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I'm surprised to see it's used in Greece also, does anyone know about its history? Where did it come from? I thought it's about Tengriism but I'm not sure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.110.253.246 ( talk) 13:39, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Throughout the ancient history of mankind the “eye” symbolizes a protection against the evil in many cultures and religions. It is mostly common within the religions which generated in Asia, or around the Middle East. People who believe in “nazar” use different tactics to avoid the negative energy which they assume will affect any aspect of their lives. These people also have religious or cultural ways of getting rid of the “evil eye” once they believe they have it. The healing and protecting power of the eye goes back to the history of ( Turkish:“nazar boncugu” goes back to an Egyptian God known as Osiris. In Ancient Egypt Osiris symbol is an eye that has been believed to have a protective and healing power.
The colors of the evil eye bead are blue, light blue white and black; it has also been said that the colors of the eye has a calming effect on the onlookers due to the high frequency of the color blue.
Different religions in Asia believe that the nazar can come upon any asset, such as nice hair, eyes, house, car, etc. According to the concept of the evil eye, negative energy (nazar) comes from envious people. “Masallah” is a phrase which means is usually written on the evil eye. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seraalper ( talk • contribs) 11:31, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Small change. The original text read "...from inside out: dark blue (or black), white, light blue (or yellow), and dark blue – and is sometimes referred to as blue eye" The color order was incorrect so I changed it to "...from inside out: dark blue (or black), light blue, white, and dark blue (occasionally a yellow/gold edge circle)– and is sometimes referred to as blue eye" You can also see in the picture that is on this page that the order I changed it to is the correct one. KilGrey ( talk) 02:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)KilGrey
I think this entry is entirely about the Turkish nazar boncugu and should be re-headed as such. The word nazar is used in some surrounding countries, but all references and images on this page are of Turkish origin. Bhellman75 ( talk) 15:56, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
October 2013 request to merge Eye bead to Nazar (amulet)|article; Discussion here:
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In the introduction In Urdu, it is also called bazaar (نظر). I believe the English shows bazaar and the Urdu shows nazar? HalFonts ( talk) 22:27, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
Should the Nazar Emjoji be added, like the Fleuron found at /info/en/?search=Fleuron_(typography)? The Jemjoi is a direct representation of the Nazar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.180.189 ( talk) 01:36, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
can you please remove the refference of islam from amulet thing. Islam has no concept of hanging such non-living things so as to protect you from evil eyes. if some muslims are doing this that doesn't mean islam has such teachings. Those muslims are at fualt cause these amulets are useless. We reas certain verses from Quraan to avoid someones bad eye either from a human or paranormal creatures. Islam suggests you to recite Quraan in your houses on daily basis to revert an evil eye besides of hanging clueless glass things and doing nothing on your own. 124.29.239.202 ( talk) 22:30, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
In Islam the evil eye is considered as shirk which is a MAJOR sin and is considered horrible in Islam 2A02:C7C:52E1:3200:35C5:91F3:B842:36B4 ( talk) 17:22, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
The articles is about the amulet against the evil eye; yet, many parts of it are about the evil eye itself, and I'm therefore taking them from here and moving them there, such as:
"The evil eye causes its victim to become unwell the next day, unless a protective phrase such as "with the will of God" ( mashallah in Arabic) or “ May Allah Bless You” (Alhumma Barik) is recited. [1] Among adherents of Hinduism in South Asia, when a mother observes that her child is being excessively complimented, it is common for them to attempt to neutralize the effects of the evil eye (nazar utarna) by "holding red chilies in one hand and circling the child's head a few times, then burning the chilies." [2] [3]" Dan Palraz ( talk) 20:58, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
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In Rajastan (India) the treatment of the 'evil eye' includes seven red chilis and some salt circled over the head of the sick child before these are thrown into the hearth.