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Author Potts, Albert M

Title The world's eye / Albert M. Potts
Published Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (104 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Evil Eye; 3. The Eye of Horus and Other Eye Amulets; 4. The Eye of Medusa; 5. Behind the Mask; 6. The Eyes of Argus; 7. The Ojo de Dios; 8. The Eye of Providence; 9. Epilogue: Ars Brevis, Vita Longa Est; Appendix A: Gorgon Coins; Appendix B: Thread-Crosses; Notes; Index
Summary Greek vases and Peruvian bottles, Chinese bronzes and African masks, Tel Brak idols and Egyptian tomb paintings -- artifacts ancient and modern reveal man's universal fascination with the eye and his awe before its mysterious powers. In this wide-ranging and richly illustrated essay Albert M. Potts considers the special properties the human mind has ascribed to the eye over the millenia and seeks out its peculiar significance as symbol. Amulets against the Evil Eye persist today in nearly every part of the world. Almost as pervasive is the conception of the Good Eye, itself used as a protective
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Subject Eye -- Mythology.
Eye -- Folklore.
Eye -- Miscellanea
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Eye
Eye -- Mythology
Genre/Form Folklore
Trivia and miscellanea
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813157757
0813157757