The evil eye. An account of this ancient and wide spread superstition

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Aberdeen, Walpole's RIemoirs, 371 Aberglauben, 33 ; see Jahn Abou Simbel, 67 Abracadabra, 399 Abraham's sacrifice, 26S Abraxas, 128, 304, 305, 354, 355, 3S7> 367 Abraxas sen Afistopistiis, 230 Abstract of Dehio's book, 35 Abundantia, 355 Abury, Druidical remains at, 315 Abyssinian charm, 390 Accumulating protectors, 129 Achik, Antiq. dii Bosphore, 136 Acorn, the, 374 Actors adopted a mask, 158 Adam-Zad {Ursiis labiatiis), 94 Adaptation of pagan rites, 68 Addison's hymn, 441 Adonis, 354 Ady, Candle in the Dark, 399, 436 /Egis of Minerva, 166, 320 yEgri, 7nali and ALgyptiaci, 408 /Elian and Athenteus, 42, 313 yEneas, 443 Aeromancy, 444 ^schylus, 173 /Esculapius, 319; temple of, 313 Agamemnon, shield of, 315 Agate, horns of, 202 Agathocles, badge of, 291 Agathodemon, 315, 317, 384 Agora at Athens, 321 Air infected by the eye, 33 Alba Longa and the thirty pigs, 339 Albertus Magnus, 446 Alectromancy, 445 Alexandria, ship of, 302 Alexandrinus, 420 Alhambra, gate of the, 246 INDEX Allen, J. Romilly, Chr. Symb., 290, 295, 298 ; Monumental History, 317 Almighty hand, 295 ; Jove, 318 Alone with the Hairy Ainu, 85 Alonso el Sabio, 214 Alviella, Goblet d', Migration des Symboles, 116, 187, 289, 292 Amalthea, 355 Amazons' shields, 167 Ambos, 374 Ambrose, St., 212 Amharic language, 390 Ammianus, 168 Ammoniacus, Qu. Serenus, 399 Amphora, the, 374 Amyklai, 371 Anc. and Mod. Manners of Irish, 10 Ancient jewellery, 202 Andre, J. L. , Reliquary, 401 Andreas Thuetas, 15 Andrieu, Chiromanzia, 235 Androgynous animal, tortoise an, 325 Andromeda, Perseus and, 331 Anger, influence of, 12 Anglo-Saxon coins, 161 ; horned helmet, 201 Angus, G., 422 Animals as supporters, 169 ; domestic, 9 ; sacred, in Britain, 90 Ankh, symbol of life, 151, 219, 279 Amulet for every day in the week, 131 Amulets defined, 120; on English horses, 200 Anthony, St., of Padua, 337 ; the desert, 338 Anthony's Cross, St., 279 A 7ithropological Report, 92 Antidotes, wise to employ, 13 St., of
452 1 Antipathy of lion and cock, 20 ; of trees and of animals, loS Antiquity of gesture, 238 ; of the hand as a symbol, 243 Anvil, the, 382 Aphophis, 312 Aphrodisiacs, 310, 324 Apollo, 376 ; as a grillo, 353 ApoUodorus, 182 Apollonides, 1 Apuleius, 186, 301 Arab horses, 9 Archccologia, 1 61, 204, 322 Archaologia Gneca, see Potter Archceologie Egyptienne, see Maspero Archangel Michael, 324 Ardanari Iswara, 283 Argos, mysteries of, 182 Arian Baptistery, Ravenna, 304 Aristophanes, Pliitus, 446 Aristotle, Hist. Animal., 39 Armorial bearings, 172 Arms of Ulster, 247 Arnese di tessere, 379 Aroeris, the Elder Horus, 193 Art of Greece, 7 ; magic, 441 Artemis, lo, Hera, 182, 376 ; Ephe- sian, 359 Artificial horns, 260 Ashantee amulets of iron, 215 ; serpent amulet, 316 Ashen faggot burning, 106 Ash-tree sacred among Scandinavians, 106 Asiatic Society of Bengal, Journal of, THE EVIL EYE 73 ; Researches, Jorirnal of, 1 91, 192, 226 Asp of Egyptian royalty, 318 Asses' ears, 415 Assimilation of ideas, 423 Assuming animal shapes, 88 Astrology, 423 Athenaum, 207, 256, 289 Athens, infants in, 166 Atkinson, Forty Years i)t a Moorland Parish, 256 Atmeidan at Constantinople, 314 Attis, 354 Attitude of contempt, 139; of the Western Church, 269 Attractiveness of obscenity, 148 Augustine, 409 ; De Civitate Dei, 16, 30 Aurora, 164, 352 Australian aborigines, 72, 425, 438 Australians do not pronounce the name of the dead, 78 Aversion to iron, 220, 223 Awe of Hindoos for the tiger, 94 Axinomancy, 445 Babylonian Ishtar, 193 Bacon quoted i, 11 Baccharis, 21 Bacchus, 326, 389 ; and Ceres, 185 ; Cantharus sacred to, 301 ; pig sacrificed to, 333 Badger, T., Remarkable Cures of King's Evil by Royal Totick, 38 Bad luck, dread of, 13 "Baffle the evil eye, O Serapis ! 