Perhaps there is more truth than we are wont to admit in the conviction of that ornament of Tarheelia, Robert Ruark's grandfather, who was persuaded that the great curse of the modern world is `` all this gallivantin' ''.

After a minute he went on, `` People must think the curse is on me, seeing you fresh as an apple and me old and gray ''.

The etymology of the name Ares is traditionally connected with the Greek word ἀρή ( arē ), the Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά ( ara ), " bane, ruin, curse, imprecation ".

The dragon's treasure is buried with him, in accordance with Beowulf's wishes, rather than distributed to his people, and there is a curse associated with the hoard to ensure that Beowulf's wish is kept.

But the king they are given is Yahweh's gift, and Samuel explains that kingship can be a blessing rather than a curse if they remain faithful to their God.

Satan answers that Job is pious only because God has put a " wall around " him and " blessed " his favourite servant with prosperity, but if God were to stretch out his hand and strike everything that Job had, then he would surely curse God.

Job's wife is introduced in Job 2: 9 when she suggests that Job curse God and die.

There is uncertainty about her intentions when she tells Job to curse God but it is clear that Job honors her by the way he talks about her in Chapter 31.

Draugar also have the ability to curse a victim, as shown in the Grettis Saga where Grettir is cursed to be unable to become any stronger.

Caligula, who is only 5 years old at the time, completes the curse and kills his father, because his father had tried to discipline him.

A hex is a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse.

The archaeologist's natural death so long after the opening of the tomb, despite being the leader of the expedition, is the piece of evidence most commonly put forward by sceptics to refute the idea of a " curse of the pharaohs " plaguing the party that might have " violated " Tutankhamun's tomb.

The scriptural basis for this new positive attitude towards Jews among Evangelicals is Genesis 12: 3, in which God promises that He will bless those who bless Abraham and his descendants, and curse those who curse them ( see also " Abrahamic Covenant ").

It is believed that the Koh-i-Noor carries with it a curse which affects men who wear it, but not women.

Hreidmar responds that if he had known this before, he would have taken their lives, yet that he believes those are not yet born whom the curse is intended for, and that he doesn't believe him.

In the original myths and legends, lycanthropy is not given any specific cause other than being generally attributed to magic, which may be voluntary ( a supernatural power ) or involuntary ( a curse ).

This is because Shakespeare is said to have used the spells of real witches in his text, purportedly angering the witches and causing them to curse the play.

The cause of the riots was based on a conflict over two performances of Macbeth, and is usually ascribed to the curse.

The observed negative correlation between natural resources and economic development is known as the resource curse.

The bull recounts that the Fathers interpreted the angel's address to Mary, " highly favoured one " or " full of grace ", as indicating that " she was never subject to the curse and was, together with her Son, the only partaker of perpetual benediction "; and they " frequently compare her to Eve while yet a virgin, while yet innocence, while yet incorrupt, while not yet deceived by the deadly snares of the most treacherous serpent ".

() The blood of Jesus is interpreted as bringing mercy ; but that of Abel as demanding vengeance ( hence the curse and mark ).

", a quote historically interpreted by some as a curse taken upon by the Jewish people.

God's curse upon Caine is interpreted as transforming him and his line into vampires.

The shogunate interpreted " kokka ankō " ( 国家安康 ) as shattering Ieyasu's name ( 家康 ) to curse him, and also interpreted " kunshin hōraku " ( 君臣豊楽 ) to mean " Toyotomi's force ( 豊臣 ) will rise again ," which meant treachery against shogunate.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad interpreted the phrase in Deuteronomy 21: 31: kī qilelat Elohim taluy, “… for a hanged man is the curse of God ”, as suggesting that " God would never allow one of His true prophets to be brutally killed in such a degrading manner as crucifixion ".

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad interpreted the phrase in Deuteronomy 21: 31: kī qilelat Elohim taluy, “… for a hanged man is the curse of God ”, as suggesting that " God would never allow one of His true prophets to be brutally killed in such a degrading manner as crucifixion ".

