The Evil Eye

  • The Evil Eye
    By Frederick Thomas Elworthy

    134 Totemism cannot after all be so very savage a cult, for we are told by Mr. G. L. Gomme135 that various animals are still held sacred in Britain. Among these he places the seal, wolf, fowl, cat, hare, magpie, butterfly, Sparrow, ...

  • The Evil Eye: An Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition
    By Frederick Thomas Elworthy

    The Evil Eye: An Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition

  • The Evil Eye: A Casebook
    By Alan Dundes

    Editor Alan Dundes concludes the volume by proffering a comprehensive theoretical explanation of the evil eye.

  • The Evil Eye: The Classic Account of an Ancient Superstition
    By Frederick Thomas Elworthy

    Descriptions of gestures, charms, incantations, and other protective acts used to ward off power of the "evil eye." 199 illustrations.

  • The Evil Eye: eBook Edition
    By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    "The Evil Eye" was published in January of 1829 by Mary Shelley for The Keepsake. The story is set in Albania and takes on a much different feel to the other short stories that Shelley published.

  • The Evil Eye
    By Frederick Thomas Elworthy

    This is a late 19th century book that discusses the superstition that evil spreads because people come into contact with other wrong sorts of people, and that bad things happen and spread as a result.

  • The Evil Eye: The History, Mystery, and Magic of the Quiet Curse
    By Antonio Pagliarulo

    ... Eye. • At work, keep a rose with thorns on its stem on your desk or in your office; the thorns are believed to stab ... pumpkin in a corner of your office just outside the front door. If the pumpkin dries out slowly and naturally, the ...

  • The Evil Eye
    By Clarence Maloney, Symposium On The Evil Eye Belief

    The Evil Eye

  • The Evil Eye: The Origins and Practices of Superstition
    By Frederick Thomas Elworthy

    A scholarly study of the beliefs and customs regarding the evil eye, the belief that persons and animals could cast spells or inflict misfortune through the power of looking at...

  • The Evil Eye: A Folklore Casebook
    By Alan Dundes

    The Evil Eye: A Folklore Casebook