Anyone who has been to Greece knows that the "blue eyes" pattern, ornaments are all over the country, you can see it in every corner of Greece. Now with the popularity of Swarovski "Devil's Eye" jewelry series, more and more people are aware of this classic pattern.
The history of this blue eye can be traced back to around 3000 B.C., when Sumerians left a mud board with prayers against the curse of evil eyes. Similar prayers are still adopted in many cultures around the world, especially in the Mediterranean. However, when symbols against evil eyes were found on the walls of ancient caves in Spain for more than 10,000 years, it was believed that "evil eyes" could be traced back to the Paleolithic era.
In ancient times, the evil eye was represented as a negative energy returning to its source, thus bringing happiness, love, success and wealth to the wearer. In European and American cultures, the legendary Evil eye means that a vicious glance can cause misfortune, illness and even death, and later becomes a amulet for the purpose of "rebound".
"Evil eye" legend, there was once a millionaire had his eye on a fat calf passing by his house, he said to his wife: "today, I did not see more wonderful than this fat calf." The fat calf that be stared at fell to the ground dead, his wife immediately took the knife to the calf and cut off the meat .The millionaire's eyes in the story called "green eyes", believed that this look have a great "terrible power", this power killed the calf
This means that staring can be regarded as a kind of power. It is a terrible evil to be stared at with jealous malice when something beautiful and proud needs protection. No one will feel good when he is stared at by a malicious eye.
In Greece and Turkey, evil eyes are often hung or painted on the walls of houses and vehicles. Many people wear necklaces, bracelets and other ornaments in the form of evil eyes in order to escape doom and maintain peace.
Because the influence of evil eyes in western culture has not disappeared, you will find that eye patterns have never ceased to be popular, different designers almost every year are launching eye patterns that have slightly changed on the basis of evil eyes, and are more popular with consumers than other cartoon patterns, which are deep in the consciousness. Cultural gene is a major factor affecting consumption.
Nowadays, people are still love to wear eye patterns. I think the motivation for superstition to have the function of amulet is not enough. The main reason is that there is a magic in the open eyes. This feeling of “eyes on me “makes it difficult for people to move their eyes away from their eyes, even though it is only a lifeless pattern. Already. This is why Plutarch tried to explain the power of evil eyes with science. He believed that the human eye is the most critical and attractive part of the human body, and it is also the source of human energy.
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