these until I can fill up the shot bag somewhere new.
I took this on Dec 22th, 2019 with my D750 and Tamron 24-70 f2.8 G2 Lens at 32mm, 1/5s, f16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Using mismatched or uneven chopsticks is considered bad luck or perhaps a bad omen that can lead to a missed train or flight.
Presented for Macro Mondays superstition challenge.
This image is 2.25in on the long edge
Lit with one Nikon SB900 with 9in. reflector and grid attached. Placed overhead and on camera left.
First post of the new Decade this series will be shots taken during my Christmas vacation to Arizona. This shot is at the foot of the Superstition Mountains at about 2:00pm Dec 22 with my D750 1/80s f/11 ISO100 at 29mm with my Tamron SP 24-70 G2
portrait mode multi-image stitched panorama. @200mm.
Superstition Mtn, and the Superstition Wilderness of the Tanto National Forest.
Legend has it that there is a lost dutchman somewhere up in those mountains trying to find his way down.
Knoblauch-Aberglaube konzentriert sich hauptsächlich auf seine schützenden Eigenschaften, darunter die Abwehr von bösen Geistern, Vampiren und dem bösen Blick. Traditionen reichen von das Aufhängen von Knoblauchzöpfen über Türen bis hin zum Tragen einer Knoblauchzehe als Talisman, um Unglück abzuwehren. In der antiken griechischen Mythologie verlieh er Kriegern angeblich Mut und Kraft.
Garlic superstitions focus primarily on its protective properties, including warding off evil spirits, vampires, and the evil eye. Traditions range from hanging braids of garlic over doorways to carrying a clove of garlic as a talisman to ward off misfortune. In ancient Greek mythology, it was believed to bestow courage and strength upon warriors.
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For the Macro Mondays theme "Superstition"
HMM to all participants 💙💙💙
The Superstition Mountains have been called many names by the natives who lived there before European settlers, “Crooked Top Mountain”, “Thunder Mountain” and “Mountain of Foam” all mysterious names from the original people the Pima Indians that were the native farmers of the area.
The Pima has a healthy respect for the mountain range due to strange sounds being heard coming from the area and many mysterious deaths from people that wandered into them, they generally avoided it whenever possible.
The settlers noticed the behavior and after learning the story from the natives it went from the natives being superstitious about the mountains to Superstition mountains over the decades and the name stuck, by 1860 this was what the area was known by.
Still to this day there are about 5 deaths per year of hikers in the mountains with its sharp drop offs, cliffs and deep canyons the forest service has called it the most rugged terrain in the US wilderness system.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens at 52mm 1/5s, f/16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, finished with Topaz Denoise & Focalblade
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
located on Arizona highway 88 otherwise known as the Apache Trail. This is east of Phoenix and is a lovely drive with many touristy stops along the way. The 'old Dutchman' stories lend to the mystic of the superstition mountains
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Jasper enjoys exploring the Superstition Mountains with us. The range resulted from many geologic forces dating back to some intense volcanic activity about 25 million years ago. The Superstitions are composed of welded tuff (volcanic ash cemented by extreme heat), breccia (rock bits smooshed together with lava or welded tuff) and some other stuff like granite. And of course there were some gold deposits which have driven a lot of explorations and legends. So ends Jasper's geology lesson.
Well, I guess I went and got myself seven years of bad luck. At least according to the ancient Romans. Since my soul can be revealed by the reflection in the mirror, me breaking said mirror, has damaged my soul. I now can expect the gods to rain down bad luck upon me for the next seven years. Woe is me. My source for this knowledge is, believe it or not, the internet. Specifically here in an article google discovered on the University of South Carolina's website. The mirror was in a cosmetics compact powder case. I have my wife save an empty occasionally and I use them when working on a car to see behind obstructions. It was about 50mm x 35mm before I broke it. HMM and thanks for any views, faves and comments.
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