So I’ll preface this with I am not the target audience of this Reddit. I’m a super white southern USAmerican who hasn’t ever been overseas. Still, I want to be respectful so I thought I’d ask here for help.
While at a convention in my state, I bought a couple of omamori a couple days ago: one for my bag, one for my room (since I spend so much time there on my computer). The seller said they are meant to take hits for you to protect you from bad luck, so it’s okay if they get messed up. She also recommended special knots to tie it to things, but no tutorial was given for those knots.
I did a little research today to try and figure out the knots but found nothing, but I have found that they’re supposed to be returned after a year because it had been used up, but that was said to someone who had gotten theirs from a shrine rather than a small business. I also wasn’t sure if this referred to the end of the calendar year, or after a total year of use.
I’m not an incredibly superstitious person, but I do believe in luck and – more importantly – respecting the culture of others. Right now I’m using a really normal knot for the backpack one, but should I learn a proper knot and if so where should I look for a good tutorial? When the year is up, should I return it to the seller when I buy a new one or do something else?
And please. I am a bit dumb. Don’t infantilize me in the replies, but just keep explanations simple because I have no clue what I’m doing. 😅
by RadioZap777