Madrid's Good Luck Charm
For #StatueFriday (#SevenDaysOutside Challenge) by @erikah, I bring you this cool statue, located in front of a Casino, in Madrid.
This cool looking sculpture was offered to the city in 2014 by the Gran Madrid Casino, in order to celebrate the return of Casinos to Madrid, after a long 90 years ban decreed by the dictator Franco Salazar, during the 1920's.
Frogs are a symbol of good fortune in many cultures around the world, particularly in the Chinese Feng Shui tradition. In other countries - including here in Portugal - a frog's leg is also a good luck's symbol. It's not uncommon to find these symbols at small markets and fairs, in the shape of small hand carved amulets.
What is the most known amulet or good luck charm, in your country? Over here, it's the 4 Leaf Clover and the Rabbit's Leg. Don't ask me why, though...
| Camera | Microsoft Lumia 950 XL |
| Location | Madrid - Spain |
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In Russia, a symbol of good luck - horseshoe
Yeah, I've heard about that one, too.
haha Was about to ask why. So let me keep that to myself. It's always a privilege visiting your blog because I always learn a thing or two. Over here frog leg is delicious. Infact FROG is delicious🤣
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I have catch a few frogs when I was a kid but I never ate one. Thanks for your visit and comment.
Don't know about the good luck factor but if a black cat crosses your road, it's considered as very bad luck here. 😅
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red chilly pepper, horseshoe, 4 Leaf Clover and many, many more with so much as personalized rituals - Italy has plenty.
Lovely photo as always @trincowski.
I had never heard about the Red Chili Pepper as a charm amulet. How weird.
Italy, eh? Why was I under the impression that you were from someone near the Middle East? Something like Syria, Iran... How wrong I was! Uahahhahah! 😂
Yes, being a catholic place, it has a load of stuff like this especially in smaller cities.
Red cornicello
I lived 20 years in Italy and on August will be my 19th years in England, I do have the desire to move again and spend 20 years or 10+10 elsewhere.
As for my Middle Eastern energy, I can only say it may be in my DNA - who knows - the world is a fascinating place. Shame for narrow-minded-greedy-inspired barriers, it makes us all in one way or an other miserable - point of view and contest applied.
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I had no Idea of the banning. The things we don’t know.
Yep, we had our fair share of dictatorships in Europe, too. But that's under the bridge now.
Now we're waiting for the rest of the World to catch up on us and dethrone their (s)elected dictators.
If that is what the people want more power to them. Don’t envolve me. And if you change your mind down the road take care of your own problems
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