Folk signs, proverbs, sayings, superstitions about knives

A lot of legends, signs and prejudices have always been associated with edged weapons. This is not surprising, in the form of cutlery, kitchen utensils, hunting skinner - a knife from ancient times to this day is next to us.

The word "knife" could not be spoken at sea, but the knife itself was often stuck into the mast of a fishing vessel in deep sea fishing for good luck.

If two knives or a knife and a fork intersect on the table, this is a failure or a quarrel, unless they are immediately spread out in different directions.

If the knife falls to the floor, this is the arrival of a male guest.

It is not good to toast bread on the tip of a knife, and also to twist the knife on the table.

However, the latter was used in some places as a fortune-telling to find out whether the husband or wife of the fortuneteller would have dark or fair skin.

This required a white-handled table knife, which was twirled on the table and watched as it stopped.

If the tip is towards the fortuneteller, then the skin of the future wife or husband is light, and if the handle is dark.

The most common prejudice associated with knives today is that, because the knife is sharp, it can cut through friendship or love if given as a gift.

When this happens, the knife should not be accepted except in exchange for something else.

Even today, the recipient of such a gift usually gives a small coin in return to prevent a subsequent quarrel or misfortune.

Knife - is a talisman along with other sharp and cutting objects made of iron (scissors, needle, ax, scythe, sickle).

They carried a knife with them, put it under themselves, under a pillow or at the bottom of a cradle to protect an unbaptized baby, a woman in prenatal and postpartum period, bride and groom during the wedding ceremony. To protect against a witch, wolves, whirlwind, hail, they stuck a knife into the ground, a wall or a threshold, drew a magic circle around themselves with a knife, crossed windows and doors with a knife.

The Belarusians of the Gomel region put a Knife in the cradle of a boy so that he would become a carpenter, and a comb for a girl so that she could spin. In the Zhytomyr region, during the funeral, they put a Knife or scissors in the cradle, "so that death would not come" to the child. In Polissya, a mother put a knife under her when breastfeeding a child. In Ukraine, godparents, going to church to baptize a child, stepped over the Knife, placed at the threshold or on the threshold, so that an unclean spirit could not approach the child. Seeing mermaids in the forest or in the field, the Ukrainians drew a circle on the ground with a knife and lay face down on the ground in it, believing that the mermaids would not touch them.

The use of knives in funeral rituals has an archaic character. Knives and sickles are found in ancient Russian burials: they were stuck into a fire pit or into an urn, and during inhumation - into the bottom of the grave. In Macedonia, they put a knife under the head of the deceased so that he would not turn into a vampire. In the Voronezh province. they put the Knife under the table on which the dead is laid, so that the body does not decompose.

Among the Eastern and Western Slavs, it was believed that a Knife thrown into a whirlwind would injure the devil, and blood would remain on it. Ukrainians used a knife consecrated for Easter for this.

In the Volyn province. to disperse thundercloud, with a knife consecrated along with Easter dishes, they baptized the approaching thundercloud three times and prayed for the souls of the dead without repentance, and then the knife was planted in the ground. According to the beliefs of the Oryol lips. if you jump into the whirlwind and stick a knife into the ground, you will slaughter the devil. The Belarusians stuck the Knife in the place where the child had fallen.

in the Vyatka region. releasing the cow from the barn, they drove a knife into the threshold with a stone and said: “Just as the bear does not eat meat from this knife, so do not eat our Pestruhonka,” after which the cow was transferred through the knife.

In the Rivne region, in order to protect the cattle, they got up before sunrise, undressed, took a Knife or a scythe under left hand three times they ran around the barn and stuck the Knife into the wall. In Belarus, if a cow disappeared, then they stuck a Knife into the threshold, into the wall or into the lintel above the doors so that the animals would not touch the cattle.

In Belarus and Ukraine, in order to harm a witch who takes milk from cows, milk was filtered through a Knife, sickle or needles. For example, in the Chernihiv region. if the cow was milked with blood, then they poured milk on the Knife, placed under the strainer on the pail - with this "you cut the witch's tongue."

At the same time, in the bylichki, the Knife is described as one of the tools of the witches who take milk: the witch sticks the Knife into a plow, a pole or a tree - and the milk flows along the tip of the knife, and in the neighboring herd a cow begins to roar, which remains with an empty udder. The Ukrainians of the Ovruch region said that when a witch wants milk, she goes to her barn, hammers a Knife into the plow and substitutes milking, the milk runs like a stream from the Knife.

In Russian bylichkas, the sorcerer jumps or somersaults over a Knife or 12 knives stuck in the ground with the blades up to turn into a wolf, and the witch in the same way turns into a dog or a pig. Then the werewolf returns and jumps over the same knives on the other side, but if during this time someone takes out the knives, then he will remain a beast.

