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Anatolia · Protection and the evil eye

Muska (amulet)

A triangular amulet: the trace in weaving of the object that carries protective writing.

What does it mean?

In Hakkâri kilims, the amulet motif is woven together with the eye and evil-eye motifs against harmful gazes [1]. Its triangular shape recalls the amulets in which a prayer is written and which are hung around the neck.

Related plants

  • Garlic: Hung on doors and over cradles against the evil eye in Anatolia: another “amulet” carried for protection.

Same theme

Göz (eye)Pıtrak (cocklebur)Çengel (hook)Akrep (scorpion)Kurtağzı (wolf’s mouth)Tanrı’nın gözü (eye of God)El, Fatma Ana eli (hand, hand of Fatima)Çintemani

Sources

  1. Hakkâri Kilimi coğrafi işaret tescil belgesi, Türk Patent ve Marka Kurumu, 2023

Drawing: Bitki Tabanı, interpreted from the traditional motif.