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Wiktionary, the free dictionary.For other uses, see Curse (disambiguation).The forms of curses found in various cultures comprise a significant proportion of the study of both folk religion and folklore.Philosophy and religion
Belief in curses is found in many cultures and is mentioned in the scriptures of many religions.Many if not most established religions forbid such practices outright, but others, citing the long history of scriptural curses, utilize them only in defense against evil that struck at them first.All religions offer forms of blessings of homes and objects and people, with the intent of removing curses.Such viewpoints usually hold that a curse will only have as much power as the subject gives it; lack of belief, in this case, equals lack of power.Folk use
The deliberate levying of curses is often part of the practice of magic, taking place at the boundary between organized religion and folkloric customs.The curse makes effective part in the Hindu culture (The Fakir has the bless and curse power).Middle Eastern and Mediterranean culture is the source of the belief in the evil eye, which may be the result of envy but, more rarely, is said to be the result of a deliberate curse.Ancient Greek and Roman curses
Greek and Roman curses were somewhat formal and official.Called katadesmoi by the Greeks and tabulae defixiones by the Romans, they were written on lead tablets or other materials, generally invoked the aid of a spirit (a deity, a demon, or one of the dead) to accomplish their aim, and were placed in some place considered effective for their activation, such as in a tomb, cemetery, or sacred spring or well.The Romans, Etruscans, and Greeks in Italy all practiced this custom.They buried the curses so well that today we have a body of curse inscriptions to tell us how they did it.Celtic curses
In the Celtic world there were also many different forms of curses.Some of the most well known from Ireland are Curse stones, Egg curses, New Year curses and Milk curses.Curse stones generally involved particle stones with the power to curse.One example involved turning a stone three times and saying the name of the person you wanted to curse.Egg curses are a fertility curse.There are also some well documented methods believed to break these curses.New year curses are like egg curses.In Munster you can see a similar form in the may bush and the stealing of may bushes.Milk curses were curses put on a household where the milk from others cows went to yours.Curses in the Bible
The first curse in the Bible is put on the serpent by God, "You are cursed more than all cattle," (Genesis 3:14).As a result of Adam and Eve disobeying God, the ground is also cursed: "Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life."Cain is cursed from the earth, "So now you are cursed from the earth," (4:11).In the New Testament Paul sees curses as central to the meaning of Jesus's crucifixion.In Galatians 3:13 he says: "Christ redeems us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us...".He refers to Deuteronomy: " anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse."RAEDM)
Some passages in the Tanakh treat curses as being effective techniques; they see a curse as an objective reality with real power.However, most sections of the Bible conceive a curse to be merely a wish, to be fulfilled by God only when just and deserved.According to the Book of Proverbs, an undeserved curse has no effect (Proverbs 26:2), but may fall back upon the head of him who utters it (Genesis 12:3; Sirach 21:27), or may be turned by God into a blessing, as in the case of Balaam (Deuteronomy 23:5).The declaration of punishments (Gen.It is especially forbidden to curse God (Exodus 22:28), parents (Ex.Curses in Rabbinic literature
A number of sections of the Talmud show a belief in the power of curses (Berachot 19a, 56a.In some cases, a curse is described as related to the nature of a prayer (Ta'an.Makkot 11a) and falls back upon the head of him who utters it (Sanhedrin 49a).Not only is a curse uttered by a scholar unfailing in its effect, even if undeserved (Mak.For instance, a curse is uttered against those who mislead the people by calculating, on the basis of Biblical passages, when the Messiah will come (Sanhedrin 97b).Cursed are those who are guilty of actions which, though not forbidden, are considered reprehensible.According to legend, some rabbinic scholars cursed sometimes not only with their mouths, but also with an angry, fixed look.The consequence of such a look was either immediate death or poverty (Sotah 46b, and parallel passages).Cursed places
