Are you afraid of spiders? If yes, then this is neither good nor bad. You will simply fall into a stupor, perhaps scream and feel fear when you meet them.
1:790And if you are not afraid, then this will even be to your benefit, because in this case you will begin to experience a certain feeling of love and awe for these little creatures, and you will begin to treat them kindly. And how can such tiny spiders that appear in the house harm you? You are much more likely to accidentally crush them than they are to harm you. Having realized the “comical” nature of the situation regarding the fear of spiders, you can step over this worldview and come to the conclusion that when you see spiders you will no longer be afraid of them. Of course, in the wild there are very poisonous large spiders. But you are unlikely to meet them at home.
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Spiders are needed by nature and play a certain useful role in it, like all other animals and insects. Everyone was created for something by a creator.
2:791 2:796So spiders just don’t start in an apartment or house. First of all, they are attracted to food. Therefore, if you have a lot of flies, midges, mosquitoes, cockroaches and other small living creatures in your house, then spiders will help you deal with it, because it is food for them. Well, you see - spiders not only frighten with their appearance, but also provide benefits.
2:1398 2:1403In this case, if you personally do not want to get rid of spiders, but still want them not to be in the house, then get rid of the insects that they feed on. This was the practical version of the fact that why you shouldn’t kill spiders - they are useful in fighting other insects in the house. But there are also various superstitions about this. About them below.
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Why you shouldn't kill spiders:
3:577Famous saying “If you want to live and be healthy, don’t you dare kill a spider”
allowed, presumably, millions of these insects not to fall under human footsteps. People are superstitious creatures. And whoever believed in this saying, for the sake of his health, good luck and a good life, did not dare to kill spiders.
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There is one ancient popular legend that honors the spider as the savior of an important person , which at various times was either Mohammed, or Moses, or even the holy family of Jesus at the time when he was still a baby.
4:396This man fled from pursuit to Egypt and took refuge in a cave. The spider braided the entrance with a thick layer of web, on which the dove then laid an egg. The pursuers arrived in time to the cave, but noticed that it was all covered with intact cobwebs, which is why they assumed that no one had entered it for a long time and passed by without bothering to search it. The rescue mission was carried out by the arachnids quite successfully, and therefore they have now been protected for many millennia.
4:1254 4:1259This story instills a respectful attitude towards the spider. Moreover, this legend is found both in Christianity and Islam, only the main persons in them are called differently, but this does not exclude the general meaning of this story.
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Among Asian and African tribes, as well as in pagan antiquity, the spider was perceived as a wise, hardworking insect, endowed with healing properties, useful and benevolent for humans, with the exception of only their poisonous species.
Diseases can appear in the house after killing a spider. So says another belief. The reason for this belief lies in the fact that our ancestors in past centuries used many improvised objects when treating people: plants, herbs, insects, and sometimes even animal parts. Certain shamans seriously believed in the miraculous properties of spider webs collected in the house, believing that it helped in the treatment of a number of ailments. Therefore, if there was no such healing substance in the house at the right time, a person could simply die.
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For example, there were the following rituals to get rid of diseases:
For fever or jaundice, it was advised to eat a live spider. To make it easier to swallow the insect, it was eaten rolled into a ball of butter.
For asthma, fever, and constant drowsiness, it was recommended to swallow not the spider itself, but a lump of its web.
A coiled web was placed on the open wound to stop the bleeding. This method is effective for a small wound, although everyone knows that stopping the bleeding in a wound can be achieved by simply pressing an object against it. And it is better to use modern, clean cotton wool or bandages for this, rather than dirty and dusty cobwebs.
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How effective all these measures were is unknown. But there is such an effect as a placebo. It is possible that this is exactly what worked. The patients believed in the miraculous properties of these drugs, and thanks to their faith they recovered.
Our modern science does not confirm the healing properties of the web, as well as the spiders themselves, and cannot draw a logical chain between the killed spider and the human illness that resulted from this action. As for the web itself, it mainly consists only of protein.
7:1438However, the venom of some spiders still serves a useful purpose and is used in the creation of certain types of medicine.
Spiders bring happiness.
So says another legend. The revelation of this secret lies in a magical spider web, which hangs on the wall or ceilings and catches all the good things in its net, attracting happiness and prosperity to the house. Without a web, happiness may fly into the house, but it will not stay there for a long time (there is no web in which it would take hold).
Spiders bring trouble. But this only happens when when will a person destroy such a defenseless and small “animal”. Moreover, the relationship between the size of the spider and the “punishment” is inversely proportional.
