Myths and legends

Myths and legends

Throughout history lefties were considered inferior. The Catholic Church declared lefties servants of Satan, for generations, lefties who went to Catholic schools, were forced to become right-handed. In Christianity, only the right hand can bless, the devil is often portrayed as a southpaw and the Bible has over 100 favorable references to the right hand and about 25 left unfavorable.

In Islam, everything that comes from the left hand is considered unclean, and according to some customs of the Middle East, it use the left-hand to hold the toilet paper (or use it as such).

In a treaty of Psychiatry, 1921, being left-handed was considered as a synonym of dementia, and in the 60s, was related to dyslexia.

The Incas of ancient Peru considered a sign of good luck left-handedness.

The Bedouins put women on the left side of the tent, leaving the right free for man (doing quite obvious which of the two is considered more important).

New Guinea natives never touch with left thumb glass on the belief that could poison concoctions containing.

Maori women wave their wedding clothes with the right hand and the left hand would desecrate their clothes - the consequence of using the left hand is death.

African tribes from the banks of the Niger River not let their women prepare the food with left hand, for fear of black magic.

A few decades ago in Japan, a leftt-handed wife was sufficient reason for a divorce.



In some regions of the planet, birds flying to the left represent ominous.

Pythagoras recomanded enter the holy places "always on the right side, which is divine, and leave them on the left, representing the dissolute".

The popular superstition says that knowing a lefty on any day of the week except Tuesday, brings bad luck. Tuesday is the only time where lefties can afford the skill of being more or less noble. Tuesday equals Tiw's Day (the day of Tiw) the Scandinavian god of the lefties.