Superstitions

Praying Mantis

My mother tells me superstitions about praying Mantis. In Lombok’s people many people believe with one of way to detected disaster like see praying mantis in the house, store, and crawling on skin. In sasak language praying mantis is called “Belalang Sembah”, because it refers to its front legs which suggest the position of a prayer. If we see praying mantis in the house, so will be disaster like bring disease and bad luck. When there are guest come to your house, but you don’t now, may be that guest bring disease or bad luck to one of your family like your family sick or incident.

If you have store and you see praying mantis in your store, that means will be disaster to your store like trick and thief. If there are guest come to your store to buy something or work together, probably the guest will be disaster. Other people say if the guest buying something to you they will take more or thief, when invite you for work together, so they will trick you and make your loss. Many other people say, when praying mantis crawling on man someone skin, mean’s that will be happen something to him. Like my mother say if praying mantis crawling on skin, mean’s that will be happen something to your like bad luck hit by disease.