9:368 9:373The smaller the spider, the more troubles will fall on a person’s head,
who has done such evil. Behind the spider is someone more powerful, which means that the retribution will be many times greater than the size of this arthropod insect... Whether to believe in this myth is up to everyone to decide. But there's nothing good about seeing a spider die. After all, it is a part of nature on which the Universe has a certain role. So why interrupt her? This is not good. Not good…
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Spiders prophesy the receipt of some gifts or news. It is known that these insects are real masters of camouflage and are able to quietly land on any part of your body. Since ancient times, this has been considered a sign indicating that you will receive some kind of gift in the near future.
10:523But if, out of fright and fear, you deliberately or accidentally smack a spider, then you can forget about the gift. Your dream will end along with the spider's life.
10:793 10:798Also, the appearance of spiders in your eyes is a sign that you will soon receive important news , but if you interrupt the life of a little spider, then the news will not reach you. But information received in time can both change and save lives, that is, it is very important.
In Soviet times, when letters served as one of the best ways of communication and news, and people constantly wrote them to each other, when a spider appeared in a home, it was believed that by such an action it was announcing that the long-awaited envelope would soon arrive. But if you kill the spider, then the letter will be lost...
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Signs about spiders
11:553These insects are very helpful to fortune tellers, helping them understand or predict certain events. It turns out that different encounters with spiders at different times of the day, doing different things, lead to different predictions.
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See a spider:
12:31 12:361. In the morning - to suffering;
2. During the day - to upcoming worries;
3. In the evening - for a surprise and a gift;
4. At night - to expectations and hope;
5. Running along the wall is a good sign;
6. Weaving a web in the morning - to a beautiful and good fate;
7. Descends on a web - to good luck;
8. On clothes - a promotion at work or money;
9. Seeing a red spider means financial well-being;
10. Falls with a cobweb - notifies you of important news that you will receive;
11. If the bride and groom see a spider on the way to the altar, it is a bad sign of unhappiness in family life.
To attract money, you need to carry a “money weaver” in your pocket - that’s what the red spider is called .
13:193 13:198In England there is a belief that the person on whom a spider accidentally falls from above can be called lucky, after all, a huge inheritance awaits him soon.
Despite the fact that there are many beliefs that you should not kill spiders, not everyone can come to terms with such a neighbor.
13:760In order not to cause harm to this little creature, you can somehow carefully catch it (for example, in a jar), and then release it outside.
13:1015 13:1020If a spider lands on you on the street, do not kill it, but simply brush it off or blow it away. In these cases, your conscience will be clear and you will save the spider’s life.
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This is interesting:
14:37The oldest web dates back more than 100 million years and was found in frozen amber;
14:198At the beginning of the 20th century. in Paris, a rope made of spider web was presented, the strength of which made it possible to withstand a very large mass;
- The web still cannot be recreated in the laboratory;
- The bite of individual spiders causes a persistent erection;
- Ancient arachnids were practically no different from today’s;
- The weight of food consumed by spiders per year is greater than the total weight of all people living on the planet;
- Some spiderlings, emerging from eggs, eat their mother;
- Certain types of spiders, with insufficient food, switch to pollen;
- The size of the largest spider exceeds 28 cm;
- The spider can easily be on vertical surfaces, and even move along the ceiling;
- A female spider can lay eggs without even being fertilized;
- Tarantulas do not pose a mortal danger to humans;
- If the tarantula has overfed, the excess food comes out through the lower end of the belly;
- Male spiders can change orientation in the absence of partners;
- Female spiders can independently induce childbirth in the case of sick or weak offspring;
- Female spiders are able to remember their “friends” - spiders with whom they communicated in their youth;
- Some spiders can live more than 30 years;
- The smallest spider is less than 0.5 mm in size;
- The orb-weaving spider makes a web with a diameter exceeding 7 m;
- The most poisonous spider can kill a person within a few hours after the bite
How does a spider make you feel? Hardly kind. Fear, disgust and disgust... These little creatures get it in full! Every second person, when they see an eight-legged insect, their hand involuntarily reaches for a slipper. It is even considered a kind of valor if a man with a light click slams down the spider that frightened his lady. But is it worth doing? Signs confidently say - no!
Why can't you kill spiders?
Unlike us, who are frivolous and inclined to trust emotions, ancient people treated little “weavers” with more respect. The ability of an insect to weave strong webs and remain in ambush for hours, controlling the tension of each web, seemed to be an act akin to the work of higher powers to establish cosmic order. It’s not for nothing that Buddhists considered a spider in a web to be a prototype of the Universe! And not only them.
- Among the Celts, this wise insect gathered together the threads of life and death, past, present and future, and firmly wove every person into the overall picture of the universe.
- Among the Egyptians, the spider was the main attribute of the goddess Neith, who wove the world.
