Rings, gestures and amulets: evil eyes and ancient ways to resist their power

For more than 5000 years, people have been worried that the expression of jealousy or disgust will bring harm, bad luck and even death to the recipient.

People will wear some jewels or other amulets to protect themselves from these events.

An example is the discovery of a striking ring in Croatia, which dates back to the 3rd century.

It depicts a rabbit or mouse eating a flower (considered as a symbol of happiness) and an eye above the scene-a symbol used to protect the wearer from misfortune.

This is one of about 200 cultural relics found in the town of Angkovic before the Croatian-Roman occupation.

Matching ceramics can be traced back to1-6th century. This ring is to prevent evil eyes from being found in Vinkovitz.

(pneymatiko), one of the oldest documents, mentioned that the evil eye is a clay tablet, which is used to pray without its influence.

It was created by Sumerians around 3000 BC.

Similar prayers are still used in many cultures around the world, however, the concept of "evil eyes" may predate written language.

Many researchers believe that the pictures found on the walls of caves in Spain 65,438+00,000 years ago also depict some symbols to protect people from evil eyes. Ruby eye pendant comes from an ancient civilization in Mesopotamia.

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0) I believe that the evil eye is a worldwide phenomenon, but it is particularly strong in the Middle East, Central America, East Africa and West Africa, South Asia, Central Asia and Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region, and it also spreads to Celtic areas in Northern Europe and America (through European colonists) and Middle Eastern immigrants).

The tradition and concept of the evil eye have different manifestations in every culture.

There are "evil eyes" in both the Old Testament and the doctrine of * *.

For example, * * * Sassi Hull, Volume 26, No.5427 put forward * * * "The influence of the evil eye is a fact ...", john philip's Elmar de Ocho (1859).

(public sphere) Pay attention to the gestures of the Spanish gypsy, who thinks she has been endowed with evil eyes.

Countless amulets were created to resist the curse of the evil eye.

In many cultures, they are disks or balls with blue and white concentric circles, with a blue or green eye on their hands, or other objects representing the eyes, which are the talisman of the Nazis against evil eyes.

In different cultures and times, people have taken other protective measures to deal with evil eyes: blackening their faces, especially near their eyes (for some Asian children), eating alone or only with their immediate family members (some Asians and Africans think their souls are particularly helpless when they open their mouths).

Some cultures believe that it is also important to eat certain foods, use certain gestures, wear sacred words or show certain ritual pictures or objects to avoid evil eyes.

In Roman times, wearing a huge * * * image around the neck was also thought to prevent this curse-I believe it will attract the attention of the "eyes", not the wearer! Attack evil eyes: the eyes are pierced by tridents and swords, pecked by crows, barked by dogs, attacked by centipedes, scorpions, cats and snakes.

A long-horned dwarf and a huge cross hung on two branches.

The Greek annotation "Su Kai" means "with you (also)".

Antioch fragrant mosaic, home of the evil eye.

In the public sphere, although medicine shows that evil eyes don't kill people, hundreds of years of deaths are attributed to its curse.

In medieval Europe, so-called witches were often recognized and killed because they stared at those who died later.

The British court even feared the power of the evil eye and forced the accused witch to enter the court backwards, above: the evil eye.

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