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HOW REACTIONS TO SNEEZING ARE A COMMON WORLDWIDEPHENOMENON
When a Hindu sneezes, bystandes say !Li"e#! and the sneeze
e$%ies, !With y&u#! It is an i%% &'ent& (hi)h a'&n*
&the thin*s the Thu*s $aid *eat e*ad &n statin* an
e+$editi&n, and (hi)he"en )&'$e%%ed the' t& %et the
ta"e%%es (ith the' es)a$e- .ut this d&es n&t sh&( us
the ea%&i*in &/ the sneezin* su$estiti&n0 a%th&u*h
it ade1uate%y she(s the e+tent &/ its &$eati&ns
Ty%&ta)es the /ist be*innin*s &/ the habit in the sa"a*e
idea &/ s&u%s -As a 'an!s s&u% is )&nsideedt&
*& in and &ut &/ his b&dy, s& it is (ith
&the s$iits, $ati)u%a%y su)h as ente int& $atients
and$&ssess the' & a//%i)t the' (ith disease A'&n* the
%ess )u%tued a)es the )&nne)ti&n &/ thisidea (ith
sneezin* is best she(n a'&n* the Zu%us, a $e&$%e /i'%y
$esuaded that 2ind%y & an*ys$iits &/ the dead h&"e
ab&ut the' in dea's, ente int& the' and )ause disease in
the' Whena Zu%u sneezes he (i%% say, !I a' n&( b%essed The
%dh%&zi 3an)esta% s$iit4 is (ith 'e0 it has)&'e t& 'e
Let 'e hasten and $aise it, /& it is it (hi)h )auses 'e t&
sneeze! S& he $aises the'anes &/ his /a'i%y, as2in* /&
)att%e, and (i"es and b%essin*s-
Rabbinic: 56&' the day (hen the hea"ens and the eath (ee
)eated n& 'an (as i%%, 3(h&4sneezed and %i"ed, but in e"ey
$%a)e (hee he ha$$ened t& be, (hethe &n the (ay & in
the
'a2et, and 3(hen he4 sneezed, his s&u% (ent &ut
th&u*h his n&sti%s0 unti% &u /athe 7a)&b)a'e and
$ayed /& 'e)y )&n)enin* this, and he said be/&e the
H&%y One, b%essed be He8S&"eei*n &/ a%% the (&%ds#
D& n&t ta2e 'y s&u% /&' 'e unti% I ha"e )ha*ed 'y
s&ns and 'yh&useh&%d0 and He (as enteated &/ hi' 9
A%% the 2in*s &/ the eath head 3thee&/4, and
they(&ndeed be)ause thee had been n& &ne %i2e hi'
/&' the days (hen the hea"ens and eathhad been )eated
Thee/&e a 'an is in duty b&und t& say t& his
/e%%&(8 Li/e# (hen the %attesneezes: 3Pirke Eliezer;C4 5The
'e'bes &/ the h&useh&%d &/ Rabban Ga'a%ie% did
n&t use t& say
?G&&d hea%th@ 3T& s&'e&ne (h& sneezed0
/tn4 in the .eth haMidash s& as n&t t& inteu$t
theistudy: 3Talmud, .ea)h&th ;>a4
Greek: 5Then (ise Pene%&$e ans(eed 9 ?.ut i/ Odysseus
sh&u%d )&'e and etun t& his nati"e%and, stai*ht(ay
(&u%d he (ith his s&n ta2e "en*ean)e &n these 'en
/& thei "i&%ent deeds@ S&she s$&2e, and Te%e'a)hus
sneezed %&ud%y, and a%% the &&' &und ab&ut
e)h&ed (&nd&us%y
And Pene%&$e %au*hed, and stai*ht(ay s$&2e 9 ?D&st
th&u n&t n&te that 'y s&n has sneezed ata%% 'y
(&ds Thee/&e sha%% utte death /a%% u$&n the
(&&es &ne and a%%, n& sha%% &ne &/
the'es)a$e death and the /ates@ : 3HomerOdysseyF, ;F4
5 ?We ha"e the *&ds (i%%in* 'any /ai h&$es &/
de%i"ean)e@ As he (as sayin* this a 'ansneezed, and (hen the
s&%dies head it, they a%% (ith &ne i'$u%se 'ade
&beisan)e t& the *&d0and en&$h&n said 9
?*ent%e'en 9 at the '&'ent (hen (e (ee ta%2in* ab&ut
de%i"ean)e an&'en /&' Zeus the Sa"i&u (as e"ea%ed
t& us! : 3XenophonAnabasis >, 4
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