So, some sailors had superstitious beliefs about the birds.

因此，一些水手对这种鸟有迷信观念。

I was interviewed on television recently and, in answering the questions, I found myself expressing my contempt for the various superstitious beliefs that plague humanity.

最近接受电视采访回答问题时，我表达了自己对困扰人们的各种迷信观念的蔑视。

It actually comes from, I think, very ancient, what we would call superstitious belief that there were spirits – there were these define elements that lived in the tree.

它实际上来自，我认为，非常古老，我们称之为迷信的信仰，认为有精神 - 有这些定义元素生活在树上。