Does anyone know what the hand with the index and pinky finger sticking up mean? And can you wear it with the horn? I'm getting mixed answers...thanks!
2007-08-03 04:47:54 · 8 answers · asked by ~Krys~ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I am Italian...
2007-08-03 04:57:02 · update #1
yea, thats called the "evil eye" or the "malocchio" (muh-loy-kyoh) (mal = bad, occhio = eye). it is a way of wishing bad luck on somebody. you point your index finger and pinky at someone and its.. sorta like giving the middle finger, but more of a threat than an insult. like putting a curse on someone.
the jewlery isnt anything real significant. its just like wearing a cross, or any other symbol, except that italians usually wear those; its weird for someone else to. like a white person wearing an "africa" necklace.
the red pepper (that looks like a horn) is a symbol of good luck and fortune. they used to use actual red peppers to ward off the evil eye
its all italian folk tradition
2007-08-03 04:54:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
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Does anyone know what the hand with the index and pinky finger sticking up mean? And can you wear it with the horn? I'm getting mixed answers...thanks!
2015-08-19 07:30:29 · answer #3 · answered by Malva 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I presume you refer to the red (sometimes gold) horn that some Italian men use as a charm. Sometimes it is in jewelry, sometimes it is a dashboard ornament. It is merely a good luck charm. It has nothing to do with the "horn of plenty", and even less with the gesture that looks like the "hook 'em horns" very familiar to the University of Texas Longhorns.
2016-04-04 22:43:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I live in Italy with an Italian husband,the symbol is to WARD OFF the evil eye,not to wish it on someone else,like the Greeks,Turks and Arabs where an eye with a blue stone. It is for protection,not agression.
2007-08-03 05:06:29 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara D 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being raised by italian immigrants, it has always been my understanding that both the Mano Cornuto (hand) and the horn are to ward off the evil eye, or evil spirits.
Worn with the crucifix, it to me represents the confused hypocrisy of Italian/Roman Catholicism.
2007-08-03 04:55:29 · answer #6 · answered by worldofjunimoon.com 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When worn as an amulet, it is a symbol to ward away the "evil eye" (malocchio). It basically represents bulls horns and is a phallic symbol, the idea being that potency and virility will overcome the sapping and "drying" effects of the evil eye. The evil eye is the feeling of envy, jealously, or malice--whether intentional or unintentional--that a person has for another. The folk belief is that that bad energy has the effect of drying up the life energy of the other person. Amulets that have phallic or sexual conotations are used to counteract it--the idea being that one has to stay potent and "juicy."
2007-08-03 08:32:57 · answer #7 · answered by philosophyangel 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I interpreted this as the hand signal known as "making the horns" - it is meant to turn away the evil eye or see off the devil.
2016-03-22 14:39:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-04 11:38:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