You may have heard of the saying ‘giving someone the evil eye’, but what exactly is the evil eye and what does it mean? The evil eye is widely known throughout the world and has been a big part of many cultures. Those who have a strong belief in the superstitious, magical world, know about the evil eye and take it very seriously. The evil eye is exactly what it sounds like. The evil eye is a look in one’s eye that is a malevolent, wicked glare that is both seen as a curse and wish of bad fortune upon a certain individual. Most the time when the evil glare is pronounced on someone, the person that is receiving the glare will become injured or cursed in some way or the other, most the time ending in harm to the other person.

The evil eye curse is most popular among the regions of West Asia, Central America, Central Asia, Latin America, East and West Africa, the Mediterranean Region, and the northern, Celtic, parts of Europe. The idea of the evil eye then spread to America by the European and Asian colonist and immigrants. In Islamic doctrine, the evil eye is mentioned quite frequently. So frequently that they developed a shield, or protectant, against the evil eye curse. Amulets and talismans are a counter defense against this evil glare in every culture that the evil eye is mentioned. Amulets and talisman are objects that have been blessed and thought of as having a certain magical power within them that wards off evil and harmful spirits. Not only do they protect you against these entities, they bring good luck to the individual that has these objects in their possession. Although the evil eye is a glare coming from a person to another, it is a very popular tattoo concept to get angry, vicious eyes (or just one eye) tattooed somewhere on the body so whoever is looking at it gets that sense of being looked through and cursed! Down below are examples of evil eye tattoo designs and ideas.