Pourquoi nos ancêtres couvraient les miroirs chaque nuit ?

For centuries, in several regions of Europe and America, some families reportedly covered their mirrors before going to sleep. Not just at funerals. Not just during periods of mourning. Every night. According to old household stories, private letters, and forgotten traditions, mirrors were not always considered mere decorative objects. Some texts speak of surfaces that needed protection, fabrics to be checked, rooms to be avoided, and one strange detail that recurs constantly: the light of a single candle after midnight. But perhaps the most unsettling aspect is not the ritual itself. It is its almost sudden disappearance at the end of the 19th century, when the old mercury and tin mirrors were replaced by more modern, industrially produced ones. A simple forgotten superstition? An old domestic fear? Or a trace of ancient knowledge that was no longer passed down? In this investigation, we delve into a strange case, a world of archives, ancient houses, deep mirrors, nocturnal traditions, and shadowy areas that official narratives rarely fully explain. Subscribe to The Sunken Archive to explore forgotten fragments of history, impossible architectures, ancient maps, vanished civilizations, and mysteries that time has never completely buried.