Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Maya used mirrors as channels for supernatural communication. In this image, a supernatural creature speaks into a cracked, ...

(The Conversation) — Broken mirrors can be associated with bad luck, but for the ancient Maya, a cracked mirror was often desirable. (The Conversation) — Some people fear that breaking a mirror can ...

Some people fear that breaking a mirror can lead to seven years of misfortune. The history of this superstition may go back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who ascribed mysterious powers to ...