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  2. Evil eye - Wikipedia

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    Tree with nazars in Cappadocia, Turkey John Phillip, The Evil Eye (1859), a self-portrait depicting the artist sketching a Spanish Romani woman who thinks she is being given the evil eye. Belief in the evil eye is strongest in West Asia, Latin America, East and West Africa, Central America, South Asia, Central Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe ...

  3. Buda (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Belief in the evil eye, or buda, is still widespread in Ethiopia. [4] The Beta Israel, or Ethiopian Jews, are often characterized by others as possessing buda. [2]: 20–21 Other castes such as ironworkers are often labeled as bearing the buda. [1] In fact, the Amharic word for manual worker, tabib, is also used to denote "one with the evil eye."

  4. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    The eye of the god Horus, a symbol of protection, now associated with the occult and Kemetism, as well as the Goth subculture. Eye of Providence (All-Seeing Eye, Eye of God) Catholic iconography, Masonic symbolism. The eye of God within a triangle, representing the Holy Trinity, and surrounded by holy light, representing His omniscience. Heptagram

  5. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    To avoid envy, Romans sought to incite laughter in their guests by using humorous images. Images such as large phalluses (see fascinus), deformities such as hunchbacks, or Pygmies and other non-Roman subjects were common. Romans saw deformity as comical and believed that such images could be used to deflect the evil eye. [32]

  6. Nazar (amulet) - Wikipedia

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    A Turkish nazar boncuğu Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop.. A naẓar (from Arabic ‏ نَظَر ‎ , meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts), or an eye bead is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye.

  7. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  8. 17 Best 'Evil Eye' Nails to Show Your Manicurist (and What ...

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    These evil eye nails from a Reddit post in the subreddit r/NailArt have a lot going on but in a simple way. They’re lovely to look at and have a fun design on each nail. And shoutout to that ...

  9. Superstition in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    In many cases, these skills have been originally acquired from an elemental source of evil via the paternal lineage, rather like a Faustian pact." [3] [4]: 20–21 It is also believed that these powers allow one to shapeshift into animals such as hyenas. These beliefs are also present in Sudan, Tanzania, and among the Berber people in Morocco. [5]