The original objective was to justify the subjection of the Canaanites to the Israelites, but in later centuries, the narrative was interpreted by some Jews, Christians and Muslims as a curse of, and explanation for, black skin.

" The reference appears in a story related on the forty-fourth day, in which the effects of the curse fall on the person of an apparently fictional descendant of Montezuma named Tlascala.

Pacelli made reference to the Jews " whose lips curse and whose hearts reject him even today ".

* Removal of unseemly expressions used in reference to God ; e. g., the substitution of (" to bless ") for (" to curse ") in certain passages.

The term Canaan was used by Jews in Europe for the Slavic peoples, as a punning reference to the so-called " curse of Canaan " ( Genesis 9: 25 ), that Canaan shall " be a slave ".

The first reference in Latter Day Saint writings describing dark skin as a curse and mark from God refers to Lamanites.

The reference to various misfortunes and a curse lend plausibility to this.

He sometimes exclaims " Haile H. Selassie ", which is both a reference to Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia and a Rastafarian-inspired parody of the more mainstream Christian curse, " Jesus H. Christ ".

A reference to the river Leiptr appears in Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, where the Valkyrie Sigrún puts a curse on her brother Dagr for having murdered her husband Helgi Hundingsbane despite his having sworn a holy oath of allegiance to Helgi on the " bright water of Leiptr " ( ljósa Leiftrar vatni ):

In their tongue-in-cheek reference book Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Encyclopedia ( 1996 ), Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons write that " An examination of Kamelion ’ s history reveals the possible existence of a curse of Poltergeist proportions.

" Before Mr. Burns shuts off the power to the town in response to the strike, he says, " From Hell's heart I stab at thee " which is a reference to Captain Ahab's curse, from the novel Moby-Dick.

" Likewise, Kane's apparent ability to seemingly return from death and wreak havoc and destruction on those who apparently killed him, appears a reference to the " Mark of Cain "; a sign or curse God allegedly placed on Cain, to prevent other humans from killing him in retribution for having murdered his own brother, Abel.

" This is a reference to the events of the last half of season two of Buffy, beginning in " Surprise ", when Angel's curse is broken by his moment of happiness with the Slayer, thus causing him to lose his soul and reverting him to the evil Angelus.

While Joseph Smith indicated his belief in the curse of Ham theory in a parenthetical reference as early as 1831, the only early reference to the curse or mark of Cain was in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, which included the following statement:

There is a priggishly good-mannered poor-but-virtuous heroine, a villain who carries off the maiden, a hero in disguise and his faithful old retainer who dreams of their former glory days, the snake-in-the-grass sailor who claims to be following his heart, the wild, mad girl, the swagger of fire-eating patriotism, ghosts coming to life to enforce a curse, and so forth.

The following deaths create more curses and spreads the curse in other places.

In 1639 A. M. when the nations were scattered following the failure of the Tower of Babel, Ham and his children journeyed to their allotment, with the exception of Canaan, who settled in Shem's territory, thus receiving another curse.

Successfully following all of the cauldron's requests within a forty day period frees Sabreman from the curse of lycanthropy cast upon him by the Wulf encountered in Sabre Wulf.

Ondine's curse was first described in 1962 by Severinghaus and Mitchell in three patients following surgery to the upper cervical spinal cord and brainstem.

Believers in the curse generally cite the following core events as evidence of the family's misfortunes:

This can be a curse, however, as coffee plants tend to produce too many berries ; this can lead to an inferior harvest and even damage yield in the following years, as the plant will favour the ripening of berries to the detriment of its own health.

They curse them with bad luck, following the victim around, invisible to everyone, including the victim.

It is perhaps noteworthy, though, that both the Pirates of and the Diamondbacks of fell into serious slumps in the years following their victories, as if suffering some consequence for having defied this " curse ".

The following day Reeve, Muggleton and Dorcas Booth went to curse John Robins in prison.

Kara meets with Inspector Henderson, who's following a case his old mentor was never able to close, and thinks it has to do with items Silver Banshee needs to lift her curse.