Attempts to buy off bad luck by bribery. [1] Bad luck more memorable than good luck. [2] Covenants were new device for insuring against bad luck. [3] Entered into all affairs of primitive life. [4] Good or bad luck became associated with good or bad spirits. [5] Good luck viewed as harbinger of calamity. [6] Intelligent human beings still believe in. [7] Luck regarded as whimsical reaction of spirit world. [8] Much called good luck might really be bad. [9] Term coined to cover inexplicable. [10]
See also: UB 86:1.