In Russian fortune-telling, a girl sets the table for her betrothed, and puts two cutlery with knives and forks on the tablecloth; when the betrothed comes and sits at the table, the girl must tear the tablecloth off the table; if she does not have time, then her betrothed will slaughter her (Kostroma province.).

The handling of the Knife was regulated by many rules and prohibitions:

According to the beliefs of the Eastern Slavs, if the Knife lies on the table with the blade up - there will be a quarrel;

You can't eat with a Knife - you'll be angry.

You can’t play with a knife - there will be a quarrel; if you find a Knife on the road, you can’t take it, otherwise you will die from the knife (Russian).

You can’t drive a knife through milk or sour cream - from this the cow’s milk will be with blood (woodland).

You can’t cut bread into milk with a knife, but you can only crumble it with your hands, otherwise the cows’ udders will crack (Ukrainian and Polish).

Do not leave the Knife on the table for the night - the evil one will slaughter;

You can’t give a Knife or a needle in order to avoid a quarrel (Russian Ukrainian).

During the commemoration in Belarus, they tried to do without knives, so as not to inadvertently injure the soul of the deceased.

In the Rivne and Volyn regions. during a wedding, youth meeting or big holiday a knife was stuck into the table from below. to make guests eat less.

In Poland, on Christmas Eve, they guessed with the Knife about the future harvest: they put the Knife between wholesome bread and a wheat pie and left it on the table until the New Year; if the Knife rusts on the side of the bread, then the rye will not be born, and if on the side of the pie, then wheat.

“The knife is stupid - the owner is stupid, the tablecloth is black - the hostess is stupid”
Russian folk sign. The tablecloth, although it seems to be irrelevant, is also correct about it

"The master is stupid - the knife is stupid"
Variant of the above

"Losing a knife is losing a life"
Scandinavian proverb

“They don’t get a knife in a shootout”
American proverb, perfectly logical

"Whoever has a knife, that one with meat"
Hunting. Totally agree with meaning.

"What kind of knives - such is the owner"
Exactly!

"Without a knife, only a coward walks"
An ancient Russian proverb with a meaning that is not very clear at first glance. Well, our brave Russian ancestors had a slightly different concept of courage and cowardice than modern office plankton.

“They don’t scare with a knife, got it - hit!”
It shouldn't be taken literally though. If the enemy saw the knife, got scared and ran, what then, conscientiously chase him and bring the matter to its logical conclusion? This is also impossible, it will already exceed the limits of necessary defense. Rather, the proverb should be understood as follows: do not take out a knife if you do not have enough psychological determination to use it against a person.

“If a knife is caught on the road with a point against the path, do not pick it up - to death”
Russian folk sign. Another option, even more categorical: if you find a knife, don’t pick it up, a dashing person will stab you. By the way, indeed, my work partner once found a knife made by a convict while fishing. And soon after that, he was attacked for no reason by two drug addicts in his own entrance. He was engaged in boxing, scattered them without any problems. And already at home he found a wound from the point on his chest. He was lucky, he was hit in the rib. But the sign really could come true!

“No one can be trusted, neither man, nor woman, nor beast. But you can always rely on the blade in your hand. Trust only him!”
Conan is a barbarian. Great quote from a great movie!

"Knife on the way comrade"
Russian proverb

"Do not eat from a knife - you will be evil"
Russian omen

"The dagger is good for the one who has it"
Abdul, the white sun of the desert. Modern classic.

"Do not play with a knife - to a quarrel"
Russian omen. Somehow, as a child, I threw a knife at the door jamb, and achieved a good percentage of sticking. Unfortunately, my parents were not very happy with my success. And at school, then the head teacher took this knife from me altogether, for the same thing.

“The knife fell off the table - a man will come, a spoon or fork - a woman”
Russian omen

“The knife fell and stuck on the floor - to a quarrel”
Yeah, and from the previous signs it is even known with whom there will be a quarrel. Urgently get the knife from the floor and do not hide it far. So simple, just in case...

“Do not leave a knife on the table at night - the brownie will cut itself”
Options: “do not leave a knife on the table at night - evil spirits will play” and even worse “do not leave a knife on the table at night - the evil one will come and slaughter the owner.” Anyway, all options are bad

“The more the knife rusts, the better it cuts”
It was absolutely true in the last century. Now a little outdated, the current stainless steels are very good.

