Evil Eye. Bewitching by means of a glance

Motif

Evil Eye. Bewitching by means of a glance.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Bewitching. · view the constellation · filed as D2071

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Jewish Neuman
India Thompson-Balys.
general *Krappe Balor 9ff.
general *Chauvin V 161 No. 84, VIII 143 No. 144 n. 1
general *Fb "öje" III 1167ab, 1168a
general *Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 686
general Elworthy The Evil Eye (London, 1895)
general Jahn Über den Aberglauben des bösen Blicks bei den Alten
general Pitre Le jettatura ed il mal occhio in Sicilia (Kolozsvár, 1884)
general Seligman Der böse Blick und Verwandtes (Berlin, 1910)
general Maclagen, R. C. The Evil Eye in the Western Highlands (London, 1902)
general Penzer II 298
general *Hertz Abhandlungen 181ff. Irish myth: *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Bewitching. (Cf. D5, G200.)

5 finer motifs beneath it

Evil eye covered with seven veils Evil eye from exposure to magic concoction Man with power of evil eye cannot look at any living thing before breaking fast in the morning without causing it to wither and die Averting Evil Eye Person kills with Evil Eye

Filed beside it

Magic hair-ball used for bewitching. (Cf. D991.3, D1274.1.) Magic paralysis. Person or thing rendered helpless. (Cf. D1410.) Attracting by magic Saint magically causes druids to bless instead of curse Imprisoning by magic Other forms of bewitching

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic sickness because of Evil Eye. (Cf. D2071.) Insanity because of Evil Eye. (Cf. D2071.) Magic paralysis by Evil Eye. (Cf. D2071.)

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