The evil eye is a widely distributed element of folklore or superstition: a belief that some people, often women seen as witches, can bestow a curse on victims by the malevolent gaze of their magical eye. The effects on victims vary; some have them afflicted with bad luck of various sorts. Others believe the evil eye has even more baleful powers, that it can cause disease, wasting away, and even death.
Some cultures hold that the evil eye is an involuntary jinx that is cast unintentionally by people unlucky to be cursed with th ...
The power of an "Evil Eye" is so bad that it could inflict injury or bad luck by the look/glance of certain persons. Hence the tamil proverb, "Getting hurt by a stone is far better that getting hurt by an Evil Eye".
One could have observed that the stretch of important streets are strewn with pieces of white pumpkin which is broken open on the streets to wipe away the evil eye on occasions such as house warming function day, during the construction of a new house, on the day of opening a new account on the "Saraswathi Puja" day.
"A Brahmachari should avoid looking at a woman with lustful eyes. He should not have a desire to touch her or go near her with evil intention. He should not play, cut jokes or talk with her. He should not praise a woman's qualities within himself or to his friends."
Usog, is a Filipino superstition where an affliction or psychological disorder is attributed to an evil eye hex. It usually affects an unsuspecting child, usually infants and toddlers, who has been greeted by a stranger.
Once affected, the child begins to develop fever, and sometimes convulsions. Supposedly, the child can be cured by placing its clothing in hot water and boiling it. It is said that the condition is caused by the stranger having a masamang mata, or evil eye, in Tagalog, lurking around. Superstitious folk ...
The Eye of Horus (originally, The Eye of Ra) is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and power, from the deity Horus or Ra.
See also.
Eye of Providence: a symbol showing an eye surrounded by rays of light or a glory, and usually enclosed by a triangle
Evil eye - widely distributed element of folklore
Pyramids of Mars - an episode of Doctor Who in which the Eye of Horus is a device that imprisons Sutekh the Destroyer, last of the Osirans.
This article is about good and bad fortune. There is also: Luck, Volhynia, a town in Ukraine, and Luck, Wisconsin, a village in the USA.
Luck may be analysed from three viewpoints: rational, social, and supernatural.
Luck - Rational viewpoint.
As related to the occurrences of actual events considered to be of low probability in a mathematical or statistical sense. A rationalist approach would lead to the conclusion that such matters as whether or not someone bore a victim ill will would have n ...
Adroa is a god of the Lugbara people of central Africa. Adroa has two aspects: one good and one evil. He is the creator of Heaven and Earth, and he appears to those about to die. Adroa is depicted as a tall, white man with only half a body – one eye, one arm, one leg, one ear.
See also: Lugbara mythology
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Omnibus is a Latin word meaning "for all (people)" and has several meanings in standard English:
A vehicle for transporting large numbers of people. See bus.
A book, video, or movie collecting two or more previous works by the same author, director, theme, or other unifying criterion. Examples include thew Dario Argento/George Romero film Two Evil Eyes, the multi-episode Twilight Zone movie, or the EC Comics film Creepshow. See omnibus (media).
For a soap opera or similar broadcast i
The Vulgar is an enemy in the expansion pack for the 2004 computer game, Doom 3, titled Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil. It is one of the six new enemies, along with the Bruiser, Forgotten One and the Hellhunters.
The Vulgar resembles an Imp although there are some bodily differences. The Vuglar have only two eyes that have an orange glow. They are slightly shorter and have a monkey-like frame instead of human. Due to this, they move on all fours but will sometimes stand up on their hind legs when angered. Unlike the Imp, they sup ...
The Wraith is an enemy in the computer game, Doom 3. Like the Maggot, it is new to the Doom series and also appears in the expansion pack, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil.
The Wraith resembles the Imp and is sometimes even mistaken for one. How to tell the difference between them is that the Wraith has a hunched back, two eyes and both arms are very long with each ending in a praying mantis-like forelimb. They are also tan in skin-ton ...
A goblin is an evil or merely mischievous creature of folklore, often described as a grotesquely disfigured or elf-like phantom.
Goblin - Description.
Goblins are grotesque faeries of about dwarf height. Various (sometimes conflicting) abilities and attributes have been given to them:
They can appear as animals.
They are sometimes said to be mostly invisible to human eye.
They are said to count the dead among their companions.
They can weave nightmares out of gossamer ...
The belief in several traditional cultures that certain persons or spirits could cause harm to others simply by looking intently at them. It is often related to envy.