"The lost knife has a golden handle"
Udmurt proverb

"Nothing there with a knife, where the ax is laid"
Russian proverb

“Even if the sword is needed once in a lifetime, it must always be worn”
Japanese proverb

"You can't give a knife"
Ancient omen. Interestingly, it is also used by Russians, and even by the British. This is despite the fact that in ancient times it was extremely unlikely to adopt signs from each other from such far-living peoples! One of two things: either this rule was discovered independently of each other, or it is so ancient that it appeared even at a time when our White race was one. From the point of view of the native religion of our ancestors - paganism, every object has a soul. And at the knife, one of the oldest and essential tools, all the more it can not be! The knife must know who its real owner is. When given as a gift, he may misunderstand the situation, and this is not good. You can get around the problem if you sell the knife, at least for one penny

“Holding a knife in your hand, you can’t think badly about him - you will be offended”
Also an ancient pagan sign. So I once made myself a homemade product - a small wearable knife for the countryside. It turned out cumbersome, and it turned out to be problematic to make a good sheath for it. But I found it remarkably handy when peeling potatoes. Decided to temporarily settle it in the kitchen. Well, I’m sitting, peeling potatoes for them, and I think “yes, probably let it be a kitchen one, it’s not particularly suitable for anything else.” Immediately, the hand broke off, and struck the finger with the blade. And clearly so, exactly on a tangent for two centimeters cut off upper layer skin, and surprisingly not deep at all, even less than half a millimeter deep. No pain and no blood. Never in my life have I cut so strangely! This is how my knife made me understand that it can actually do a lot of things, and it is unlikely that a kitchen existence will suit it. Politely, tactfully, without excessive rudeness, but strictly and unambiguously.

“The way to protect yourself from evil spirits is to draw a circle around yourself with a knife”
I don’t know how it works, I haven’t tried it, the devil never dreamed of me. And it is not clear whether to draw a circle in the air or to cut a circle right in the linoleum. But if so, I'll keep it in mind!

"Two crossed knives on the table - unfortunately"
There is a more severe option - the knife lies crossed with a spoon or fork - to death

“You can’t cut bread with two different knives - to a quarrel”
omen

“You can’t leave a knife stuck in bread - to hunger”
Russian omen. To be honest, it really looks like a loaf of bread with a knife sticking out of it somehow obscene and disrespectful to bread. I don’t know, some purely intuitive, subconscious feeling arises. Of course, I'm a Slav, and the genetic memory from my ancestors was passed on to me that you can't do this. Yes, and so to think, whoever does not respect bread, he really has every chance of being hungry.

"Stick a knife into the wall - protection from evil forces"
This sign is in use among many peoples, in different options it is required to stick a knife not into the wall, but into the door, a table with reverse side or somewhere else. Well evil forces in different versions, too, different figures appear. The meaning of the sign is, of course, understandable: a man with a knife is not some kind of mug, jokes are bad with him.

“In some areas of Scandinavia there was a custom - a festival of knives. Unmarried girls stood in a row, and each had an empty scabbard on her belt. The guys came up, and everyone could insert their own knife into the sheath of the girl they liked. A week later they met again, and if the girl came with this knife, then she liked the groom. After that, the guy went into the girl's house, stood against the wall and threw this knife at the opposite wall. If the knife was stuck, the matchmaking took place "
I respect the ancients! A very beautiful custom indeed. Everything is simple, and at the same time symbolic and understandable without further ado.

Do not eat from a knife - you will be evil.
The belief is associated with the mystical perception of the knife as a talisman against evil spirits. Therefore, it must be treated with respect. The everyday side of the issue is much simpler: if a person eats with a knife, he can injure his tongue or lips. This is where you will become evil.

The word "knife" was not pronounced by those at sea, but if it is stuck in the mast, according to popular beliefs, luck in catching fish is guaranteed.

In Japan, all objects that can cut - be it a sword, a knife, a garden pruner, or a chisel, in Japanese are generalized by the concept of "hamono (hamono)", literally meaning "a thing with a blade" - they bring good luck, while at the same time giving a lapel-turn to everything bad , it can also be knives, scissors and other objects united by this concept.

The use of knives in funeral rituals has an archaic character. Knives and sickles are found in ancient Russian burials: they were stuck into a fire pit or into an urn, and during inhumation - into the bottom of the grave. In Macedonia, they put a knife under the head of the deceased so that he would not turn into a vampire. In the Voronezh province. they put a knife under the table on which the deceased is laid so that the body does not decompose

The Belarusians of the Gomel region put a knife in the cradle of a boy so that he would become a carpenter, and a comb for a girl so that she could spin.
In the Zhytomyr region, during the funeral, they put a knife or scissors in the cradle, “so that death would not come” to the child.
In Polissya, a mother put a knife under her when breastfeeding a child.

In Ukraine, godparents, going to church to baptize a child, stepped over a knife placed at the threshold or on the threshold so that an unclean spirit could not approach the child.
Seeing mermaids in the forest or in the field, the Ukrainians drew a circle on the ground with a knife and lay face down on the ground in it, believing that the mermaids would not touch them.

The Eastern and Western Slavs believed that a knife thrown into a whirlwind would injure the devil, and blood would remain on it. Ukrainians used a knife consecrated for Easter for this.

A special magical meaning was attributed to a knife stuck in the ground. To protect against hail, the southern Slavs stuck knives, scythes, axes or badnyak firebrands into the ground.

