Fading practices
Known and still practised, but with fewer practitioners each generation.
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RegionSouth AsiaSoutheast AsiaEast AsiaCentral Asia and the CaucasusMiddle EastNorth AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaEuropeNorth AmericaLatin America and the CaribbeanOceania
PurposeProtectionHealingSeeing and foretellingLuck and prosperityLove and attractionCursing and harmCleansing and purificationSpeaking with spirits and the deadChange and initiationBinding and oathsPower and authorityWonder and entertainment
WhoShamansFolk healersPriests and ritual specialistsWitches, sorcerers and cunning folkDiviners and readersMediums and the possessedCeremonial magicians and alchemistsHouseholds and ordinary peopleStage magiciansScholars and sceptics
BeliefHindu and TantricBuddhistJainMuslim and SufiJewishChristianSikhZoroastrianShinto and TaoistIndigenous and shamanicAfrican and Afro-diasporicPagan and NeopaganEsoteric and occultFolk and village customSecular and stageOther traditions
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea and 1 moreFan death์ ํ๊ธฐ ์ฌ๋ง์ค
A South Korean urban legend that running a fan in a sealed room causes fatal suffocationBelief Fading
๐บ๐ธ United StatesCurse of Tippecanoe
An urban legend linking US presidential deaths to election years ending in zero.Belief ยท Cursing and harm Fading
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco and 1 moreZuhriุฒููุฑู
A human-djinn hybrid child in North African folklore, sought for treasure ritualsBeing ยท Luck and prosperity ยท Cursing and harm Fading
๐บ๐ธ United StatesCurse of Tippecanoe
An urban legend linking US presidential deaths to election years ending in zero.Belief ยท Cursing and harm Fading
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco and 1 moreZuhriุฒููุฑู
A human-djinn hybrid child in North African folklore, sought for treasure ritualsBeing ยท Luck and prosperity ยท Cursing and harm Fading
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Curse of Tippecanoe: Albert Gallatin Hoit, Public domain, source