Charms

The Neolithic era is situated about 9500 BC. This age is known as the beginning of human development in technology. In this age, charms already existed in amulets. For example an ancient man that wanted to protected himself of the enemies, was going throw with an especial kind of rock. Also, in the tribes the shamans in many cases probably they invented especial items to, for example, help their fields during a drought. The civilization for excellence in charmed objects, and amulets are the ancient Egyptians. As they lived an average of 30-40 years, they prepared for the life after death. The ankh is the most famous amulet. According to them, it protected the live and the dead people of the sickness, also of the enemies’ curses and spells. The most famous charm is the Evil Eye. This charm went through almost the entire humanity. It is basically, bad luck. But the people were very superstitious and there were invented many objects to prevent the Evil Eye. The Nazars, were sold in Turkey to protect you of the Evil Eye. Also, the Evil Eye was a sickness, that indicated you was with very bad luck. And that made people afraid of you.

The charms also exist as something negative. For example, in the Middle Age, the witches hunt: people saw some people (like gypsies) dangerous because they were related to that sort of things magic. The negative way of charmed objects appears in the weird items that have a estrange precedence or in the Middle Age, the people that made potions for charming somebody in many ways, like love, revenge, and more. The most famous charm is the Evil Eye. This charm went through almost the entire humanity. It is basically, bad luck. But the people were very superstitious and there were invented many objects to prevent the Evil Eye. The Nazars, were sold in Turkey to protect you of the Evil Eye. Also, the Evil Eye was a sickness, that indicated you was with very bad luck. And that made people afraid of you.

During the WWII, there was an explosion of charm jewellery because of the war. Today is more difficult to see charmed objects because the development of technology and science. Those, especially the science, allow now to know how the world does work. But instead of this, many people want to believe in something to get some “virtual” hope. Is very known the people take something lucky, before an exam.

The amulests are charmed objects that brings good luck or gives protection to his owner, the potential amulets includs, gems, statues, coins, drawings, pendantas, rings, plants, animals, etc, sometimes including words, like “vade retro satanas” ,used to repel the bad luck or evil, could be potential amulets. The talisman is an chamed object that is considered to possess supernatural or magical powers this power could be good or bad (like in the Monkey’s Paw). The mean of word talisman refers to the Greek word “telein”which means “to initiate into the mystery and the magic”.

One of the most knowns nowadays charmed object is the four leaf clover that gives good luck to the person that find it, other nowadays charmed object is the “black cat” this animal gives bad luck to any one who see it. There are some actions that gives bad luck like walking down a sataircase, take the salt from hand to hand or breaking a mirror but are anothers actions that gives good luck like praying, stepping on dog poop or have a contact whit a “vaquita de san anatonio”.

There are some people that in the nowadays doesn’t believe in those thipi of charms and they say that is all coinsidence ther os a possibility that it is like they says but is true that those charms gives something to the people to believe maybe the magic it doesnt exist an the charms could doesn’t be true but you can believe in them or not but them magic will not stop or not be true because of that.

But in the Monkey’s Paw there is another kind of charm. This is the kind of charmed object that have an estrange precedence. Is logic that W.W. Jacobs have the idea of the monkey’s paw? Of course! Because in that period of time (1902), India was under the control of England. There had been many journeys to India since XVII. It’s very probably that in the India were strange and weird objects that the people thought there were charmed.

In the history the monkey’s paw is a talisman with a charm that have the power to make true three wishes, but those wishes have a very big price, because of this the people use to whish to never had have thath talisman in thir hands.


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