folk belief theme
A faith-based popular belief or cultural tradition falling outside of the doctrines and practices of established religious institutions, is featured.
15 total · 6 major · 9 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama2x18 | major | Superstition robot peasants were everywhere. |
| movie: The People (1972) | major | Melodye insisted that the talk of mind reading and levitation was just superstitious nonsense, but then she observed these phenomena with her own eyes. |
| movie: The She-Creature (1956) | major | Many people openly regarded Dr. Lombardi's claims about hypnosis being a gateway into past lives to be superstitious nonsense. |
| movie: Track of the Moon Beast (1976) | major | It turned out that the very Native American legend told by Professor John "Johnny Longbow" Salinas contained the key to destroying the Moon Beast. Note that the legend was not taken seriously at first. |
| tftc1989e3x06 | major | The mysterious priestess explained that in her culture the color red, such as was manifest in Red's naturally red hair, symbolized life itself. |
| tz1985e1x08b | major | The old man was ranting and raving about superstitious nonsense according to Aunt Neva. |
| ic1976e05 | minor | Germanicus kept a green jasper charm of Hecate under his pillow for protection. |
| movie: Dersu Uzala (1975) | minor | Dersu believed in some sort of forest god. |
| movie: Monstroid (1980) | minor | Some dismissed villager reports of evil spirits in the lake as local superstition. |
| movie: Project Metalbeast (1995) | minor | Ramon was ridiculed for refusing to work in the institute kitchen until it was sprinkled with holy water. |