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2. Cornicello - Wikipedia

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   A silver cornicello charm. A cornicello (Italian pronunciation: [korniˈtʃɛllo]), cornetto (Italian for 'little horn' / 'hornlet'; ), corno (Italian for 'horn"'), or corno portafortuna (Italian for 'horn that brings luck') is an Italian amulet or talisman worn to protect against the evil eye (or malocchio [maˈlɔkkjo] in Italian) and bad luck in general, and, historically, to promote ...

3. Evil eye - Wikipedia

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   Various evil eye amulets from Italy such as the cornicello, cimaruta, and lunula (1895) The cornicello ("little horn"), also called the cornetto ("little horn", plural cornetti), is a long, gently twisted horn-shaped amulet. Cornicelli are usually carved out of red coral or made from gold or silver.

4. Cimaruta - Wikipedia

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   Cimaruta. The cimaruta (" chee-mah-roo-tah "; plural cimarute) is an Italian folk amulet or talisman, traditionally worn around the neck or hung above an infant's bed to ward off the evil eye (Italian: mal'occhio). Commonly made of silver, the amulet itself consists of several small apotropaic charms (some of which draw upon Christian symbolism ...

5. Amulet - Wikipedia

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   Amulet. An amulet, also known as a good luck charm or phylactery, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The word "amulet" comes from the Latin word amuletum, which Pliny's Natural History describes as "an object that protects a person from trouble". Anything can function as an amulet; items commonly so used include ...

6. Bulla (amulet) - Wikipedia

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   The Irish bullae date to the Late Bronze Age, about 1150–750 BCE. They were presumably worn suspended round the neck with a cord running through the hole below the flat top. The body of the bulla has roughly vertical sides before making a semi-circle or inverted pointed arch at the bottom. The gold is incised with geometrical decoration.

7. Mythology of Italy - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Romans used representations of phallus, such as the fascinus, to protect against the evil eye, while in modern-day Southern Italy a variety of amulets and gestures are used for protection, including the cornicello, the cimaruta, and the sign of the horns. The cornicello, "little horn", also called in Italian the cornetto ("little horn ...

8. After undefeated start, UNLV quarterback announces sudden ...

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   The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ starting quarterback will sit out the remainder of the season over an off-field dispute, he announced Wednesday. Matthew Sluka, a senior at UNLV, said he ...

9. Nazar (amulet) - Wikipedia

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   Nazar (amulet) Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop. An eye bead or naẓar (from Arabic ‏ نَظَر ‎ [ˈnaðˤar], meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts) is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye. The term is also used in Azerbaijani ...