- In ancient Greece, he served as a companion to a number of goddesses, one way or another connected with weaving. Neither Athena, nor Persephone and the Moiras, endlessly weaving the threads of destinies, did not disdain to take the hardworking insect into their retinue.
Christianity and Islam swept away the pagan temples, but did not touch the little spider. There is a legend about how Moses (in the Muslim version of the legend - the prophet Muhammad) took refuge in a cave from the enemies who were following him. And he would definitely have fallen into their hands if there had not been a spider nearby, which tightly wove the hole into the saint’s shelter with its web.
Knowing all of the above, you are no longer surprised by the signs that so clearly come to the defense of the insect. His murder predicts loss of health, luck and even happiness. Why be surprised? After all, it is the many-legged master who weaves the nets that can catch the capricious Fortune!
Does the prediction depend on the size of the insect and your intention?
The smaller the insect, the greater the reward the signs promise to its offender
It is believed that the smaller the killed individual, the more unpleasant surprises one should expect from fate. Firstly, this flighty young lady will not want to turn her face to the killer of her many-legged colleague. Secondly, it is known: the smaller the creature, the more defenseless it is. And you have to pay more for offending the weak.
And keep in mind: although “deliberate murder” is an aggravating circumstance, signs do not relieve responsibility from the one who accidentally smacks or crushes the spider. It is better not to touch these creatures at all. Moreover, in different countries they will tell you their reasons for leaving the insect alone:
- In England they believe that a spider falling on a person means big profits. Therefore, killing him will make your wallet thinner.
- In France, meeting an insect in the evening means good luck coming straight into your hands. Squash him and your hands will remain empty.
- In Italy, on the contrary, killing a “morning” or “night” spider is considered a bad omen.
- In China, the spider is a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Grab a newspaper or slippers - don’t expect a prosperous life.
- In Japan, the multi-legged insect is seen as a messenger from the other world, bringing greetings from departed relatives. To deal with him simply means showing outrageous disregard for our ancestors.
- In the Middle East, there is a funny belief that spiders can put out a house fire. Would it even occur to anyone to destroy such valuable neighbors?!
- In Russia, as in a number of European countries, the appearance of a spider in an apartment predicts important news. Therefore, do not rush to destroy the “postman”: what if there is good news?
- If you meet an insect on the street, especially after lunch, good luck will come. Naturally, murder cancels all happy predictions.
What threatens the one who kills
What exactly are the signs that frighten those who stubbornly continue to harm spiders?
The spider brings health, wealth and luck
Diseases. The small insect often appeared in legends as a skilled healer. Its web was sculpted onto wounds to speed up healing, swallowed as a remedy for asthma, fever and whooping cough, and sometimes the patient was offered to use the spider itself as a powerful medicine. As a result, a strong belief developed: if there is not a shred of cobwebs in the house, then there is no health there.
Financial losses. In many cultures of the world, a red spider is directly called a money spinner, and its fall on a person is perceived as a sure sign of wealth. If you ignore the lucky prediction and kill the insect, there will be no money.
Bad luck. If you killed a spider, don’t complain that you can’t catch luck, because there’s no one to weave a web for it. In some Slavic families, the spider was purposefully allowed to settle in the far corner of the house and under no circumstances was its web disturbed in order to lure harmony and happiness into the family.
Any living creature lives in this world for a reason and occupies a strictly defined niche. You should never kill him unless absolutely necessary. Have you found a multi-legged “neighbor” in your home? Cover it with a jar, take it outside and let it go in peace. Fate will certainly appreciate it.
There are many signs associated with success and misfortune. Most of them warn about what should not be done in certain circumstances. There are many interesting stories associated with spiders, as well as many beliefs. What does a spider mean in mythological terms, why can’t you kill spiders from the point of view of signs?
Since ancient times, spiders have inhabited the earth. As soon as a person encountered these unpleasant arthropods, various kinds of beliefs began to be born. For a long time, this creature has been considered a symbol of good luck and prosperity, but at the same time, it is a harbinger of death and danger. Today you can find spiders of various sizes and types, many of them are dangerous, many are harmless.
Spiders have many faces - a symbol of good and evil in one way.
There are three varieties of the legend that laid the foundation for the formation of beliefs about why you should not kill a spider. The first says that the spider saved the baby Jesus Christ when the family hid in a cave. The second is that the saved baby turned out to be Moses, and the third is Mohammed. The hero took refuge in a cave, and the spider wove a web throughout the entire passage. The pursuers believed that where spiders reign, a person cannot hide.
