Why not kill a spider in the house?

We can easily swat a bothersome fly, and even have a special device for this - a fly swatter, or slapping without a twinge of conscience slippers of vile cockroaches, then why not kill a spider in the house? Why does everyone sharply stand up for the protection of these insects living in every house, while others do not protect at all?

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Why not kill a spider in the house?

Spiders have long enjoyed special respect among people of different cultures and nationalities. For example:

• in the Celts, these arthropods personified the guardians of life, so they were never killed;
• for the Egyptians and Greeks they are the keepers of fate.
• for the inhabitants of India, the spider personifies order at the cosmic level;
• for Christians around the world, the spider is a defender, because according to the biblical legend, it was the web, woven by a skillful insect, that saved the little Jesus and his family from persecution.

That's why every nation is careful to kill a spider in the house.

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Popular signs and superstitions associated with spiders

There are many signs that are passed on by people from generation to generation. Some are completely out of date, but still people listen to them. What to do with them you decide, but it's still worth knowing about them.

Sign 1 - protection from trouble

Spider-woven intricate web brings happiness to the house. After all, it is a kind of barrier that does not let negative and bad things into your house, but does not let out joy and happiness from home. By removing the cobwebs and driving out all its inhabitants, you are deprived of this barrier.

It has long been believed that if you kill a spider in the house, then the house will come trouble and problems. The peculiarity of this sign is that the smaller the insect was, the greater the grief will come to the family.

Primate 2 - protection from the

's illnesses. To kill a spider in a house means to conjure up a family with ailments. For a long time, when there were no such modern pharmacies available with a wide choice of medicines, people by and large were always treated with improvised means.

Some cures for jaundice, fever and other illnesses required the addition of a cobweb. Therefore, it was believed that getting rid of spiders in the house, you lose a very useful ingredient and you will not be able to get adequate treatment at the right time.

Sign 3 - a symbol of a nice gift.

Spiders are gift-spell-bearers. This belief has safely reached and to our times. People believe that if a spider fell on them, or you found it on yourself, then it's for news or a gift. If you destroy an insect at such a time, then the sign, of course, will not come true.

Sign 4 - forgiveness of sins

There is also a superstition that if you kill a spider in a house, you are freed from forty of your sins. But the fears associated with such an act are always outweighed in the balance of the scale, than the forgiveness of such a small amount of committed sins.

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Spider-guessing

Superstitious people search for objects and circumstances every hour to help them anticipate future events of their lives. Spiders are no exception for such people.

• It is not good for the bride and groom to see the spider on the way to the altar - it is a harbinger of the unhappy life of the newlyweds.
• If you saw at dawn, how an insect is working on its web - this is for good events. If you found him at work in the evening, then this is for a gift, if in the daytime - to cares. The night weaving of the web is a symbol of hope.
• A spider that appeared to appear from nowhere on your desk or bed is a harbinger of good news or a nice gift.
• We saw a red arthropod - expect financial profit.
• An insect on clothes is about money and increased opportunities.
• If you notice an explicit addition of black spiders in your home - this is a harbinger of quarrels and illnesses in the family. In addition, it is still necessary to get rid of a large population, and urgently - otherwise the problems will begin both in terms of comfortable life and personal safety.

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Interesting treatments for spiders

As we mentioned earlier, spiders and the fruits of their labors used in ancient times in the treatment of a number of diseases. Now these methods will cause at least a smile on your face, but then people seriously believed that they are effective and help the patients to get stronger. Here are some examples of such treatment:

• It was believed that by swallowing a small gland of cobwebs, a person was cured of asthma and a state of excessive drowsiness.
• Web moth stopped bleeding. This, incidentally, is a good option, because cotton wool was not found then, and a thin and soft intertwined thread could be found in every house.
• Jaundice was treated with a kind of pill. The latter consisted of a living spider. To facilitate swallowing, it was greased with butter.
• From whooping cough were treated this way: a spider was tied over a crib of a sick child and special conspiracies called for the spider to die and take the child's disease with them.
• It was believed that from the fever of man will save such actions: you need to put the spider in a small box and keep it there until it dies. Thus, the spider took with him the disease.

As you can see, mankind has always been inventive. And judging from such instructions it was possible to kill spiders in the house. But is it worth it to torture any animal, even a small insect? And is it possible to kill spiders in the house for the sake of a result that has not been confirmed and proven by anything?

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What if I killed a spider in the house?

If you accidentally killed a spider, the main thing you can do is not to panic. After all, it is panic and fixation on bad thoughts that will bring you more trouble than an inadvertently killed spider.

Now you know some beliefs that give grounds to signs about spiders. And let everyone decide for himself whether to kill the spider in the house. But to whatever variant you are inclined, let your main factor of choice be not signs and fear of troubles, but a humane attitude to everything living, an elementary respect for mother-nature. And if you do not agree to live side by side with spiders, then it is better to collect them and take them out on the street so that they safely continue to carry their mission in this life.