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2. Nazar battu - Wikipedia

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   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

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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. Red string (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia

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   Red string from near the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Wearing a thin scarlet or a crimson string (Hebrew: חוט השני, khutt hashani) as a type of talisman is a Jewish folk custom which is practiced as a way to ward off misfortune which is brought about by the "evil eye" (Hebrew: עין הרע).

5. Evil eye - Wikipedia

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   Such motifs include a cross (Turkish: Haç) to divide the evil eye into four, a hook (Turkish: Çengel) to destroy the evil eye, or a human eye (Turkish: Göz) to avert the evil gaze. The shape of a lucky amulet (Turkish: Muska; often, a triangular package containing a sacred verse) is often woven into kilims for the same reason.

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. 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 ...