海外文化:英美民俗-魔眼

【英文原文】

The evil eye is the power some people are supposed to have to harm people or their possessions by merely looking at them. According to superstition, an evil person who has this power may use it to cause such misfortune as death, illness, or property damage. A person may also have the evil eye without knowing it and cause harm without intention. To avoid the evil eye, many people utter such phrases as “God bless you” or wear blue beads or other protective charms. Several popes were said to be the bearers of the evil eye. Pope Pius Ⅸwas one. Pope Leo XⅢ, his successor, was said to have the evil eye because so many cardinals died during his reign.

【中文譯文】

據一種迷信的說法，有人長有魔眼，只須看人一眼，就能使之患病或喪生。或看一眼別人的財產，就能使之損壞。有人長有魔眼，但自己不知道，所以雖無惡意，但仍能造成傷害。為避免魔眼的傷害，人們會說“上帝保佑”，或戴藍色的珠子或別的吉祥物。有幾個教皇據說長有魔眼，例如庇護九世。繼任的利奧十三世據說也是如此，他在任期間死了好幾個樞機主教。