Khamsa
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Jerarquía
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Descripción
Middle Eastern and North African motif in the form of a stylized handprint with an eye in the center, generally associated with good health and warding off evil. The so-called "hand" is generally symmetrical with two small "thumbs" on each side rather than a little finger on one side. The motif is most often seen in modern times in Jewish and Islamic jewelry and decorations at doors, but it pre-dates both Islam and Judaism. It may have developed from a symbol for a vagina, referring to the Punic goddess, Tanit, influenced by the palmette motif and joined with the Ancient Egyptian eye of Horus motif.
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Otros términos
- main de Fatima [fr]
- Hand der Fatima [de]
- mano di Fatima [it]
- mano de Fátima [es]
- khamsas [en]
- khomsa [en]
- xomsa [en]
- chamesh [en]
- hamesh [en]
- hand of Fatima [en]
- hand of Miriam [en]
- hand of Fatimah [en]
- hamsa (hand) [he]
- mani di Fatima [it]