How To Use Evil eye In A Sentence

  • The belief in the horn as a powerful amulet, especially prevalent in Italy, where is it the custom of the common people to make the sign of the mano cornuto to avoid the consequence of the dreaded jettatore or evil eye, can be traced to the fact that the horn was the symbol of the Goddess of the Moon. Bygone Beliefs
  • The evil eye in Bedouin folk belief is tied to the fear of envy and jealousy in the eye of the beholder.
  • Folk medicine practitioners such as curanderos, spiritualists, and santeros are sometimes consulted when physical symptoms suggest a folk illness such as mal ojo (evil eye) or susto.
  • Nor does he believe in the evil eye, bad omen, and that kind of stuff.
  • The curses of the camel-drivers beating the animals; the cries of the hawkers who sold amulets against leprosy and the evil eye; the psalmody of the monks reciting verses of the Bible; the shrieking of the women who were prophesying; the shouting of the beggars singing old songs of the harem; the bleating of sheep; the braying of asses; the sailors calling tardy passengers; all these confused noises caused a deafening uproar, over which dominated the strident voices of the little naked negro boys, running about everywhere selling fresh dates. Thais
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  • A black bindi is often worn before marriage to ward off the evil eye.
  • The rabbi apologized to her and explained how ayin harah, as it was first mentioned in the Torah, refers to jealousy: We do not want to make others jealous of us which causes their "evil eye" to look at us, so we need to be humble and not flaunt our blessings. Shira Hirschman Weiss: Re-examining The 'Evil Eye'
  • 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.
  • It can cast hexes, have a cauldron, join a coven, cackle, lay the evil eye on you … And she learns spells (off a custom spell list that has enchants, conjures, and even heals) from her familiar. Paizo APG Playtest Continues « Geek Related
  • They thought she had the evil eye, they thought she was hexing their cows.
  • There are many different schools of thought in Judaism about the ayin harah, or evil eye. Shira Hirschman Weiss: Re-examining The 'Evil Eye'
  • He claimed to have the power of the evil eye.
  • The only style of dress which will generate the evil eye seems to be shorts or bralessness. Fashion advice?
  • Here, some sparse wall decorations - a row of fezzes, an evil eye, a painted plate - and the unfeigned warmth of the waitress signal that you have stumbled upon a Turkish zone.
  • About half of Bulgarians believe in telepathy, the evil eye and black magic, and that dreams can be prophetic.
  • I'll stick on the safe side, keep to those superstitions with which I have grown up and those I have more lately adopted, and hope that none of the gentle fun I have poked at the evil eye rebounds on me.
  • In order to avert the evil eye they hang round a child's neck a nut called _bajar-battu_, the shell of which they say will crack and open if any one casts the evil eye on the child. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
  • About this she bound a fillet of brocade, purfled with pearls, jacinths and other jewels, from beneath which she let down two tresses327 each looped with a pendant of ruby, charactered with glittering gold, and she loosed her hair, as it were the sombrest night; and lastly she incensed herself with aloes-wood and scented herself with musk and ambergris, and Hubub said to her, “Allah save thee from the evil eye!” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • They cross their fingers and swiftly spit over their shoulders as charms against my evil eye. What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story
  • And their house was not a gypsy caravan of trumperies and trinkets to protect it from the evil eye. Kalooki Nights
  • In the Eastern mind the "blamer" would be aided by the "evil eye. Arabian nights. English
  • As the tropical winds lull you to sleep in that perfect hammock, remember the power of envy's evil eye. Times, Sunday Times
  • These false eagles rarely kill any living bird or animal; and their vulture-like, necrophagous habits are very evident to any one who has fallen asleep on the desolate plains; for, when he awakes, he will see on each surrounding hillock one of these birds patiently watching him with an evil eye. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
  • Moses met with opposition because of his marriage, and both himself and his spouse were the subjects of an evil eye.
  • Pastafari Pasta Romans Satanism Ethiopia Orthodox JAH Rastafari Jesus Christ YESUS KRISTOS HAILE SELASSIE Black Hebrews BETA ISRAEL Jews Lion JUDAH Falashas binghi nyahbinghi Rastas Rastafarianism Church Satan Roberto Munzo Spiritual Warfare EPHESIANS Ethiopian Catholic Abesha Habesha Blasphemy Pope Papal 666 Chi Xi Stigma Occult New Age E Pluribus Unum Slander One Dollar Bill Evil Eye Buda Ayin Sof WN.com - Articles related to SOUTHERN AFRICA: Competing for Limpopo water
  • Ten characteristics mark the phlebotomist: -- He walks sideling along; he is proud; he stoops awhile before seating himself; he has an envious and evil eye; he is a gourmand, but he defecates little at a time; he is suspected of incontinence, robbery, and murder. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
  • There are many different schools of thought in Judaism about the ayin harah, or "evil eye. Shira Hirschman Weiss: Re-examining The 'Evil Eye'
  • They cross their fingers and swiftly spit over their shoulders as charms against my evil eye. What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story
  • For the love of her, afflicted, as I am, I have become; All that's fallen on me betided from the evil eye, perdie. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
  • The March 1 ritual is connected to the legends of the aura of amulets used as protection from evil eyes.
  • The wristband (circled) is said to protect wearers from the evil eye. The Sun
  • 60Today, the word "curandero" brings to mind images of a healer working in long-forgotten traditions, dispensing herbal remedies, and curing curious ailments such as "evil eye" and "susto" by way of magic and ritual. Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
  • The misconceptions include black magic, witchcraft, evil eye and being possessed by a spirit.