The knife is involved in many magical and ritual actions, for example, the legendary werewolves turned into wild animals by jumping over a knife stuck in a stump.

With the help of a witch's knife, they allegedly spoiled the cows. To do this, a knife was stuck in the desired barn, with a rope tied to it, and a spell was pronounced, after which the rope was lowered into the pail, and milk was milked from the cow. After that, the cow could only be eaten, she no longer gave milk.

American Indians drilled a hole at the tip of the knife - the eye. I saw a knife with this eye - and I never cut my owner.

The knife also had phallic symbolism: in Slavonia, a bride who did not want to have children bought a folding knife in a shop without bargaining and kept it folded with her during the wedding.

In Poland, on Christmas Eve, they guessed with a knife about the future harvest: they put a knife between wholesome bread and a wheat pie and left it on the table until the New Year; if the Knife rusts on the side of the bread, then the rye will not be born, and if on the side of the pie, then wheat.

If you leave a sharp knife on the windowsill on a full moon night, it will become dull by morning.

In Lincolnshire it was considered bad omen sharpening a knife after sunset or leaving it on the table overnight. In the first case, a robber or an enemy will enter the house, in the second, some domestic animal will fall at night, and a knife will be needed to skin the carcass.

In the Volyn province, in order to disperse a thundercloud, with a knife consecrated along with Easter dishes, they baptized the approaching thundercloud three times and prayed for the souls of the dead without repentance, and then the knife was planted in the ground. According to the beliefs of the Oryol province, if you jump into the whirlwind and stick a Knife into the ground, you will slaughter the devil.
The Belarusians stuck the Knife in the place where the child had fallen.

In the Vyatka region, releasing a cow from a barn, they drove a Knife into the threshold with a stone and said: “Just as the bear does not eat meat from this knife, so do not eat our Pestruhonka,” after which the cow was transferred through the Knife.

In the Rivne region, in order to protect the cattle, they got up before sunrise, undressed, took a Knife or a scythe under their left hand, ran around the barn three times and stuck the Knife into the wall.
In Belarus, if a cow disappeared, then they stuck a Knife into the threshold, into the wall or into
a lintel above the doors so that the animals do not touch the cattle.

In the Belarusian Polissya, if the cattle got lost in the forest, the owner turned to the healer with a request to "detect" it. The healer went into the forest, found a tree, more than others covered with green leaves, lifted up the Knife he brought with him and read a conspiracy in which he asked God and St. Yuri "spot" the cattle. Pronouncing the last word of the conspiracy, the healer drove the Knife into the tree and returned home.

The next day, before sunrise, he again went into the forest and took out the Knife from the tree. If he remained clean, then this meant that the animal did not die and would not leave the place where it was when it was "spotted", and also that it was protected from wolves.

In Belarus and Ukraine, in order to harm a witch who takes milk from cows, milk was filtered through a Knife, sickle or needles. For example, in the Chernihiv region, if a cow was milked with blood, then milk was poured on a Knife placed under a strainer on a pail - with this "you cut the witch's tongue."

The knife does not cut its handle.
Persian proverb.

A knife wound heals, a tongue wound does not.
Armenian proverb.

Many words hurt more than swords.
(Don't be afraid of the knife, but the tongue)
English proverb.

The knife skinned the cow, but broke on the tail.
Digorskaya proverb.

You can't cut bread without a knife.
Folk art.

