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Belief in the evil eye among the Chriatian Syrian-Lebanese in America
Journal of American folklore • 78 (307) • Published In 1965 • Pages: 46-51
By: Naff, Alixa.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short article describes the belief in the evil eye among the Christian Syrian-Lebanese in America and its gradual decline in the mid-twentieth century. The material for this study came from interviews with first generation immigrants made by the author in the summer of 1962. Naff examines the general nature of the evil eye, including it use as a causative agent in illness, and the various ways in which the affects of the evil eye can be nullified or prevented (e.g., through exorcism, use of charms, etc.).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sorcery
- Magical and mental therapy
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Magic
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late nineteenth century - 1962
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States and eastern Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alixa Naff
- Includes bibliographical references (p.51)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans