If you dream of a white horse, you will hear of a death before the week is over. Likewise, a mouse running over your foot.Ī white rabbit crossing your path is an omen of death to some, while others say that seeing a two white rabbits together at night means a death in the family. The howling of dogs in a house with an ill person is a bad sign, but a dog howling with his head lowered is an omen of death. Others say that a dog scratching on the floor is an ominous omen. If a dog is persistent at howling under your window, it foreshadows a death in the house. Dogsĭogs are thought by many to have a peculiar sense of approaching trouble, and it is thought that dogs, in cases of sickness, know the outcome ahead of time. Other parts of the world say that an owl simply hooting in the neighborhood is foreshadowing death nearby.Ĭhaucer, in fact, said, “The owl brings tidings of death.” Before the death of the Roman emperor, Antonius, an owl was seen sitting over his chamber door. If an owl hoots while perched on your rooftop, death will pay a visit. If you walk under a tree in the evening and an owl hoots right above your head, it means a relative or friend of yours will die within a year. Kill the bat before it escapes, however, and everyone will be alright.
If a bat flies into the house and then gets away, there will be a death in the family. A peacock feather brought into the house is taunting death. If a sparrow attacks a swallow and throws it from its nest (on or near a home), a son will be born and a daughter will die.Ī woodpecker knocking on the house is a death omen. Seeing two turtle doves together in a tree means death is coming. Some believe that a whippoorwill singing near the house is an omen of death, while others believe it’s just means trouble will come. Seeing six crows is a sign of coming death. A pigeon flying against the window is a sign of death. One of the surer omens of death is a bird entering the bedroom of a sick person and landing on the bedpost.Ī white bird or a crow flying against a window at night foretells of a death in the house within a year. If a bird flies into your house, there will soon be a death in the family. Likewise, bees swarming a house are a sign of coming doom. If bees swarm a rotten tree, there will be a death in the family owning or living on the property within a year. If a black cat crosses in front of a funeral procession, someone in the family of the deceased will die in three days.Īnd finally, if railroad workers see a black cat crossing the tracks at night, it means that at least one member of the work crew will die. The meowing of a black cat at midnight is a sure sign of coming death.Ī German superstition states that if a black cat sits on the bed of a sick person, it is a sign that they will die.
After all, what’s more important to our daily routines than the underlying knowledge that we’ll wake up tomorrow? The following bits of folklore show some of the more common and somewhat obscure death omens… it is organized by segments – Animals, Plants, Household Objects, Events, and Supernatural Occurrences (in that order).
Omens of death are extremely common throughout cultures and time.
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