enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Nazar battu - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazar_Battu

   A Nazar battu (Hindustani: नज़र बट्टू or نظر بٹو) is an icon, charm bracelet, tattoo or other object or pattern used in North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (or nazar). [1] In Persian and Afghan folklore, it is called a cheshm nazar (Persian: چشم نظر) or nazar qurbāni (Persian: نظرقربانی). [2]

3. Nazar (amulet) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazar_(amulet)

   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.

4. Evil eye - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye

   In the northern states of India, such as the Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh, the evil eye is called nazar (meaning gaze or vision) or more commonly Buri Nazar. A charm bracelet, tattoo or other object (Nazar battu), or a slogan (Chashme Baddoor (slogan)), may be used to ward off the evil eye. Some ...

5. Chashme Baddoor (slogan) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chashme_Baddoor_(slogan)

   Chashm-e-Baddoor (Persian, Urdu: چشمِ بد دور, Hindi: चश्म-ए-बददूर) is a slogan extensively used in Iran, North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (which is called nazar in the region). It is a Persian language derivation which literally means "far be the evil eye". [1]

6. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotropaic_magic

   Apotropaic magic (from Greek αποτρέπω, apotrépō 'to ward off') or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye.

7. Tawiz (amulet) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawiz_(amulet)

   A tawiz (Urdu: تعویز, Hindi: तावीज़), [1] muska , ta'wiz, or taʿwīdh (Arabic: تعويذ) is an amulet or locket worn for protection common in South Asia. [2] Tawiz is sometimes worn by Muslims with the belief of getting protection or blessings by virtue of what is in it. It is intended to be an amulet.

8. Amulet - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amulet

   A nazar, an amulet to ward off the evil eye. 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".

9. Fascinus - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascinus

   The protective function of the phallus is usually related to the virile and regenerative powers of an erect phallus, though in most cases the emotion, shame, or laughter created by obscenity is the power that diverts the evil eye. [13] There are very few Roman images of people wearing a phallic charm. [13]