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What is the evil eye? What do evil eye jewelry and amulets mean?

The evil eye - first recorded by the Mesopotamian about 5,000 years ago in cuneiform on clay tablets, the evil eye may actually have originated as early as the Upper Paleolithic age. We find this figure in Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures as well as Buddhist and Hindu societies. The evil eye mal de ojoNazar Mauvais Oeil or greek matiasma is a curse believed to be cast by a malevolent glare, which is usually directed towards a person who is unaware. Many cultures believe that receiving the evil eye will cause one misfortune, bad luck or injury. Mal de ojo jewelry and talismans created to protect against the evil eye are also frequently called "evil eyes"

How to get rid of the evil eye?
Real story behind the evil eye beads or lucky eye beads. Why the blue evil eye bead is more than just a good luck charm. How to get rid of somebody's bad eye?
Big Evil Eye Bead for Home or Office Protection.At almost every stages of human history, man has looked for the assistance of magic objects called talismans to defy evil forces. So what does the evil eye mean?

Meaning of the Evil Eye Myth - What is the evil eye bracelet meaning or why people wear evil eye necklace and lucky eye bracelet?
The evil eye is known in most languages : In english as evil eye, evil look - in French Mauvais Oeil - in German böse Blick - in Arabic ayin hasad (eye of envy) - in Armenian pasternak - Yiddish aynore or ahore from Hebrew ayin hara - Hungarian szemmel verés (beating with eyes) - Polish oko proroka ( the eye of the prophet ) - Swedish onda ögat - Sicilian jettatura (casting) . Brazilian Portuguese has olho gordo (fat eye) or quebranto (breaker) - in Spanish mal de ojo (the eye's curse or ojo turco - ojito turco)- in Irish droch-shuil - in Greek matiasma or mati someone refers to the act of cursing someone with the evil eye.

Meaning of the Curse & Protection Against It

How to protect yourself from the evil eye with an evil eye bracelet or amulet?

It's believed that there are three types of evil eyes
The first are unconscious evil eyes. These harm people and things, without intending to. The second type intends to harm. The third one is unseen, hidden evil which is the most scared one.
It was believed that, this eye saw all the wickedness in the world and removed poverty and ignorance. When Horus opened its eyes the world was enlightened, when he closed, it became dark. From Egypt, the eye talisman had spread to the Mediterranean, Middle East and Europe. When any one looks at what is excellent with an envious eye he fills the surrounding atmosphere with a pernicious quality, and transmits his own envenomed exhalations into whatever is nearest to him.
The bead reflects the evil intent back to the onlooker. It somewhat resembles an eye and it is said the typical blue color is a factor in protecting the user. The glass beads of the Aegean islands and Asia Minor were directly dependent upon improvements in glass production. As for the colour blue, it definitely first comes from Egyptian glazed mud, which contains a high percentage of oxides; the copper and cobalt give the blue colour when baked.

Hamsa amulet

A blue eye can also be found on some forms of the hamsa hand jewelry, an apotropaic hand-shaped amulet against the evil eye found in the Middle East. The word hamsa, also spelled khamsa and hamesh, means five referring to the fingers of the hand. In Jewish culture, the hamsa is called the Hand of Miriam; in Muslim culture, the Hand of Fatima. The Fatima amulet is called a Khamsa in Muslim world, from the Arabic word for five, and is seen as protection against the evil eye.
The blue evil eye beads underwent a widespread circulation in the region, being used by the Phoenicians, Assyrians, Greeks, Romans and, perhaps most famously, the Ottomans. Though their usage was most concentrated in the Mediterranean and the Levant, through means of trade and the expansion of empires the blue eye beads began to find their way to all different corners of the globe.

The Nazar Boncuk charm (or Evil Eye Bead) is an "eye", often set on a blue background. It stares back at the world to ward off evil eye and keep you safe from harm. Since then the people have been attaching this evil eye bead to everything they wished to protect from the evil eyes. From the new-born babies to their horses or even to the doors of their homes.What do the colors mean? In Turkey or in Greece and surrounding countries, the most popular evil eye charm color is blue. Turkey is in a dry part of the world, where water is precious -- with water things prosper and grow, and without it, things shrivel and die. The color blue reminds people of fresh, cool water. In the Jewish faith, the color red is often associated with luck and good fortune, so red is also a popular color