Believing in the Supernatural through the ‘Evil Eye': Perception and Science in the Modern Greek Cosmos

Drawing on recent anthropological research in Crete and northern Greece, this article describes the various attitudes and conceptualisations of the ‘supernatural' in the context of an everyday Greek belief, namely the belief in the ‘evil eye'. The usual pre-determined representation that t...

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Main Author: Roussou, Eugenia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2014]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 425-438
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)