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Background: Superstitions are beliefs that fate is governed by uncontrollable external forces. Superstitionsplay a key role in sports since they associate with activities involving danger and lack of predictability. Therehas been a dearth of studies regarding the effect such superstitious beliefs have on athletes’ performance, andon the looking superstitions from a qualitative perspective, specifically on Indian population, hence thisstudy aims to explore the various superstitious beliefs (SB) endorsed by team sportspersons at intercollegiatelevel and analyze how these beliefs affect their sports performance. This study also aimed at analysing thegender differences within different team sports.Methods: Data was collected using purposive and snowball sampling technique. 50 sportspersons frombadminton, basketball, football, cricket, hockey, and volleyball participated. Semi- structured interviewswere conducted to obtain rich data. Content analysis was carried out to obtain the emerging themes.Results: The major themes which emerged from the data include nature, origin, frequency, impact,intentionality, evolution, and orientation of superstitions in reality.Conclusion: Further research is needed in the Indian context regarding sensitivity towards superstitious andthe need to incorporate them in coaching for enhancing performance
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A figura mítica dos vampiros é, sem dúvida, uma das mais intrigantes, sedutoras e horripilantes da cultura popular atual. Esses personagens já habitam há centenas de anos a crença de muitos indivíduos - sendo lembrados pela sua inesgotável sede de sangue e pelo medo que desencadeiam nas pessoas. Durante os anos, tornaram-se figuras presentes em várias representações gráficas, literárias e cinematográficas. Esse fenômeno histórico ganhou diversas teorias nas quais se tentou dissecar a verdadeira origem das lendas sobre esses seres da noite. Este artigo, por meio de uma revisão de literatura, apresenta as tentativas de explicação da origem do vampirismo por meio de abordagem científica...
The mythical figure of the vampire is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing, seductive, and horrifying in current popular culture. For hundreds of years, these characters have inhabited the belief systems of many individuals and are remembered for their insatiable blood lust and the fear they trigger in people. Over the years they have been present inseveral pictorial, literary, and cinematic representations. This historical phenomenon has generated several theories that try to dissect the true origin of the legends regarding these creatures of the night. This article is a literature review presenting the attempts to explain the origin of vampirism through a scientific approach...