superstitiousness theme

There is a character who is abnormally ready to think and act according to practice based upon trust in luck or other irrational, unscientific, or supernatural forces.

Notes

This theme is primarily used with respect to common and classical superstitions, such as fortune telling. It is not used, for example, with respect to beliefs that were considered scientific, or even pseudo-scientific, in the context of the story.

Examples

In tz1959e2x07 "Nick of Time", we saw that William Shatner (as Don) was quick to fall victim to the soothsayings of an infernal fortune telling machine, and learned that he had both a four-leaf clover and a rabit's foot, quite sincerely for good luck.

14 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 6 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
tz1959e2x07	choice	Don was quick to fall victim to the soothsayings of an infernal fortune telling machine, while his wife Pat was quick to explain away the machine's "predictions" as coincidences and vagaries.
ahp1x31	major	Latimer tried to take advantage an apparently very superstitious Mr. Hurstwood by spending a night in his haunted mansion on a £1000 wager.
ahp7x39	major	The dim-witted boy Hugo was pointedly superstitious in his thinking that Sadini was the devil and that stage magic was real.
movie: Juliet of the Spirits (1965)	major	Giulietta is frequently described as prone to superstition.
rbt1985e6x15	major	Leota refused to accept that the tombstone in her and Walter's hotel room was merely being stored there for future use. Instead, she reasoned that it was connected to a spirit, and put flowers on the "grave" to appease the spirit. Walter, by contrast, was content to put the tombstone out of his mind and get some much needed shuteye.
tz1959e3x12	major	Alan chided his wife and coworkers for living their lives by such superstitions, as lucky charms, astrology, black magic, etc.
tz1959e3x23	major	The story parodied a community of many dimwitted and superstitious country bumpkins.
tz2002e1x24	major	Ali ended up not being able to make a decision without first consulting the fortune teller Kneigh.
ahh3x26	minor	Anne at first chided Paul for taking seriously the idea that the monkey's paw might actually fulfill its owner's three wishes. Anne later participated in a séance out of desperation to connect with her tragically departed son, Howard.
as2020e05	minor	Lt. Cole explained this past action of his as a "dumb superstition": He intentionally avoided saying goodbye to his lover before going off to fight in the war because he felt that way he was "never really gone".