Americas

The Norte Chico civilization was located in present-day Peru, and it is considered to be one of the earliest known civilizations in the Americas.

This is not as strange as it seems, however, the four-leaf clover is considered lucky throughout Europe and North America, the Amanita muscaria or "gluckpilz" ("lucky mushroom" in German) is deemed fortuitous in Central and Eastern Europe, where there are remnants of respect for its ancient use as a shamanic hallucinogen.