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2. Evil eye - Wikipedia

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   In modern Greece, the evil eye is known as kako mati (Greek: κακό μάτι) or simply as mati (μάτι), "eye". It is cast away through the process of xematiasma (ξεμάτιασμα), whereby the healer silently recites a secret prayer passed over from an older relative of the opposite sex, usually a grandparent. Such prayers are ...

3. 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.

4. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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   Eyes were often painted to ward off the evil eye. An exaggerated apotropaic eye or a pair of eyes were painted on Greek drinking vessels called kylikes from the 6th century BCE up until the end of the end of the classical period. The exaggerated eyes may have been intended to prevent evil spirits from entering the mouth while drinking.

5. 'Evil eye' jewelry that was used to protect a young girl ...

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   Jewelry designed to ward off the “evil eye” and protect a young girl in her passage to the afterlife more than 1,800 years ago has been unveiled in Jerusalem some 50 years after the items were ...

6. The Evil Eye Charm Our Editor in Chief Wears—And Gifts, Too

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   Growing up evil eye charms consisted mainly of blue glass beads sold at the Monastiraki Flea Market in Athens. They did not, pardon the pun, catch my eye. The jeweler Ileana Makri changed that ...

7. 17 Best 'Evil Eye' Nails to Show Your Manicurist (and What ...

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   Greeks, Romans and Ottomans were among the first to incorporate the evil eye into jewelry and beads. And wearing evil eye jewelry, again, is believed to protect against any negative energy thrown ...