Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 350; Pages:351 to 370 |
Summary |
In the present volume, Elliott addresses the most extensive sources of Evil Eye belief in antiquity--the cultures of Greece and Rome. In this period, features of the belief found in Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources are expanded to the point where an ""Evil Eye belief complex"" becomes apparent. This complex of features associated with the Evil Eye--human eye as key organ of information, eye as active not passive, eye as channel of emotion and dispositions, especially envy, arising in the heart, possessors, victims, defensive strategies, and amulets--is essential to an understanding of the lit |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Evil eye -- Biblical teaching
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Evil eye -- Middle East
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Evil eye -- Mediterranean Region
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
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Evil eye
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Mediterranean Region
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Middle East
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781498273664 |
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1498273661 |
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