ABSTRACT
Various superstitions are connected with sneezing. Numerous superstitions are connected with purely subjective phenomena such as the hiccough, the ringing of the ears, etc. Hence the multitude of superstitions connected with electric storms, hence also the multitude of thunder and lightning gods, which stand to the number of well-attested sun-gods in the proportion of ten to one. Several of the examples illustrating the Fear of the Abnormal are omens, and omens in general loom large in Superstition, the more so because all the higher religions have more or less frowned upon the practice of divination and the observation of omens. Among the latter must be reckoned common superstitions such as the various inferences drawn from the first person or animal one meets when setting out on some journey. Decidedly on the border-line of popular superstitions and psychic experiences stands the widespread belief that a dying man is endowed with a prophetic gift and able to foretell the future.
