A friend of mine, Shawna, sent me a wall decoration as my birthday gift. I was struck when I unwrapped the package, because I’d just seen a similar thing painted on the cover of Ayu Utami’s latest book, Bilangan Fu. A friend told me that it’s a Greek protection charm. Looking at the appearance, could it be a charm against evil eye?
Am trying to read all books there are in Joan Aiken’s James III/Wolves Chronicles saga. I still need to buy Black Hearts in Battersea, The Stolen Lake, The Witch of Clatteringshaws and Dido and Pa and to complete my reading. I’ve read Is and Cold Shoulder Road when I was younger; my sister borrowed them from the school library, but now I want to have my own copies too. Wait, is The Whispering Mountain part of the saga too? Woah! I saw a copy in PIM, I have to buy it.
So far I’ve read Midwinter Nightingale, The Cuckoo Tree, and Night Birds on Nantucket. Am reading The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, and Limbo Lodge is waiting on my bedstand.
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August 5, 2008 at 3:30 pm
nina
halo, nama gw nina.. salam kenal.. (gpp kan pake bhs indo? hehehe)
cm mau bilang, charm itu kalo gak salah bukan dari yunani deh, tapi dari turki. hehehe. sorry to be so nosy, but you got it quite right, it’s a charm against evil eye.. kalo mau tau lebih banyak, coba aja google nazar boncugu (or something that sounds like that). thanks.
August 7, 2008 at 12:24 pm
tyas
Salam kenal juga. Ya ga papa lah pake bahasa indonesia, sesama orang indonesia :)
Yang bilang itu dari Yunani adalah teman gue yang jadi editor Bilangan Fu-nya Ayu Utami. Kalau yang punya gue sendiri, di bagian atasnya ada hiasan kecil berhiaskan doa/mantra Arab. Kepercayaan Evil Eye emang ada di mana-mana, jadi mungkin mantra atau charm semacam ini juga ada di mana-mana.
Anyway, thanks ya infonya :)
August 7, 2008 at 10:32 pm
nina
wah, itu juga info baru tuh buat gw.. gw jg pny tapi gak ada apa2xnya tuh, mau gw pake agak bingung jg gimana caranya. makanya gw coba research dulu deh.. (that’s how i found your blog, anyhow.) hehehe. di indo ada jg gak ya kepercayaan kaya gitu?
(jd diskusi?)
August 14, 2008 at 11:30 pm
tyas
hehehe gapapa… seru lagi diskusi :)
punya gue emang hiasan dinding gitu, jadi bisa langsung digantung asal pakunya udah nancep di dinding.
wah, dapat dari mana evil eye lo?
hmmm… ada nggak ya di indonesia kepercayaan evil eye? biasanya sih kalau ada keyakinan bahwa ada orang yang dengan ngeliatin kita aja bisa bikin kita sakit atau mati, itu udah kepercayaan evil eye, gimana pun variasinya. tapi gue sendiri nggak inget apa di indonesia ada yang semacam itu.
August 16, 2008 at 5:56 pm
nina
hahaha.. punya gw itu cuma amuletnya doang, gw dapet dari bokap gw, katanya dia dapet dari mesir (?). tadinya mau gw pake untuk kalung, tapi kegedean, jadi akhirnya cuma nganggur di kamar gw.. haha oke thanks for the time..
btw gw baca di works lo, kerjaan lo banyak jg ya? hehe how do you manage your time?
August 19, 2008 at 10:17 am
tyas
mmm… gimana ya? dipas-pasin aja waktunya, bisa kok :) cuma ya kadang-kadang ga punya waktu buat nge-post.
wah iya tuh, kegedean banget buat jadi amulet. ntar malah leher kita yang bungkuk gara-gara keberatan hahahaha.
August 24, 2008 at 9:22 pm
nina
haha jayus jg lo.. :D kidding hehe