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A blue glass disc bearing concentric rings around a dark centre, worn against the evil eye.
Also known as: Evil eye bead, Blue eye amulet
A flat glass bead in concentric rings of dark blue, white, light blue and black — an eye looking back. It is worn or hung to turn away the evil eye across Turkey, Greece, the Levant and beyond, and is one of the most recognisable amulets in the world.
Worn or displayed to avert the evil eye — the harm believed to follow from a malicious or envious look. Found across Turkey, Greece, the Levant, Iran and South Asia.
The amulet depicts an eye, and works by the logic of reflecting the harmful gaze back at its source rather than by concealing its wearer.
Now sold and worn very widely as decoration, often by people who attach no protective belief to it at all.
A flat circular disc of concentric rings — dark blue at the rim, then white, then light blue, with a black circle at the centre.
Both are worn against the evil eye across the same regions, and the hamsa frequently carries a nazar in its palm.