Archive for July, 2009
Evil Eye
by Amber on Jul.12, 2009, under Whimsical Musings, Wondering
A friend and I had a short conversation about how it’s nice to just chill out and enjoy the moments of good conversation and good company, or just peace and quiet. I had to bring up the superstition of the “evil eye”.
In some parts of the world, people believe that if you value or love someone or something too much, you’ll attract the attention of the evil eye. If somebody compliments how pretty their baby is, they’ll sometimes smudge dirt on the child’s face and say something like, “yes, but her face is dirty”. This is to avert the evil eye. It’s magical thinking, that something bad will happen if you admit to something being good.
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