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How many dishes, so many knives.
The word is not a knife, but leads to a knife.
The word hurts worse than a knife.
That surgeon is good, who firmly holds the knife.
Three things in the world are dangerous: a knife in the hands of a child, power in the hands of a fool, and flattery in the mouth of a toady.
A dull knife draws a line.
Whoever has no sheep has a dull knife.
In people, the knife does not cut, but in him the awl does not shave.
People even shave their awls, but we also have numb knives.
A stingy person has a dull knife.
Even if it's a knife, I don't want to.
At least drink, at least eat, at least cut with a knife, at least scratch, but go away.
What you don't eat, don't cut with a knife.
What the knife doesn't know about yams.
A man without will is like a knife without steel.
What a raging knife is in the hands of, the evil one has power.
What kind of kov (i.e. for forging, work), then for a knife.
So that you hang around on a knife!
The sword is more valuable than the scabbard.
A chip on a knife, a bristle on a hedgehog.
With this knife it would be nice to put the old one on the stove (stupid).
It's like giving a madman a knife.
Our language is a sword, it does not have a scabbard, it is terrible because it is always naked, repeating words, rhyming them at the same time, does not yet mean being a poet.
The tongue is sharper than a knife.
Rogue man, sell the whip; hedgehog man, sell the knife!
He swings a knife at the bug.
In words, he asks for mercy, and wears a knife behind his bootleg.
On the lips of jokes, and behind a knife.
On this knife - at least on horseback and jump.
On this knife - even astride ohlyab (without a saddle).
Not all those chefs who walk around with long knives (but there are also robbers).
Do not break the loaf, but cut and eat with a knife.
Do not leave the knife on the table at night - the evil one will slaughter.
Do not indulge in sadness - she will stab you under the heart, and you will pepper under her nose.
Do not rush to the knife - you will be stabbed.
Don't sharpen your knife until you've caught a ram.
It is not good to throw a knife at a louse.
Neither a goose nor a ram, not rushan with a knife, did not lie on a platter, everyone ate it (breasts).
Neither baked nor boiled, it never happened on a dish, it was not torn down with a knife, but every kind of kushano (breast).
Needed like a hilt to a kitchen knife.
Images and knives do not give, but change.
You can't achieve honor with a single desire, and you can't scrape off dishonor with a knife.
He's been sharpening a knife on me for a long time.
He cuts me with a dull knife.
He sharpens his own knife. He twisted a whip on himself.
The sharpness of a knife is useless to its hilt, the speed of a horse is useless to its hooves.
From the word yes for the knife.
From the word yes for the knife. The word is not a knife, but leads to a knife.
I am glad, madam, that you will lick the honey on the knife, and you will be circumcised.
The boyar son cheered up: here on the knife, here on the stake, here on the gallows.
Go with him, and keep the knife in your bosom!
He sharpens the knife himself, but says: don’t be afraid.
Your own dull knife is better than your neighbor's sharp one.

Our ancestors knew well what modern scientific researchers are just thinking of. But knowledge is being lost, old people are leaving, and the unique life experience of generations is being lost...

Partially, this knowledge remains, as needed, in the form of folk signs, folk tales. Understanding is lost, but knowledge is retained.

For example, why can't an ax or a knife be left with the blade up, but must be stuck into a wooden block? Or why you can’t constantly sit on the corner of the table - you won’t get married for seven years?

The situation is commented specially for “Ecology of the North” by a bioenergy therapist, traditional healer from Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region) Sergey Gagarin, who raised these questions in previous article.

It's very simple: I have already explained (see elemental properties), that the property of the elements metal is the destruction of structures. When structures are destroyed, energy is released that flows down the blade of a knife or ax at their tip, this flow is called “Albert lines”, which destroy structures, creating unfavorable zones in the surrounding space.

In order to neutralize this phenomenon, all peoples used knowledge of the property of the elements of the tree - blocking structures. A knife or an ax was stuck into wooden blocks. During meals, both peasants and aristocrats stuck knives and daggers into the surface of the table.

With regard to the corners of the table, old knowledge is also used, but on a different level - the properties of sign systems used to create amulets, amulets and talismans (runes, Kabbalistic signs, etc.). At the junction of the faces of the object, that is, at the corner connecting the plane, a flow of energy flows in the form of an energy needle.

Most often, the tabletop (plane) of the table is located at the level of the solar plexus. official science recognizes that the solar plexus is a vital center ( ganglion), but does not explain why. In Eastern philosophy, the solar plexus is considered as an energy center (manitura chakra), which transforms and redistributes energy from chakras with an excess of energy to chakras, where its deficiency is responsible for the state immune system.

Periodic stay on the corner of the table will not bring harm to human health, but if this is his permanent place, then the energy supply system of the body is unbalanced, there are various diseases, whether it is necessary for the sick person to marry in general, and not just 7 years? First you need to restore health.

And such a moment: old people treat their grandchildren warmer and better than their parents. Even if old people object when grandchildren are brought to them for the summer, what happens when their parents take them away? Old people and grandchildren miss each other, they start to get sick. The child again becomes nervous, agitated, and illnesses return to the old people. It's all about energy exchange.

In a middle-aged person, the energy exchange is stable, orderly, in the elderly it is insufficient, in grandchildren it is excessive. Old people and grandchildren help each other, reducing the hyperactivity of some and supporting others. So, take care of the elderly, they deserve a decent old age.

To understand the key folk omens, you should understand what a knife is as such. This is a tool (in the kitchen), a weapon (when hunting), a witchcraft tool (during magical rites).

Obviously, the knife is popular. And the main role here is played by the shape of the product and the material of manufacture:

The handle is in contact with the human body, absorbing his thoughts, emotions, intentions. The generated energy message turns into a blade, which, due to its sharpness, enhances the potential of any action. Chop vegetables, kill an animal, draw a protective circle - all this is achievable without a knife, but the effect will be noticeably worse.
Natural material has its own biofield. If the handle of the knife is wooden or bone, and the blade is metal, then the product forms its own aura. Plastic in this sense is weak and "empty".

These properties of the knife explain its active "participation" in folk signs. The product receives energy from a person, develops its personality and acquires the ability to prevent or harm, depending on the situation.

Find a knife - what do folk signs say?

