Why is it bad luck to walk under ladders?
Many people hold the belief that it is bad luck to walk under a ladder, without understanding its origin in superstition. This superstition arises from early Christian teachings that an object with three points represents the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Not all Christians are Trinitarians; therefore, to walk under a ladder, according to origin would only be bad luck for a Christian who believed. The early superstitious thought is that to walk under a ladder, and through the Holy Trinity, expresses disbelief in the trinity and that one is in league with Satan. Performing such an act, especially in early Christian times, could have gotten one labeled as a witch. Thus it could be extremely dangerous to walk under a ladder.
