Many peoples have signs associated with mirrors and, in general, reflective surfaces that portend misfortune. Believe them or not - everyone's personal business. However, it is worth understanding the reasons for these fears in any case.
One of the most persistent superstitions is that you can't look in the mirror at night. It is believed that mirrors serve as a kind of portal to the other world, which means that at a certain time, a thin film of the border is able to break through and release alien energy. The time of darkness falls at night, the darkest is from midnight to three in the morning. And careless looking in the mirror at this moment, according to omen, can lead to the suction of the soul of the beholder or the penetration of devilish forces into our world.
It is no coincidence that one of the most dangerous is fortune telling by candlelight between two mirrors. It is not the beloved person who can look out of the repeatedly repeated reflections, but the demons who have assumed his form. For the same reason, many peoples have a persistent ban on mirrors in bedrooms. People believe that you cannot sleep in front of a mirror, because at night it is easy to open your eyes and see your own reflection.
All these signs are easy to explain from the point of view of logic. When these signs were born, mirrors were a rarity, a curiosity, and people could be frightened by the very opportunity to see their own face. In addition, the surface of the old mirrors was not perfect, spots flickered in them even in the daylight, and the reflection was slightly distorted. In the uneven flame of a candle and with a violent imagination, all this turned into terrible moving pictures that could scare you to fainting or even loss of memory.
