Superstition
Superstition is the child OK folly and unreasonable. We become superstitious when we believe that natural events can be due to supernatural forces. Accordingly, we put our faith in the virtue of actions that are essentially irrational. For instance, an ignorant man cannot understand why an eclipse takes place. He invents an imaginary explanation that it is due to the influence of some demonic power. So, he tries to get rid of this evil spirit by performing various kinds of symbolic rites. Similarly, when they did not know the true causes of epidemics like cholera or small-pox, they believed this to be the action of the gods or demons whom they worshipped. Hence, superstition which began in ignorance has come to remain as sort of epidemic disease of the mind.






