Look! Our Glass Evil Eye Amulet

We've admitted before to being superstitious, but it wasn't until we packed up our cottage recently that we realized we have a few protective or good luck pieces. Our blue glass evil eye amulet is our favorite -- chalk it up to having lived in Greece, where such things are commonplace.

10-8-evil eye2.jpg The charm "mirrors back" the evil eye, lending protection to its owner.

You can buy them online at places such as GreekShops or Evil Eye Store, for instance. We've also seen them at Global Beads in Mountain View.

• Read more about the Evil Eye here: Evil Eye Bead and Lucky Mojo

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I have one in my car.. so far, I believe its working!

posted by inger on October 8th 2008 at 11:23am
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I have a Turkish one that has an American flag ribbon attached. It has 26 little 'eyes' and one huge one we call 'the nuclear option.'

posted by ysabella on October 8th 2008 at 11:33am
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I have a Turkish one as well although it looks identical to yours!

posted by suziegoombs on October 8th 2008 at 11:37am
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My Armenian hairdresser wears a bracelet of little evil eye beads.

posted by graefix on October 8th 2008 at 11:44am
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The previous owners of our new little cottage left this on the front door for us, I love it and haven't removed it although I wasn't 100% certain as to what it meant!

posted by btfabt on October 8th 2008 at 11:49am
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I have a Turkish one on my desk at work. The guy who gave it to me said it was for protection from "blond and blue-eyed devils!" I'm sure there is history about that somewhere!

posted by Harpy on October 8th 2008 at 11:57am
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Inger,
does it mean you never have trouble finding a parking place?

posted by sassydo on October 8th 2008 at 12:07pm
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I have a horse shoe above my door for good house luck, and a small bell on my motorcycle to keep the road gremlins away.

posted by Gallivant on October 8th 2008 at 12:14pm
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LOL sassydo. At least it should mean your car never gets scraped...

A Turkish restaurant I know has eye-print tablecloths.

I don't own any eye beads, but I've ended up with quite a few Chinese good luck charms. It turned out that most of them have something to do with money.

posted by whytephoenix on October 8th 2008 at 12:16pm
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FYI I'm fairly certain Cost Plus sells them as well.

posted by Amandica on October 8th 2008 at 12:32pm
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I got one in Greece. It hangs in my kitchen window, mostly because it reminds me of my vacation. Mediterranean blue...

posted by bobloblaw on October 8th 2008 at 12:46pm
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I have two eye bracelets!! I wear them everyday!! Love them....

posted by sfDREW on October 8th 2008 at 1:30pm
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i have one a turkish nazarlÄ±k at my front door and one on my turkish dog's collar. in turkish belief, if they eye ever breaks, then it has successfully warded off an evil or envying something. yay for turkey on AT!

posted by brandy on October 8th 2008 at 2:59pm
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i have them EVERYWHERE. i have it in my car, on a necklace, in my house, bracelets, phone trinkets. I make my friends wear wear them, they work... well as long as i think they work it's all good :) They're not just Turkish. Most Arab countries believe in the power of the evil eye amulet as well as Jews and Greeks and people in the South West Asia. in any case, i'm neurotic and i love it :)

posted by elinka189 on October 9th 2008 at 5:33am
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Great information on this ancient amulet.

Thanks!

posted by GuardianEye on February 3rd 2009 at 3:12pm
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