303 Baias in Campania, 443 Bakongo belief as to the spirit, 54 Balaam and Balak, 407 Balance, the, 323 Bale, Interlude, 413 Ball and cross an amulet, 288 " Balor of the Evil Eye," 9 Baptism a pre-Christian rite, 68 Baptismal customs, 422 Baring-Gould, Myths of the Middle Ages, 278, 283, 407 Baris, the sacred, 369 Barone lamp, 379, 380 Bartolomeo, S., at Rome, 313 Basilicas, 68 Basilisk, 147 'Ea.ffKavia, Chaldean, 7 Bast, worship of, 139 Bastian, Die Loango- Kiiste, 427 ; Die Vblker des ostliche7i Asien, 223 ; on the shadow, ; 78 on totems, 92 Batak houses, 213 Battas of Sumatra, 426 Bayeux tapestry, 178 Bears carry off women, 94 Beautiful Medusas, 147, 163 Beckett, W., Antiquity and Efficacy of touchingfor King's Evil, 38 Bee, the, a symbol of Diana, 326 ; sacred to Ceres and Diana, 370 Bees and their owners, 95 Beggar a Tonquin totem, 92 Belgian helmet horned, 201 Bellori, Gian Piet., 300, 361 Bellows on the table, 95 "
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Touch, Hands, Gestures . The Cross
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CHAPTER II SYMPATHETIC MAGIC In fur
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IV AMULETS 121 commonly used as syn
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IV TERAPHIM 123 We are told ^^^ tha
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IV THE SCARABÛS 125 p. 259, are re
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IV THE MYSTIC EYE 127 It was natura
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IV ACCUMULATION OF PROTECTORS 129 b
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IV AMULET FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK
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IV NO STAGS IN AFRICA 133 Hence eve
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C ojiitinijeniona. Secundfkulagemna
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I ^ VI ORIGIN OF TURKISH CRESCENT 1
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VI THE HORNS OF MOSES 185 face, the
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VI ISIS, ARTEMIS, DIANA 187 the god
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VI MADONNA AND CHILD 189 act of nur
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VI THE GODS ALL BLACK 191 In the st
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VI ' THE UNIVERSAL MOTHER 193 In wh
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VI DIANA'S SUCCESSOR 195 Mephitis w
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VI HORNED MEDUSAS 197 high above th
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VI HORN OF DIGNITY 199 of the phyla
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CHAP. VI HORNED HELMETS 201 elsewhe
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VI CRESCENTS 203 There is abundant
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Fig. 82.—From the Author's Collec
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VI THE FLAMING SWORD 207 Neapolitan
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VI HORSE AMULETS 209 corner of Fig.