Knowledgeable people have always advised to avoid random finds. It's no secret that along with some things you can pick up a negative. And folk signs say unequivocally:

take a knife lying on the road with a point towards the one walking - to death;
raise an unknown knife from the ground - to be stabbed to death by evil people;
find a rusty knife - to parting with a loved one.

The reputation of the "foundlings" is unenviable. Nevertheless, it is well-deserved: the knife is often used in rituals, during which damage, illness, and curses are transferred to it. In the same item, you can enclose a devil or a demon. Sometimes a knife is deliberately spoken to harm a specific person - in this case, the weapon is thrown into the house, under the threshold, into personal belongings. Find someone else's knife in your home - clear sign negative magical influence. It is recommended to immediately throw away the product, and then carry out an energy cleansing (of yourself and the premises).

It happens that you really like a knife found on the street. But one should not succumb to his "charm": some conspiracies act in such a way as to attract random victims, not to let them pass by. At a minimum, instead of a raised knife, it is required to leave an odd number of coins, a valuable thing, a good treat - in order to pay off trouble. Although it is better not to take risks if a knife is found lying at a crossroads, in a ravine, in a cave, or stuck in a stump, in a wall, in the ground - such a weapon was definitely left here for a reason.

Folk signs about a knife as a gift

Traditionally, a knife is not given. It is believed that such a present:

will attract all sorts of troubles and conflicts to the new owner;
"cut" the bonds of friendship between the recipient and the giver.

From the point of view of magic, such folk signs are more than justified. Why? There are two main reasons, and each can play a role in a specific situation:

It is not customary to refuse gifts, which means that you can speak a knife to the negative and literally hand it into the hands of the person being presented. "In addition" to the present, a person will also receive something bad - troubles in love, financial difficulties, illness.
The owner of the knife is the one who bought it. And the product may not like the sudden change of owner. IN best case the donated item will be lost (“will go to look for the real owner”), at worst, it will start to do dirty things (it will constantly be dull, cut hands, attract negativity).

Instead of a knife received as a gift folk wisdom recommends giving at least a small coin. This will contribute to the conclusion of a kind of sale and purchase agreement, which will remove the potential negative to the maximum. But if an enemy or an unpleasant person acts as a giver, it is better to ignore the norms of decency and refuse the knife by any means. The obvious magical “underlying reason” is more difficult to level, i.e., a coin can weaken the influence of damage, but it is not able to completely eliminate its effect.

In any case, the donated knife is recommended to be cleaned before use. It is necessary to hold the product in salt, warm it over a fire, bury it in the ground or rinse it under running water. All this will remove at least some of the extra energy programs.

Folk signs about a knife that has become unusable

Since the knife is an extraordinary item, its breakage is also considered not the most common occurrence. Popular superstitions They say:

the knife breaks when too much negativity goes to its owner;
the knife quickly rusts if the one who uses it has health problems;
the knife is constantly blunted in cases of blocking a person’s abilities at the witchcraft level (someone does rituals to close the paths);
the knife accidentally breaks before a major quarrel or parting with loved ones.

Since the “death” of the knife indicates a certain amount of negativity that has manifested, cleaning is recommended. It is also unacceptable to simply throw away the product: it must be buried under a tree (preferably an oak), after saying a few farewell words. Such a "funeral" will not cause resentment at the knife and will not provoke additional trouble for a person.

Signs about a knife in everyday life - in the kitchen and on the table

Since people mostly “communicate” with knives while cooking or eating food, superstitions regarding this area remain the most relevant folk signs. Among them, the most common:

Eat with a knife - become evil (sharp on the tongue).
Playing with a knife - to conflicts in the house.
The knife fell off the table - a man will come to the house soon. If the sound during the fall was sonorous and clearly distinguishable, then the guest is someone familiar.
The knife not only fell, but also stuck its tip into the floor - to a serious quarrel. If this happened in the process of cutting bread, then be dead.
The knife fell with a blade in the direction of the one who dropped it - to an unpleasant conversation.
To point a knife with a point at someone is to provoke a disease in a person.
Cutting bread with not one, but two different knives is a misunderstanding in the family.
Leaving a knife stuck in bread on the table - to financial problems and hunger.
Do not remove the knife from the table at night - inviting trouble for yourself. Basically they say that the brownie will cut himself, be offended and begin to harm negligent owners. But there is also a version that evil spirits will play with a forgotten knife, and the devil will be able to kill the owner of the house with it.
Putting knives crossed on the table is in trouble. Cross a knife with a fork or spoon - to death.
Pregnant sharpening a knife - harm the unborn child.
To hold a knife in your hand and scold him is to offend the product and incur his wrath. Do not be surprised by sudden cuts - this is a kind of revenge.

The knife must be taken seriously, as it easily catches and conveys negativity. But if the product is “friendly”, then, on the contrary, it will help the owner and save him from trouble.

