Apotropaic magic facts for kids
Apotropaism or apotropaic magic is the use of magic rituals against evil or harmful influences like the evil eye or invidia, which was thought to cause injury or bad luck. This can be a long ritual, or it can take the form of simply wearing an amulet or other token, against bad luck.
Images for kids
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This apotropaic wand shows a procession of protective deities. Such a wand would have been used in rituals associated with birth and would perhaps be used to draw a magical circle around the mother and child. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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Geto-Dacian apotropaic eyes motif on the Helmet of Iron Gates (4th century BC)
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The tree covered with Nazars against malefice
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A 12th-century Sheela na Gig on the church at Kilpeck, Herefordshire

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