Waiting for a gift or misfortune
Spiders can be found in almost every home, and sometimes such a meeting between a person and an arthropod leads to the death of the latter, which cannot be done. Only after the deed does a person begin to realize the mistake he has made. What does the sign of killing a spider promise for a ruthless “killer”? There are many signs associated with spiders and their killing, but most of them come down to the following 3 aspects.
A sign means the rapid manifestation or development of diseases in the family. The roots of this belief go back to the distant past, when there were no fast-acting medications. Then treatment was carried out through herbs and insects. Doctors firmly believed in the healing properties of cobwebs, but if there was none in the house, then they could not help the patient. The web, and therefore spiders, were credited with magical properties of attracting good luck and happiness. Killing an arthropod, as the sign says, deprives a family of happiness, which means the onset of a dark period in life.
Another sign about murder means imminent troubles, and the smallest size of the killed creature leads to the greatest negative consequences. No one has the right to take the life of living beings.
The last aspect lies in the excellent ability of arthropods to camouflage.
There are times when these far from pleasant creatures fall from the ceiling onto a person’s head. Such an appearance of a “terrible” creature takes one by surprise and does not cause any joy. However, the sign says that such an appearance portends a person receiving an imminent gift. Killing the spider will break the magical connection and you can forget about the gift, so doing this is unacceptable.
Does murder bring forgiveness?
Almost every person has killed a spider at least once in his life, some on purpose, some in a state of fright, some completely by accident. Superstitious people attach great importance to such cases, since a sign of murder portends big troubles for the villain. Is it possible to kill a spider and avoid the consequences? To commit murder, no matter what creature, means to take its life. People do not have the right to decide who lives and who dies, even if an unpleasant creature has settled in their home. Trouble may not happen after such an act, but the conscience and soul will definitely suffer.
There is an opinion that killing an arthropod can clear 40 sins, but only if such an act was not committed intentionally. In any case, you cannot kill living beings. If a spider crawls out to take a walk around the room, then it can easily be lured onto a broom or dustpan and carefully taken outside - and the arthropod will not be harmed, and the person will get rid of the problem.
It turns out that killing a spider is not always a negative sign. It’s surprising, because we almost always come across information that swatting a spider will lead to various troubles. However, what is popular has several interpretations, and you should know all of them.
Accidentally killing a spider is a good omen
A lot of different superstitions associated with spiders have survived to this day: fell on a person, etc. Spiders have always been harbingers of various events. So what prophesies the killing of the creature?
There is a belief - if you did not specifically destroy this creature, then you can get rid of 40 sins. However, if this action was conscious, then such grace will not apply to you. Only accidental killing or in a state of fright is considered. A meeting with an already dead spider also does not foretell anything bad.
You cannot be guilty of someone else destroying a living being, or of not noticing it and unknowingly crushing it. Therefore, unless you deliberately took the life of this creature, you can be sure that nothing terrible will happen to you. On the contrary, you will be able to cleanse yourself of some of your sins.
But why can’t we destroy these not always pleasant creatures? The northern peoples were sure that killing a spider meant incurring a wide variety of diseases. Intentionally killing a living creature could even cause a fatal illness.
Northern shamans even insist that a spider should not be kicked out of the house, because in this way you will lose a very strong protector. If you believe them, then since ancient times the web has been a protective shield and protects the owners of the house from illnesses. In ancient times, they even believed that by collecting cobwebs and preparing a special potion from it, you could be cured of the most serious illness. However, the web had to be taken only from the house where this person lives.
There is another interpretation of this belief. It is believed that a spider's web can not only catch flies, but also good luck and prosperity. If you kill one creature, the spiders that live in the apartment will stop weaving webs and catching joy in it. This way you will drive all the happiness out of the room.
Everyone knows that when we kill a defenseless creature, we must get what we deserve. So anyone who harms the spider will be punished. And the smaller the spider, the more troubles will fall on a person’s head.
There are various myths that spiders helped Jesus Christ and Moses. Therefore, if you want higher powers to always help and protect you, then you should not exterminate spiders.
Did you know that several centuries ago people tried to treat jaundice and fever with the help of spiders? In this case, it was necessary to roll one spider into a small piece of butter. They did this so that it could be swallowed completely.
It was believed that with the help of these creatures it was possible remove illness, evil eye or damage. Today, however, such rituals have practically not survived. Medieval doctors were convinced that it was the spider web that had various healing properties. Usually a spider web was applied to the bleeding.
It was also rolled into balls and eaten for asthma or severe fever. There is actually a scientific justification for this. Spider web can be an antiseptic and a good adhesive, so perhaps it could help a little with shallow wounds.
To summarize, we can say that killing a spider will not bring trouble only if it is done unintentionally. Targeted killing of a creature will always be fraught with various problems.
