Hello and welcome back to the Most Amazing Channel on the internet.
I am your host Rebecca Felgate and today I am talking about the Top 10 Scary Mirror Urban
Legends – throughout history and culture – mirrors have constantly baffled and intrigued
humans…
It is like we cant get over the fact we can see ourselves but it isn’t us… like when
animals see themselves in mirrors…they’re like…what!!!!!
Anyway…this mysticism has led to some pretty interesting legends surrounding mirrors….
Behold… but not before I ask you if you think mirrors are magic – let me know in
the comments section down below.
Also stick around til the end of the video where I will be answering comments
from a previous video
10 - Seven Years Bad Luck This is the most popular mirror legend and
an enduring superstition across a whole plethora of cultures – it seems a LOT of people in
the world thinking breaking a mirror will bring seven years bad luck.
This legend seems to date back to ancient Roman times when they believed that souls
regenerated every 7 years…so the initial bad luck the mirror break caused you will
eventually be gone in that time.
In some cultures the size of the shard will directly reflect your misery.
If the mirror breaks into lots of little pieces then your bad luck will be small, but if it
breaks into big pieces, it will be catastrophic.
There are ways to remedy the bad luck, though.
In Hindu culture, the mirror should be wrapped in a black cloth and buried under a tree,
some cultures say it has to be left exactly as it is for seven hours then immediately
cleaned up, while others say you must touch a tombstone with a piece of the mirror.
Whatever you do, don’t do this up next!!!
9 - Looking Into Broken Mirrors Even if you aren’t the one to break it,
you should never ever look into a broken mirror.
In many cultures it is thought that even so much of looking into a broken mirror will
fracture your soul.
In Hindu culture, for example, it is believed that mirrors have the power to seize a part
of your soul.
If you look into a broken one, parts of your soul could be taken…and a soul should really
be kept as a whole.
8 - Dreaming of Mirrors There are many legends as to what dreaming
of mirrors means…while dreaming of whole mirrors can be indicative of self reflection,
it seems that in many cultures in Hindu culture, dreaming of a broken mirror can be an omen
that your partner or a close family member will die.
I feel like I have inadvertently talked a lot about hindi culture in this video so now
feels like a good time to suggest that you watch Most Amzing Hindi – our hindi language
channel!
We have great hosts and similar great stories.
7 - Windows to Parallel Universes Mirrors have always fascinated people – your
own reflection staring back at you – but backwards.
This has lead a lot of people to imagine mirror worlds, where things are like ours… but
subtly different.
Parallelism isn’t such a wild theory these days – it seems that even Professor Stephen
Hawking, one of the greatest minds of the 20th and 21st century, was working on a multiverse
theory before he died….although whether or not windows are the key to that….well
it seems doubtful.
Nonetheless there are some occult games you can play to try and access the multiverses
through mirrors!
For example, there is one called Tunnel That appears on our Cursed Games you shouldn’t
play list.
you are supposed to set up two big mirrors facing one another and stand in the middle.
You stand looking in the mirror and count how many frames you can see over your shoulder
in your reflection…like mirror after mirror after mirror….
It is probably enough to send you mad.
Anyway, you are supposed to look out for movement in the frames, as the many you’s reflected
are thought to reflect other you’s from other dimensions.
It’s all a bit mind bending… but basically, so it goes – one of the versions of you
may bring something bad from their dimension to yours…and…you know, in ever world in
which you exist…you probably aren’t always good!
Probs better to leave this one alone!
6 - Sleeping with Mirrors In China, it is believed that sleeping with
a mirror facing the bed is veeeeery bad luck…it is basically the laws of Feng Shui.
The theory behind it is two-fold – some believe that if you are married it can bring
a third party into the bed – which basically means your husband or wife will cheat on you.
Others say that having a mirror near the bed could encourage your soul to escape in the
night and get trapped, unable to return in the morning.
To be honest, neither sound great.
5 - Vampires Ahhh this is a popular legend and folklore
story – you all know this – mirrors can be used to spot vampires.
Vampires don’t have reflections…apparently.
Worried there is a blood sucker in town….
Get dat hand mirror out.
Mirrors may have been used to spot a real vampire in 2017 when CCTV footage from a shop
in Savanna, Georgia went viral.
The footage was being scoured for signs of a shoplifter when detectives noticed something
strange.
Have a watch.
First guy walks by mirror… reflection.
Second guy….
URM VAMPIRE.
4 - Cover The Mirrors Legend has it that when Abraham Lincoln’s
body was lying in state in the East Room of the White House, all of the mirrors and windows
and all reflective surfaces were draped with black cloths.
Covering mirrors during mourning periods is an old dutch tradition that made its way to
the UK and to America.
It seems that in old German Belgian and the Dutch tradition mirrors were covered because
if a person saw their own reflection in a household in which someone had recently died
they would be next to pass.
Similarly in England and Scotland, mirrors would be turned to face the wall.
In China, this often happens too, but for a different reason.
They think that if a mirror is uncovered, a soul could be tempted into it, leaving them
to haunt the mirror forever rather than make its onward journey to the afterlife.
In Judaism, covering mirrors is a big part of Shivah - a seven day morning period.
This is because when a soul leaves the world they leave a void, which becomes a magnet
for bad spirits, which can occupy mirrors.
Scary.
Building on from this, we have The Dead Man’s Mirror at number 3
A lot of superstitions and legends involving mirrors also have a lot to do with the dead
or unconscious….
Which I guess lends further evidence that we see our reflection as supernatural and
other worldly.
SO legend has it that you should never look into the mirror of a person who has recently
deceased… not until they have been buried in the ground or cremated, anyway.
A quick fire one next….a simple yet enduring legend
2 If A Mirror Falls….
Legend has it that if a mirror falls in your home of its own accord and breaks, it is an
omen that someone in that house will die soon.
If it doesn’t break though…whole different ballgame…it means good fortune will enter
your life.
Finally at number one we have the most popular Mirror Urban Legend of them all, the legend
of Bloody Mary So far in this list we heard a lot of story
evidence that people think there is a link between the spirit world and mirrors.
Well, further to that, a lot of people believe that you can actually summon spirits using
a mirror.
Some legends say if you light candles by a mirror at night you will reveal the spirits
surrounding you in the reflection… but a much more sinister urban legend Summoning
Spirits – This is where we talk about Bloody Mary.
So…to summon Bloody Mary, you are simply supposed to chant her name into a mirror.
Back in old old folklore, the ritual was used to show a woman a glimpse of their future
husband’s face…although if they saw the grim reaper or a skull instead, it would mean
they would likely die before they got the chance to marry.
Cheery.
In modern times, the legend goes that if you summon bloody Mary, she will scratch out your
eyes, steal your soul, drink your blood…which….again….cheery.
In Japan they have a similar witchy mirror urban legend called Hanako San.
Comments from Scary North Korean Mysteries
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Enchiladas Enchilads said: Fifteen years for stealing
a sign??
Yep!!!
Mohamed Alshaer said: Who was here since 2 mil!
Me…
I was here.
Obviously.