![]() If you buy into the superstition, then it really depend whether the whites of the eye are visible above or below. Since then, people have speculated about the connection between sanpaku and one's fate. This superstition really took off in the west during the 60s when Japanese author George Osawa began predicting the deaths of famous American figures (Marilyn Monroe, JFK) based on their eyes. But according to one Japanese superstition, sanpaku might be a good indicator of your fate. Normally, that's a pretty unremarkable thing that you might not even be able to pick up on. Sanpaku is when you can see the white of somebody's eye either above or below the iris. ![]() Literally translated, sanpaku means "three whites," which refers to how you can divide up an eye into pieces, with the whites taking up three of the four segments. It's called sanpaku 三白 ( さんぱく ), and it will tell you your fate based on your eyes. I'm glad we've held on to a lot of Greek philosophy, but happier still that we've ditched their beliefs about biology.Īnd while not quite as weird as lefty-fetuses, I recently learned about a strange Japanese superstition about the human body. 三白眼(さんぱくがん) sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)Īncient Greeks speculated that female fetuses gestated in one side of the womb because the temperature was more suitable. Throughout history, in various cultures, humans have held some pretty weird claims about the human body. Even though we still don't know a whole lot about how the human body works, we're still doing a lot better than we used to.
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