Certain landmarks or locales are said to be cursed.Various lakes, rivers and mountains have been called cursed, as has the Sargasso Sea.However even when there is a tradition of a place "taking someone" every number of years it is not always considered cursed.For example, someone is said to drown in Lough Gur in Limerick, Ireland every 7 years but the lake is not considered "cursed" by the locals.The alleged Bermuda Triangle effect is believed by some to be some form of curse (and by others to be some unexplained natural phenomena).Babinda's Boulders is a place known for its Devil's Pool, a group of waterholes known to be dangerous to young male travellers, but never claiming the lives of locals or females.Aboriginal legend exists giving it the context of an historic curse.Curse to the United States presidency
Tecumseh's curse was reputed to cause the deaths in office of Presidents of the United States elected in years divisible by 20, beginning in 1840.This alleged curse appears to have fallen dormant, since Ronald Reagan, (elected in 1980) survived an assassination attempt.For example:
The Curse of the Billy Goat is used to explain the failures of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, who have not won a World Series championship since 1908, and a National League pennant since 1945.There was the Curse of the Bambino, on the Boston Red Sox major league baseball team, who had not won a World Series since 1918 until the 2004 World Series, when the Sox defeated the St.Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 0.The "Krukow Kurse" is used to explain the San Francisco Giants' failure to ever win the World Series.Giants will, in fact, win the World Series.Players who appear on the covers of either the Sports Illustrated magazine or the Madden NFL video game have tended to, coincidentally, suffer setbacks or injuries, immediately after appearing on either cover.Some think that the NHL's St.Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Los Angeles Kings are cursed.For the Blues and Kings, 1967 was the season that each team joined the NHL, also implying that each team has never won the Stanley Cup.There was the Curse of 1940, which was placed on the New York Rangers for 54 years.But that curse was broken in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, with a 4 games to 3 victory against the Vancouver Canucks.There was an alleged curse placed on the Los Angeles Lakers, whenever they played the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, especially at the old Boston Garden.Los Angeles lost to Boston 6 times in the Finals in the 1960s ('62, '63, '65, '66, '68, '69), and in the 1984 NBA Finals.Boston, legendary coach Red Auerbach was said to have pulled his famous "victory cigar," and puffed it in front of the Lakers' bench.The Lakers' celebration was at Boston Garden, which would be the only time in the garden's history that a team other than the Celtics won the NBA championship in that building.There are alleged curses on the cities of Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Seattle; which are believed to have a major league sports championship curse, meaning that any major league franchise that settles in that city are unable to win a sports championship, even if they have powerful and talented teams, thus causing much heartbreak to their fans, and much joy to rivals.Houston did however managed to win back to back championships in the NBA in 1994 and 1995, thus the curse for Houston may have been broken.The Curse of 27
The Curse of 27 is the belief that 27 is an unlucky number due to the number of famous musicians and entertainers who have died at the age.Robert Johnson, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Janis Joplin, Jonathan Brandis and Kurt Cobain are all believed to have been affected by the curse of 27.Cursed objects
Cursed objects are generally supposed to have been stolen from their rightful owners or looted from a sanctuary.The Hope Diamond is supposed to bear such a curse, and bring misfortune to its owner.The stories behind why these items are cursed vary, but they usually are said to bring bad luck or to manifest unusual phenomena related to their presence.Similarly, an attempt may be made to place a new curse onto an otherwise neutral object which can then be used as a cursed object to purportedly bring a curse to a person or place.This is similar to the practice of recording a spoken curse onto a media such as a cassette tape (sometimes then known as "witch's tape") or recordable CD which is then left at the area to be cursed.Mendes, 3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXII.The inscription celebrates a donation of land to an Egyptian temple, and places a curse on anyone who would misuse or appropriate the land.There is a broad popular belief in curses being associated with the violation of the tombs of mummified corpses, or of the mummies themselves.The "Curse of the Pharaohs" is supposed to have haunted the archaeologists who excavated the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, whereby an imprecation was supposedly pronounced from the grave by the ancient Egyptian priests, on anyone who violated its precincts.While such curses are generally considered to have been popularized