Editing Ladder (section)

== Society and culture ==
A common [[superstition]] in English-speaking countries is that walking under a ladder is seen as [[List of bad luck signs|bad luck]]. Some sources claim that this stems from the image of a ladder being propped up against a wall looking similar to a [[gallows]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-06|title=Why is walking under a ladder supposed to be unlucky?|url=https://people.howstuffworks.com/why-is-walking-under-ladder-unlucky.htm|access-date=2020-11-25|website=HowStuffWorks|language=en|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108193156/https://people.howstuffworks.com/why-is-walking-under-ladder-unlucky.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> while others attribute it to [[ancient Egypt]]ian traditions involving [[pyramid]]s and [[triangle]]s representing the trinity of the gods, and passing through the triangular shape made by a ladder against a wall was seen as desecration. Ladders have also been linked to the [[Crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion of Christ]], with author and scientist [[Charles Panati]] noting that many believe a ladder rested against the cross that Christ hung from, making it a symbol of wickedness, betrayal and death.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wolchover|first=Natalie|title=The Surprising Origins of 9 Common Superstitions|url=https://www.livescience.com/33507-origins-of-superstitions.html|access-date=2020-11-25|website=livescience.com|date=19 September 2011|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127014317/https://www.livescience.com/33507-origins-of-superstitions.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In comedic children's media, the image of a character walking under a ladder being the cause or result of bad luck has become a common trope.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brown|first=Marc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izWdJgAACAAJ|title=Arthur and the Bad-Luck Brain: A Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Book 30|date=2003-11-01|publisher=Little, Brown Books for Young Readers|isbn=978-0-316-12650-2|access-date=26 November 2021|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323185757/https://books.google.com/books?id=izWdJgAACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=King|first=Jack|title=Donald's Lucky Day|date=1939-01-13|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031242/|type=Animation, Short, Comedy, Family|others=David Kerman, Dorothy Lloyd, Clarence Nash, Paul Norby|publisher=Walt Disney Productions|access-date=2020-11-25|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505231010/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031242/|url-status=live}}</ref>