Beware the Evil Eye Volume 2

by John H. Elliott and J.H. Elliott

Book Overview

In the present volume, Elliott addresses the most extensive sources of Evil Eye belief in antiquity--the cultures of Greece and Rome. In this period, features of the belief found in Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources are expanded to the point where an "Evil Eye belief complex" becomes apparent. This complex of features associated with the Evil Eye--human eye as key organ of information, eye as active not passive, eye as channel of emotion and dispositions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498204996
• ISBN13: 9781498204996
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"