and sensationalized by British journalists of the 19th century, ancient Egyptians were in fact known to place curse inscriptions on markers protecting temple or tomb goods or property.Some people claiming to be gifted in magic or witchcraft set up business to exploit fears, in order to profit from the superstitious and gullible.This has been a very large part of the mythos (and bad reputation) of the modern day Roma people (Gypsies), as well as Voodoo and Santeria practitioners, who among other things peddle both in curses and cures for curses.In most respects these schemes are not particularly distinguishable from other dubious claims of supernatural power, such as those of palm readers, the Psychic Friends Network, tarot card readers or crystal therapists.See also
Book curse
Kennedy curse
Motif of harmful sensation
Nocebo: see "Ambiguity of Anthropological Usage".Curse tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World by John G.This page was last modified 02:37, 4 January 2008.See Copyrights for details.The curse was said to have begun after the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees at the end of 1919.Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series.Storrow Drive was vandalized from "Reverse Curve" to "Reverse The Curse", officials left it in place until after the Red Sox won the Series.History of the phrase
2 The lore
3 "Cursed" results
4 Attempts to break the curse
5 Curse Reversed
6 The Curse in popular culture
7 See also
7.After the Sox also lost Game 7, and thus the series, Vecsey wrote another article expanding on the theme, headlined "Babe Ruth's Curse Strikes Again".These articles appear to be the first explicit mentions in print of a Babe Ruth curse.Vecsey might have picked up the idea of the curse from other columns.Before that year's AL playoffs, an article by UPI sports writer Frederick Waterman said in its lead that when the Sox traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees "he carried away with him the good luck and winning touch of the Red Sox."The rumor that Ruth had been sold to finance a Broadway musical was also being discussed at the time, including in an article by Times writer Fox Butterfield a week before the Red Sox collapse.The lore
Although the title drought dates back to 1918, the sale of Ruth to the Yankees was completed January 3, 1920.In standard curse lore, Red Sox owner and theatrical producer Harry Frazee used the proceeds from the sale to finance the production of a Broadway musical, usually specified as No, No, Nanette.In 1921, Red Sox manager Ed Barrow left to take over as GM of the Yankees.Other Red Sox players were later sold or traded to the Yankees as well.Prior to Ruth leaving Boston, the Red Sox had won five of the first fifteen World Series, with Ruth pitching for the 1916 and 1918 championship teams.The Yankees did not play in any World Series up to that time.Meanwhile, over the same time span, the Red Sox played in only four World Series and lost each in seven games."Cursed" results
Even losses that occurred many years prior to the first mention of a curse in 1986 have been attributed to it.Some of these instances are listed below:
In 1946, the Red Sox appeared in their first World Series since the sale of Babe Ruth.Cardinals had Enos Slaughter on first base and Harry Walker at the plate.Slaughter ran through the third base coach's stop sign and beat Boston shortstop Johnny Pesky's relay throw to home plate.Some say Pesky hesitated on the throw, allowing Slaughter to score, but Pesky has always denied this charge and film footage is inconclusive.In 1949, the Red Sox needed to win just one of the last two games of the season to win the pennant, but lost both games to the Yankees.In the World Series, they faced off against the St.Additionally the Red Sox lost a game when it was rained out and the decision was made not to replay it.In 1975, the Red Sox won the pennant and met the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.Joe Morgan single that scored Ken Griffey, Sr.World Series ever played.On September 16, the Yankees held a 3.October 2 at Fenway Park.However, the New York Mets won it in the bottom of the 10th when Boston first baseman Bill Buckner committed a fielding error on a ground ball hit by the Mets' Mookie Wilson, scoring Ray Knight from second base.The collapses in the last two games prompted Vecsey's articles.They were also swept by the Cleveland Indians in the 1995 and 1998 AL Division Series, and were defeated by the Yankees four games to one in the 1999 ALCS.Attempts to break the curse
