Magic
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- Lucky Mojo: The Evil Eye
- An essay on the blue glass "Nazar Boncugu" or "Eye Bead" worn for protection in Turkey, Cyprus, the Central Asian Turkic Republics, and among the Uigur Turks of China.
- 2
- Maneki Neko - The Beckoning Cat
- Legends of the Japanese lucky cat and why statues of it are used by shop-keepers to draw in customers.
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- The Arcane Archive
- A cache of usenet and other text files pertaining to occult, mystical, and spiritual subjects.
- 4
- The Evil Eye
- Article in the e-zine Azerbaijan International, by Jean Patterson and Arzu Aghayeva describing the belief and available protection.
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- Apotropaios
- Brian Hoggard describes and explains the history of house protection magic in Britain. Photographs of artefacts are presented and explanations for their use discussed.
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- Deliberately Concealed Garments Project
- The Textile Conservation Centre at the University of Southampton explores the folk tradition of concealing objects in the fabric of buildings. Includes a database of garment finds.
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- BBC: Artefact Recalls Witches' Shadow
- A "witch bottle" dated to c.1830 is discovered buried in foundations in the Lincolnshire village of Navenby. (January 28, 2004)
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- Anglo-Saxon Charms
- Translated by Karen Louise Jolly in her 1996 book "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context."
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