Greeks have passed through many civilisations during their history and have, therefore, adopted foreign cultural elements that have now mixed in with and survived within their own culture. Among them are superstitions such as the symptoms of evil eye, which has its roots in ancient Rome and Greece and shares elements of Paganism and Christianity. The Greek Christian faith accepts the Evil Eye, known as ‘Vaskania’, but strictly forbids the removal of the spell by anyone other than a priest. That hasn’t stopped a number of practitioners, however, openly practicing the removal of the evil eye symptoms in adults.

 

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My name is Aphrodite and I was 15 years old when mother and I took a vacation to Greece; more specifically, the Aegean Islands of Kalymnos, Kos and Rhodes, the island where I was born and lived for the first nine years of my life.

 

Envy is a complicated emotion that is respected, revered, and feared by many because it can be so strong and so difficult to control. It is even believed to have evil and harmful qualities that can cause pain and misfortune. The symptoms of evil eye is a superstitious belief held by many cultures that looking at someone's life and belongings with envy could unintentionally inflict harm or sickness upon the person at whom the envy is directed. Negative symptoms and discomfort commonly associated with this curse are diarrhea, persistent crying and sadness, blindness, hysterics, and even death in more extreme cases.

 

This belief dates back to BC times, which have been carried over into various other cultures, remaining universally popular and feared even today. There are many preventative measures that many believe can be taken to ward off the curse. Greek evil eye jewelry is often used as a protective means against the evil eye symptoms in adults.