Red Sox fans attempted various methods over the years to exorcise their famous curse.These included placing a Boston cap atop Mt.Everest and burning a Yankees cap at its base camp; hiring professional exorcists and Father Guido Sarducci to "purify" Fenway Park; spray painting a "Reverse Curve" street sign on Storrow Drive to change it to say "Reverse the Curse" (the sign wasn't replaced until just after the 2004 World Series win); and finding a piano owned by Ruth that he had supposedly pushed into a pond near his Sudbury, Massachusetts farm, Home Plate Farm.Some declared the curse broken when, on August 31, 2004 a foul ball hit by Manny Ramirez flew into Section 9, Box 95, Row AA and struck a boy's face, knocking two of his teeth out.When picked up, he said that he had a curse to break.In 2004, the Red Sox met the Yankees in the American League Championship Series.The Red Sox then faced the St.World Series game to do so.Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines.The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.At Wrestlemania XIV, guest ring announcer Pete Rose taunted the Boston crowd about the curse.Red Sox player himself) about the Curse.After New York's defeat, the Curse was poked fun at during the "Weekend Update" segment of Saturday Night Live',.The Ben Harper song "Get It Like you Like It" includes the lines "But Johnny Damon swung his bat.An 86 year curse is gone."In season 3, Ben shows the end of the game to convince Jack that the Others have contact with the outside world.The British memoir Fever Pitch, about author Nick Hornby's obsession with the Arsenal FC British soccer team, was adapted into an American film of the same name by the Farrelly brothers.The American adaptation was about an obsessive Red Sox fan, and contains many references to the curse.The film was made during the 2004 World Series, which necessitated the filmmakers' reworking of the film's story; the Red Sox were originally supposed to make the World Series and lose, but with the current events, the World Series victory was written in.The film's stars, Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore, were filmed running onto the field as the Red Sox celebrated their World Series win.An episode of the children's TV series Arthur titled "The Curse of the Grebes" has Elwood City's baseball team losing its first two of three chances to win the world championship due to events based directly on Bucky Dent's homer and Bill Buckner's error.Johnny Damon, Edgar Renteria, and Mike Timlin all have cameos.Curse' born of hate", ESPN.Brian McGrory, "Taking teeth out of curse?External links
ESPN account of Ruth's sale to the Yankees."Curse" Born of Hate, a skeptical history of the curse lore, written by Glenn Stout during the 2004 playoffs.Boston Globe article "Taking teeth out of curse?"Key Personnel
Owners: John W.This page was last modified 04:02, 9 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Get the latest Flash player.This video has been added to your favorites.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing your concerns.Thank you for flagging this video.Thank you for sharing your concerns.We can only process copyright complaints submitted by authorized parties in accordance with processes defined in law.There may be significant legal penalties for false notices.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the complete instructions.Thank you for sharing your concerns.In order to process a privacy complaint we need more information from you.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the form to submit.Thank you for sharing this video!Du sagst das richtige...After making your selection, copy and paste the embed code above.The code changes based on your selection.Now, no one's left to save him.Plot Synopsis:
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Biscuits a little dry this morning Frances.You Forget to add something?Sorry, there was a problem collecting your vote.This movie is about a family living on a farm in the country: a
husband, wife, and two sons and a daughter.The father, being an
EXTREMELY religious type, finds out that his wife is cheating on him.Everyone but the younger brother and his sister eat the food and drink
the water from the farm.Next, the
chickens attack the daughter, and the horse kicks one of the brothers.After that, the cows become sick and start spewing up maggots.By this
time, the mother, who was infected first I'm guessing, starts to break
out in these nasty little blisters.The husband puts her in the
shed for the next few days.That night, his father finds him in the
shed looking for his mother.His father tells
him he's unappreciative and tries to beat him.When that fails, he
tries to kill him.The brother is able to hold him off until the house
starts collapsing.Will Wheaton
and his sister, but Will says he has to save his mother.He goes up to
the attic, and in one of the most creepy scenes of the movie, he
watches his mother rot away into a puddle of black goo.The film is very dark in
atmosphere and there is a sense of impending doom throughout the whole
film, not unlike that of Poltergeist.Wheaton and Akins, was horrendous.Was the above comment useful to you?You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.Internet Movie Database Inc. |
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