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For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond

By James L. Fitzsimmons, Professor of Anthropology, Middlebury

Some people fear that breaking a mirror can lead to seven years of misfortune. The history of this superstition may go back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who ascribed mysterious powers to reflected images.

As a scholar of the Indigenous religions of the Americas, I know that the ancient Maya had a different take on cracked mirrors. During…

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