The misconceptions include black magic, witchcraft, evil eye and being possessed by a spirit. |
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The evil eye in Bedouin folk belief is tied to the fear of envy and jealousy in the eye of the beholder. |
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He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. |
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These names are considered to have apotropaic power to protect the new-born from the evil eye. |
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Many Tamils also worship village deities, and believe in such popular superstitions as spirits and the evil eye. |
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It is believed that the evil eye can be counteracted by many different protective and curative measures. |
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About half of Bulgarians believe in telepathy, the evil eye and black magic, and that dreams can be prophetic. |
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The coin serves as a wish for wealth, and the blue wool or beads are additional protection from the evil eye. |
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This paper examines Bedouin attitudes and practices relating to the evil eye as a cause of misfortune. |
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About half of the population believe in telepathy, the evil eye and black magic, and that dreams can be prophetic. |
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I guessed he must be getting his fair share of the evil eye too, if the bewildered expression he threw her was anything to go by. |
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The shopkeeper had placed a small lump of coal in the centre of each to avert the evil eye. |
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In ancient Rome the performance of Fescennine songs at a wedding was said to avert the evil eye. |
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Other causes may be the evil eye, witchcraft, possession by an evil spirit, or a curse by a sorcerer or an offended neighbour. |
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The superstitious belief in the evil eye is ancient and widespread, though certainly not universal. |
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Mirrors were used as ornamentation, but were believed to also blind and confuse devilish spirits, to protect their children from the evil eye. |
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With its impure spirits, the evil eye is thought to afflict human beings, animals, agriculture and property. |
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The evil eye, which results when someone gazes upon the baby in a desirous way, is thought to cause harm and illness. |
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The belief is especially prevalent today in the Mediterranean and Aegean, where apotropaic amulets and talismans are commonly sold as protection against the evil eye. |
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Luckily I recovered with a scoff, the evil eye, and a quick getaway. |
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He could tell she didn't believe him, and began to give him the evil eye. |
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I met one who said he was a white magic man, that he undid the evil eye and black magic spells, got rid of mischief from co-wives and restored potency to men. |
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Nor does he believe in the evil eye, bad omen, and that kind of stuff. |
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Male children are believed to be particularly vulnerable to the evil eye. |
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To ward off the evil eye, Indian babies will sometimes be given a temporary mark on their forehead and wear black bracelets. |
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Or they'll go into lots of pseudo-anthropology about fertility of warding off the evil eye. |
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In Chinese mythology, garlic has been considered capable of warding off the evil eye, the symbol of misfortune and ill fate. |
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The magic symbols that they bear are intended to protect the women against the evil eye. |
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A black bindi is often worn before marriage to ward off the evil eye. |
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Stoles of this type were hung around mirror frames during festivals to ward off the evil eye. |
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Curses, spells and the evil eye are realities here, realities that cause an underlying fear. |
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In fact, we think someone put the evil eye on her because she has been getting sudden terrible headaches and also dizziness. |
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I've made her all the herbal teas, but I think somebody put the evil eye on her. |
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They thought she had the evil eye, they thought she was hexing their cows. |
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The Bedouin traditionally hang amulets on the body of adults to prevent the evil eye, devils, impure spirits and other illnesses from attacking the bearer of the amulet. |
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We knock wood, we do that tfoo-tfoo-tfoo spitting thing to ward off the evil eye. |
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I was motoring along, a little intimidated by the evil eye I was getting from taxi drivers, when the bus in front of me stopped to pick up passengers. |
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The hockey star seemed a little overprotective of his blonde bombshell, going so far as to give an autograph seeker the evil eye and a few choice words. |
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The evil eye was considered as dangerous as evil spirits. |
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The general's soldiers marched last, singing whatever they liked, which included ribaldry and scandal against their commander, probably as a way to avert the evil eye from him. |
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I wake up and spit three times against the evil eye. Ptui, ptui, ptui. A dream. And fall asleep. |
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For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. |
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These certainties took a real knock, especially when the other Spanish captains were giving the evil eye to this tough, brutish, not very talkative adventurer, full of certainty... and Portuguese! |
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Turkish has many figures of speech about the evil eye. |
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Is that the London Eye, or perhaps the evil eye? |
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These twelve kinds of sins are adultery, fornication, murder, theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. |
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Used in rheumatism and colds, also to avert evil eye Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. |
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