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"^^ , the 1 horned I 31-37. VI NOND
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VI AMULETS ON LAMPS 213 of course a
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VI HORSESHOES 217 infidels, and her
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VI AVERSION TO IRON 22 Up thy tool
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VI CUTTING THE HAIR 225 body, lest
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VI THE CELESTIAL MOTHER 227 logics
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VI GURGOYLES 229 tions of them were
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VI STONE DEMONS 231 and, a fortiori
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CHAPTER VII TOUCH, HANDS, GESTURES
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VII CHIRONOMY 235 remain permanent,
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VII MANUAL NUMERATION The Abate say
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VII MANUAL NUMERATION 239 number up
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VII THE HAND AS AN AMULET 241 The s
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VII HAND THE SYMBOL OF POWER 243 Se
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VII HAND GESTURES ON STATUETTES 245
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VII THE MANO FICA 255 In the Ashmol
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VII VARIOUS KINDS OF HORNS 259 sell
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VII THE MANO CORNUTA 261 As a poten
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VII GREEKS USED HORN-AMULETS 263 of
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VII THE DEXTERA DEI 265 Again, the
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VII MANUAL GESTURES 267 the hands,
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VII ^^pA-^LylstlA^ SACERDOTAL GESTU
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CHAPTER VIII THE CROSS Among modern
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VIII THE SYMBOL OF LIFE 279 cross i
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VIII "TO ZET THE KIEVE" 287 devout
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VIII THE SVASTIKA 289 men called Kh
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VIII THE TRISKELION 291 all over Eu
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IX THE DEXTERA DEI 295 There are ve
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IX LA MAIN DE JUSTICE 297 ing in de
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IX THE MANO PANTEA 299 aveOrjKev l^
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IX THE WOMAN AND CHILD 305 watching
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IX THE FROG 309 amulet against the
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IX SERPENT WORSHIP 311 One of the t
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IX ^SCULAPIUS 313 the origin of the
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IX AGATHODEMON 315 In Greek and Rom
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IX SERPENT WORSHIP IN BRITAIN 317 b
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IX THE THREE CAKES 319 comparison o
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IX THE CROCODILE 321 Mark, was erec
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IX THE BALANCE 323 hands, are passe
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IX THE TORTOISE—THE PINE-CONE 325
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IX ANIMALS ON THE MANO PANTEA 327 t
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— IX CLAVUM FIGERE 329 ancients,
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IX THE GOBBO 331 consider it as an
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IX BOAR THE EMBLEM OF EVIL 333 than
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IX DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE 335 myste
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IX ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA 337 the mod
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- IX THE CAMEL 341 Minerva, and app
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CHAPTER X THE CIMARUTA, SIRENE, TAB
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THE SPRIG OF RUE 345 and that the "
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^ I that X THE HERB OF GRACE 347 Ge
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X DIANA TRIFORMIS 549 Considering h
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X THE SILVER MOON 351 We turn our s
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I j ing ; affections THE KEY OF PRU
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\ To { j separate X COMBINATION OF
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X SIRENE AND CAVALLI MARINI 357 all
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ISIS A WINGED GODDESS 359 medal bel
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PROSERPINE 361 goddess represented
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EPHESIAN DIANA 363 of all those sho
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X OBJECTS UPON THE STATUES 365 on h
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TYPES PRESERVED 367 Proserpine on F
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THE SACRED BARIS 369 thought to hav
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TERRA-COTTA TABLETS 371 Museum by t
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TERRA-COTTA TABLETS 373 Oxford one
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X OBJECTS UPON THE TABLETS 375 in t
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X THE BARONE LAMP 377 (Fig. 181), a
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X THE TORCH OF VESTA 379 the whole
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X THE TONGS OF VULCAN 381 of our pl
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MOULDS OF POZZUOLI AND TARANTO 38:
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X SEVERAL OPINIONS 385 Heydemann, w
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X TABLETS ARE LAMP-MOULDS 387 It is
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CHAPTER XI CABALISTIC WRITING MAGIC
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LEATHER CASE, Showing marki of much
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LEATHER CASE, Showing marks of much
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Page 478 and 479: Odd numbers, 406 Odour, breath, voi
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Page 484 and 485: Virgil, 5, 7, lo, 39, 185, 443 ; ^t
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