Lucky charms
Hamsa
An open right hand, often with an eye in the palm, carried as protection against harm. Shared by Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities from Morocco to the Levant.
- Collection
- Lucky charms
- Comes from
- Middle East and North Africa
- When you tap it
- it chimes like metal
- Price
- free, like every Dangle charm
Hang the Hamsa on your screen
More lucky charms
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Nazar boncuğu
A glass eye bead hung to deflect the evil eye, the envious glance believed to bring misfortune. Found across Turkey, Greece and the wider Mediterranean, on doorways, cradles and dashboards alike.
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Nimbu-mirchi
A lemon and green chillies strung together and hung at shop doors and on vehicles across India to ward off the evil eye, and to give bad luck something sour to chew on instead.
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Drishti bommai
A fierce painted face hung outside homes and building sites in Tamil Nadu. Its job is to draw the evil eye onto itself and away from whatever it guards.
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Pánchángjié
The endless knot, tied from a single red cord with no beginning and no end. A symbol of longevity, unity and good fortune, hung at Lunar New Year.
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