  • These false eagles most rarely kill any living bird or animal; and their vulture-like, necrophagous habits are very evident to any one who has fallen asleep on the desolate plains of Patagonia, for when he wakes, he will see, on each surrounding hillock, one of these birds patiently watching him with an evil eye: it is a feature in the landscape of these countries, which will be recognised by every one who has wandered over them. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
  • They cross their fingers and spit over their shoulders as charms against the evil eye.
  • 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.
  • Luckily I recovered with a scoff, the evil eye, and a quick getaway.
  • Mirrors were used as ornamentation, but were believed to also blind and confuse devilish spirits, to protect their children from the evil eye.
  • This paper examines Bedouin attitudes and practices relating to the evil eye as a cause of misfortune.
  • I once managed to put the evil eye on a Korean dealer on a cruise ship once that she spilt a clump of aces all over the table during the shuffle revealing their precise location.
  • KABBALAH ME CRAZY: Madonna’s new orphan Davie is sporting the latest in baby trends: A mini-vest, Nike sneakers, and a thin red string associated with Judaism’s Kabbalah and inspired by the great biblical matriarch Rachel that wards off misfortune brought about by an “evil eye” and/or “birth parent” available at Target. …OF THE DAY | Best Week Ever
  • We finished our drinks quickly and left double quick before the face eaters got any closer and just as one denizen of the night started to give Chaz the evil eye: Cyclops style.
  • The demo includes greatly modelled troglodytes, skeleton warriors, dragonflies, basilisks, evil eyes, terror eyes, lizardmen and lizardmen warriors.
  • The wedding veil is a reminder of the bridal canopy that was built to keep the evil eye from the wedding cerebration.
  • He can talk of sausages and silkworms, and forestry and agriculture and sheep-grazing, and how they catch porcupines and cure warts and manufacture manna; he knows about the evil eye and witches and the fata morgana and the tarantula spider, about figs in ancient and modern times and the fig-pecker bird -- that bird you eat bones and all, the focetola or beccafico (garden warbler). Alone
  • He claimed to have the power of the evil eye.
  • He claimed he could pick up vibes, having come from a superstitious family that believed in wizards and witches and the evil eye. THE SERPENT'S MARK
  • The evil eye isn't literally an eye, it is the gaze that is given by the jealousness of people going by because they covet what they see and can't have it. Best Syndication -
  • 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.
  • The shopkeeper had placed a small lump of coal in the centre of each to avert the evil eye.
  • Ellie made Evil Eyes of Death under the flap of the deerstalker. LOOKING FOR ANDREW MCCARTHY
  • 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.
  • This suggests that the sexual aspect of the narratives was largely a trope for the strong desires that were central to both malefic witchcraft and the Evil Eye.
  • Against night goblins when the night comes on, and from witches who bind by their magic knots, and from such as injure by the evil eye; I seek refuge with the Lord from charmers, from jinns [demons], and from evil men. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy
  • He cast an evil eye on my play. Daniel Deronda
  • 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.
  • I saw the ugly gleam in Matai Shang's evil eyes as Dejah Thoris narrated all that had passed between Thurid and herself, and when she came to that part which dealt with my interference with the dator of the First Born her gratitude was quite apparent, though I could see by her eyes that something puzzled her strangely. The Warlord of Mars
  • As the tropical winds lull you to sleep in that perfect hammock, remember the power of envy's evil eye. Times, Sunday Times
  • Pastafari Pasta Romans Satanism Ethiopia Orthodox JAH Rastafari Jesus Christ YESUS KRISTOS HAILE SELASSIE Black Hebrews BETA ISRAEL Jews Lion JUDAH Falashas binghi nyahbinghi Rastas Rastafarianism Church Satan Roberto Munzo Spiritual Warfare EPHESIANS Ethiopian Catholic Abesha Habesha Blasphemy Pope Papal 666 Chi Xi Stigma Occult New Age E Pluribus Unum Slander One Dollar Bill Evil Eye Buda Ayin Sof Drag to Playlist WN.com - Articles related to SOUTHERN AFRICA: Competing for Limpopo water
  • The misconceptions include black magic, witchcraft, evil eye and being possessed by a spirit.
  • The coin serves as a wish for wealth, and the blue wool or beads are additional protection from the evil eye.
  • Thou hast been spellbound by an evil eye, my darling, and the fainting which you call cowardice is the work of magic. The Fair Maid of Perth
  • To run errands without getting the evil eye from the snotty salesgirl. Last Time I Checked, Babies Were People Too - Her Bad Mother
  • With its impure spirits, the evil eye is thought to afflict human beings, animals, agriculture and property.
  • They cross their fingers and swiftly spit over their shoulders as charms against my evil eye. What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story
  • Folk medicine practitioners such as curanderos, spiritualists, and santeros are sometimes consulted when physical symptoms suggest a folk illness such as mal ojo (evil eye) or susto.
  • These names are considered to have apotropaic power to protect the new-born from the evil eye.
  • The keeper of the fandak, kind man, made uneasy by this demonstration, signed to me quietly to stretch out my hand, with palm open, and directed to the spot where the madman stood, for only in that way could I hope to avert the evil eye. Morocco
  • Other causes may be the evil eye, witchcraft, possession by an evil spirit, or a curse by a sorcerer or an offended neighbour.
  • The dog's eye therefore, without any consciousness on his own part, becomes in such a case _an evil eye_: upon me, at least, it fell with as painful an effect as any established eye of that class could do upon the most superstitious Portuguese. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2

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