Evil eye - ancient and widespread belief in many cultures that the gaze of certain people can cause suffering and unhappiness, such as poverty, disease or even death. The belief that children and their talents should not be praised is of a similar nature, as it will have opposite negative effects on their development.
A common form of this belief is the view that misfortunes are caused only by the looks of the eyes in some way unusual (e.g. by certain diseases, such as strabismus or cataract), which is unconscious. Another form of it is belief in the "evil eye" as deliberately harmful magical practice. Traditional forms of defense against the "evil eye" include amulets and spells to reverse its effects
Old people here believe it, but it’s horseshit. They say the gaze of a jealous negative person has the power to bring misfortune.
Alexander Jenkins
My family comes from central Italy. My paternal grandmother believed in the evil eye. If you ever felt ill or hazy, she would have a little ritual to see if you’re under the influence of the malocchia, or evil eye. She would do some kind of divination with olive oil in a pot of water, and depending on how the oil dispersed or forms it indicated whether or not the evil eye was afflicting you. If it was, she would say some prayer in Latin for it to go away. She would only teach this ritual to other women in the family and the only time you could learn it was Christmas Eve. She was a very superstitious lady.
Jaxson Kelly
>They say the gaze of a jealous negative person has the power to bring misfortune. This is interesting because I haven't met anybody such in Poland. Did people tell you that you should look out, so that others don't give you a bad stare?
Mason Wright
Even if it was real there's so much gypsy magic cast on me that it probably gets cancelled out. Pic related is what counteracts it, for the curious.
Some cultures has physical wards for it. But always be wary of the gaze of a jew. Usually they’re sharp eyes that don’t break contact
Jason Jones
It's mostly a gipsy belief here
Zachary Rodriguez
>She was a very superstitious lady. Superstition is interesting. My grandparents came from countryside, they were church goers but they didn't have one ounce of superstition in them.