Signs about knives as amulets

Some simple rituals have survived to our time, based on folk signs about a knife as a protector:

Stick a knife into the jamb of the front door or into the wall - protect yourself from evil spirits and evil people. Additionally, it is recommended to read the conspiracy: “The knife is sharp, my tongue is cunning, weaves, weaves, the enemy takes away, drives away, confuses their paths, winds their paths so that they don’t go to me, so that they don’t harm me.”
Put a knife under the pillow - protect yourself from any trouble. Such an amulet is placed in the cradle of an unbaptized baby, in the bed of a pregnant woman or newlyweds. Be sure to make a reservation: "From troubles and misfortunes, from blasphemy and scrip, from black sorcerers and unclean witches." It was especially advised to keep the knife under the pillow during funeral rites, so that the deceased would not cling to the person.
Godparents to step over the knife, leaving the house for christening - to protect the child from evil spirits.
Draw a circle around you with a knife - close yourself from werewolves, ghosts, witches and other evil forces.
Cross all the windows and doors of the house with a knife, then stick it in the threshold - protect the home from the machinations of evil spirits and black magicians.
Stick a knife into the ground - protect yourself from thunderstorms and storms. And if you throw a weapon at a tornado at a crossroads, you can injure the devil.
Stick a knife into the wall of an empty barn - make a talisman for livestock from wild animals. At the same time they said: “The bear should not eat fresh meat from this knife, do not tear our cow, do not offend the cattle.” Only then animals were brought into the barn.
Strain milk through a knife - protect the cow from the witch who spoils it. The sorceress, in order to harm the animal, plunges a knife into a pole, tree or plow.
To stick a knife from the bottom of the table during a feast is to “save” food from overly hungry guests (they will eat less food than usual).

The most powerful rite was considered to be stabbing a knife into the ground. This technique was used in any incomprehensible situations. For example, if a person suddenly met mermaids in the forest, he drew a circle around himself, inserted a knife into the ground - and the evil spirits did not notice him. In a similar way, they were saved from wolves, goblin, hail, storms, witches, etc.

Ideally, each person should have their own knife. Then any folk signs will be more accurate for him, and the protection will be as complete as possible. No wonder the Russian proverb says: "A knife is a comrade on the way." This weapon is suitable for work not only in the material, but also in the subtle world.

The knife was always next to the owner: even with a military man, even with a villain, even with a peaceful person. As a result of such a close interaction, many signs and superstitions associated with this human companion arose. Some of them have a quite understandable practical origin, others border on legends and mysticism.

Men's magazine MPort decided to sort out all this mysticism with knives and superstitions. And that's what we've come to.

You can't eat with a knife

Most often, our parents associated this prohibition with a culture of behavior. However, older people believed that the one who eats from a knife will definitely become evil. If you think about it, then find some explanation for this old omen Can.

Who and under what conditions had and have to eat with a knife? The one who didn't have a fork handy. These are hunters, soldiers, robbers, in a word - people who often live in harsh conditions. Naturally, their character was formed to match the way of life.

You can not put a knife on the table with the blade up

Like, there will be a fight. Don’t go to grandma here, and it’s so clear: you can’t escape her if some bungler cuts himself on this knife. And there is sure to be one. Approximately from the same point of view it is possible to explain the prohibition to leave knives on the table at night. The people say that the brownie will get angry and slaughter the negligent owner. Well, maybe so.

Or maybe such a ban appeared because at night in the dark there are chances of getting hurt. There was no electricity, and it took a long time to light a torch. And if you also strain your imagination, it turns out that the knife on the table is a weapon for a night thief.

From the same point of view, the ban on the knife lying on the windowsill on a full moon is also considered. By folk beliefs the knife will become dull. And the shine of the blade in the moonlight attracts unnecessary attention. Do you need it?

By the way, look through the gallery with cool knives. We guarantee you will find a lot of interesting things there.

Knives and cows

The cutting properties of this item made many treat it with caution and attribute the ability to cause harm even at a distance. For example, in villages they believe that if “ pierce“Knife milk, then the cow from which this milk was milked will get sick. The same prohibition applies to other dairy products, except for butter.

Can I donate a knife?

You can’t give a knife, because you can cut friendship or a good relationship. Therefore, it is customary to always give a small coin or bill for a knife. However, it is impossible to refuse a gift in the form of a knife - it is ugly, not according to etiquette.

Discovery knives

As for the found knives, it is strongly not recommended to take a knife on the road, and even more so - at a crossroads. You can’t take anything there at all, otherwise illness and misfortune will haunt you. And you can’t take military knives home, especially from the battlefields. These are killer knives. They knew death, and a person who picks up such a weapon runs the risk of dying from a knife or killing someone.

