Motif
Apotropaic smoke averts the evil eye
apotropaic_smoke_averts_the_evil_eye
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XXXIV / XXXVI / XXXVII / XXXIX; lines 3892-3989 confidence: high
According to Persian superstition, smoke from burning rue can avert the evil eye.
The note states that smoke from burning rue has the power to avert the evil eye in Persian superstition.
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XXXIV / XXXVI / XXXVII / XXXIX; lines 3892-3989 confidence: high
According to Persian superstition, smoke from burning rue has power to avert the evil eye.
The note states that smoke of burning rue has power to avert the evil eye in Persian superstition.
read in the book →