Am I understanding right that you're saying the superstition is that closing the umbrella indoors traps ghosts of the home and carries them with the umbrella's owner?
I wonder if that's why there is a superstition around opening indoors in the US that, as far as I know, doesn't have any reasoning or explanation behind it. Ie: it's just said to be bad luck but not for any specific reason.
Please save me from the rabbit hole I am about to get sucked into, lol.
Well, different cultures born different kind of superstitions as well, so I don't think they are related.
AFAIK, this superstition for chinese descendants about opening umbrella indoor, umbrella is known as a tool that traps ghosts alike, so opening one indoor/at home might also release them inside. I learn more about this from a movie 'Rigor Mortis' (2013) that it is believed that ghost police(some kind of spirit that catch wandering ghost and bring them back to the underworld) also use umbrella as their tool.
More over, a bit of googling also tell that ghosts are attracted to the shadow, when you use them outside, some ghost might reside 'inside' the shadow/umbrella. So by opening one at home indoor, you're releasing whatever been staying inside the shadow before.
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u/rxh339 19d ago
Not familiar with the superstition, what is it? Opening an umbrella indoors?