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Evil eye facts for kids

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The evil eye is a look that is believed by many cultures to be able to cause harm, injury, misfortune or bad luck for the person it is directed at. This could be for reasons of envy, jealousy or dislike. In some forms, it is the belief that a person can bestow a curse on someone when giving an evil look out of envy or jealousy.

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  • Blue eyes

    Nazars, charms used to ward off the evil eye.

  • HorusEye

    Eye of Horus

  • Eye-cup Staatliche Antikensammlungen 589

    Kylix eye cup (530-520 BC), inscribed with Chalcidian text. It features an eye motif, to ward off the evil eye.

  • Votive tree cappadocia

    Tree with nazars in Cappadocia, Turkey.

  • John Phillip - The Evil Eye (1859)

    John Phillip, The Evil Eye (1859), a self-portrait depicting the artist sketching a Spanish gypsy who thinks she is being given the evil eye.

  • Hotamis Kilim

    Detail of a 19th-century Anatolian kilim, with rows of crosses (Turkish: Haç) and scattered S-shaped hooks (Turkish: Çengel), both to ward off the evil eye

  • HamsaS

    Clay hamsa with an inscription in Hebrew (translates to "success")

  • Ruby Eye Pendant

    A Ruby Eye Pendant from an ancient civilization in Mesopotamia was possibly used as an amulet to protect against the evil eyes. Adilnor Collection.

  • Nazars

    Traditionally shaped nazar ornaments

  • Fig. 81 - The Evil Eye - Elworthy

    Various evil eye amulets from Italy such as the cornicello, cimaruta, and lunula (1895).

  • Onda-ogat

    Two handsigns (fig sign and horned sign) used in Italy against the evil eye (1914).

  • Azabache Bracelet

    Azabache bracelet charm with a fist and protruding index finger knuckle

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Mal de ojo para niños

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