The evil eye, also known as Buri Nazar, is a superstition that suggests envy or jealousy can bring misfortune. Various methods exist to remove its influence, such as reciting mantras like the Hanuman ...

ATHENS — Stroll down Ifestou Street in the bustling Monastiraki market, and you’ll spy necklaces, bracelets and keychains bedecked with the mati, or “eye,” the distinctive talisman with concentric ...

Jews call it the ayin hara, Italians know it as mal’occhio, and among Latinos, it’s mal de ojo. It’s one of history’s most durable forces: The evil eye. But no matter how one identifies it, they ...

The evil eye is a human look believed to cause harm to someone or something. The supernatural harm may come in the form of a minor misfortune, or more serious disease, injury — even death. Folklorist ...