"Bloodsucking Knives"

Or is there another bloodsucking knives“. Whoever picks up such a knife will cut himself sooner or later. In order not to get hurt, this knife must be given blood from time to time, for example, to cut fresh meat with it. And you can also use such a knife to protect against evil people and ill-wishers who want to come into the house. To do this, a bloodsucker knife is stabbed into something above the front door.

good omens

Some signs associated with cutting properties helped to do good deeds. For example, if a child did not start walking for a long time, then between his legs during the first step they ran a knife blade along the floor - they cut the fetters. After this procedure, the child learned to walk much faster. And before bathing, the prepared water was necessarily poured over the blade of a knife in order to cut off all diseases.

In the very first month after coming to live with us, my mother-in-law threw away the kitchen knife that my father made for me (at my request) many years ago. It was an ordinary knife: a small plastic handle, a thin short blade with a sharp end, I usually gutted fish with it.
When I discovered the knife was missing, it just happened to me state of shock. Since, upon arrival, the mother-in-law took up the kitchen, naturally the first question was for her. “I must have accidentally thrown it away with the potato peels,” she told me. I cried over the loss of the knife, and for a long time tried to come to terms with its absence ... Somehow this event touched me. Cut to my liking...

By that time my father had been dead for 8 years. And I treated the knife with care, because it was a thing made by my father's hands. Memory, so to speak ... Even my mother, occasionally coming to visit me, once said with regret in her voice that "... they say, everyone in the house has their father's knives, but she didn't have a single one saved ...".

I won't talk about my shaky relationship with my mother-in-law. And it wasn't the knife's fault. And it just all somehow turned out wrong, and mutual language we could not find her, however, she did not try. Gradually, having found out for herself “to whom the apartment is registered” and “who is the boss in the house”, and having made some conclusions of her own, the mother-in-law decided that from now on she would be the mistress of the house. Since this all started…
I am clarifying the situation: by the time we had to take the old people to our place, my husband and I lived together quite independently and without any financial assistance on their part for 26 years. Children fluttered out of the nest, and the apartment began to seem empty for two. The old people by that time had lost their homes due to the complete destruction of their village. In general, the situation is quite understandable. We had empty rooms, and they had to live somewhere ...
Gradually, the absolute misunderstanding between me and my mother-in-law led us to a forced coexistence. I didn’t want to fight with her, and the desire to put her in her place was somehow not very realized, because it turned out that the mother-in-law’s character was still the same ...
Attempts at peaceful coexistence smoothly flowed into a "trench war."

And at this stage, I began to notice various strange things. But since we are talking about knives, therefore, I will continue to talk about oddities with knives.
Once I came to the kitchen, I saw a large kitchen knife lying in the middle of the table, it was so unusual that I was just numb. The knife lay on the edge, blade up, exactly in the middle of the tabletop, and, as it were, divided the table into two halves. And there was something very wrong in this position of his.
Then I acted almost automatically. I still don't understand why I did this. Later, analyzing my act, I came to the conclusion that it was as if on the subconscious.

I went to the table, took the knife in my hand, turned to the sink, turned on the water and said literally the following: - "Your element is air, my element is water! My element washes your element from this knife!"
I washed the knife and put it back in its usual place. Here you can mention that according to the horoscope I am a CANCER, i.e. my element is water, and my mother-in-law is AQUARIUS, her element is air ...

Then, for almost three years, the knife from time to time again turned out to be lying in the middle of the table with the blade up. I was no longer afraid of this, as for the first time, but simply took a knife, rinsed it under running water and put it back in place.

Then the mother-in-law went to live with her other son. But after she left, sorting through the kitchen utensils in one of the rarely used drawers on the far side of the table, I found her old knife, which she brought with her when she moved to us, and along with it were several brand new knives. And despite the fact that she took all her things to a new place of residence ...
I threw those knives away, of course.
But the bewilderment and the feeling that all this was not just like that, I still have.

Now I'll try to connect seemingly incompatible things into a logical chain:
1. A knife made by my father for me is thrown out of the house. And now I think it was done on purpose.
2. A kitchen knife used in the house especially often turns out to be lying on the table from time to time in an unusual position.
3. In the far drawer of the table, where I practically do not look, knives are found that have nothing to do with me.
4. And all these actions with knives were carried out in my house by a person who is waging an undeclared war with me.

If I add more information to my story about different signs and beliefs associated with knives, blades, swords, etc., then some conclusions can be made. You can believe or not believe in magic, slander and other fables ... But the fact remains: it was. And not just was, but also played a role and had its effect. But that's a topic for another story.

Reviews

Very clear in this story. In all likelihood, your mother-in-law has declared war to the death! Most likely, one of the experts in sympathetic magic enlightened her on how to lime the obstinate daughter-in-law. You, doing almost nothing, could easily put it in place! If you are interested in what obrazzzom respond and I'll tell you!
And the story is quite interesting.

The story was truly extraordinary. But, fortunately, it has long been overgrown with past ...
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