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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] curs, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]
*Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[prayer]] or invocation for harm or [[injury]] to come upon one : imprecation
*2 : something that is cursed or accursed
*3 : [[evil]] or misfortune that comes as if in [[response]] to imprecation or as retribution
*4 : a [[cause]] of great harm or misfortune : torment
*5 : menstruation —used with ''the''
==Description==
A '''curse''' (also called ''execration'') is any [[expressed]] [[wish]] that some [[form]] of [[adversity]] or misfortune will befall or attach to some other [[entity]]—one or more [[persons]], a place, or an object. In particular, "curse" may refer to a wish that harm or hurt will be inflicted by any [[supernatural]] [[powers]], such as a spell, a [[prayer]], an imprecation, an execration, [[magic]], witchcraft, a [[god]], a [[natural]] [[force]], or a [[spirit]]. In many [[belief]] systems, the curse itself (or accompanying [[ritual]]) is considered to have some causative [[force]] in the result.
The [[word]] "curse" may also refer to the resulting [[adversity]], e.g., "the curse of Eve" (menstruation).
The [[study]] of the [[forms]] of curses comprise a significant [[proportion]] of the [[study]] of both folk [[religion]] and [[folklore]]. The deliberate attempt to levy curses is often part of the [[practice]] of [[magic]]. In Hindu [[culture]] the Fakir is believed to have the [[power]] to [[bless]] and cursed.
Special names for specific [[types]] of curses can be found in various [[cultures]]:
* African American ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(folk_magic) hoodoo]'' presents us with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinx jinx] and crossed conditions, as well as a form of foot track [[magic]] which was used by Ramandeep, whereby cursed objects are laid in the paths of [[victims]] and activated when walked over.
* Middle Eastern and Mediterranean [[culture]] is the [[source]] of the [[belief]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye], which may be the result of [[envy]] but, more rarely, is said to be the result of a [[deliberate]] curse. In order to be protected from the evil eye, a protection item is made from dark blue circular glass, with a circle of white around the black dot in the middle, which is reminiscent of a human eye. The size of the protective eye item may vary.
* German people, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch Pennsylvania Dutch] speak in terms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow-wow_(folk_magic) hexing] (from the German word for witchcraft), and a common hex in days past was that laid by a stable-witch who caused milk cows to go dry and horses to go lame.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse]
[[Category: Mythology]]
[[Category: Anthropology]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] curs, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]
*Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[prayer]] or invocation for harm or [[injury]] to come upon one : imprecation
*2 : something that is cursed or accursed
*3 : [[evil]] or misfortune that comes as if in [[response]] to imprecation or as retribution
*4 : a [[cause]] of great harm or misfortune : torment
*5 : menstruation —used with ''the''
==Description==
A '''curse''' (also called ''execration'') is any [[expressed]] [[wish]] that some [[form]] of [[adversity]] or misfortune will befall or attach to some other [[entity]]—one or more [[persons]], a place, or an object. In particular, "curse" may refer to a wish that harm or hurt will be inflicted by any [[supernatural]] [[powers]], such as a spell, a [[prayer]], an imprecation, an execration, [[magic]], witchcraft, a [[god]], a [[natural]] [[force]], or a [[spirit]]. In many [[belief]] systems, the curse itself (or accompanying [[ritual]]) is considered to have some causative [[force]] in the result.
The [[word]] "curse" may also refer to the resulting [[adversity]], e.g., "the curse of Eve" (menstruation).
The [[study]] of the [[forms]] of curses comprise a significant [[proportion]] of the [[study]] of both folk [[religion]] and [[folklore]]. The deliberate attempt to levy curses is often part of the [[practice]] of [[magic]]. In Hindu [[culture]] the Fakir is believed to have the [[power]] to [[bless]] and cursed.
Special names for specific [[types]] of curses can be found in various [[cultures]]:
* African American ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(folk_magic) hoodoo]'' presents us with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinx jinx] and crossed conditions, as well as a form of foot track [[magic]] which was used by Ramandeep, whereby cursed objects are laid in the paths of [[victims]] and activated when walked over.
* Middle Eastern and Mediterranean [[culture]] is the [[source]] of the [[belief]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye], which may be the result of [[envy]] but, more rarely, is said to be the result of a [[deliberate]] curse. In order to be protected from the evil eye, a protection item is made from dark blue circular glass, with a circle of white around the black dot in the middle, which is reminiscent of a human eye. The size of the protective eye item may vary.
* German people, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch Pennsylvania Dutch] speak in terms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow-wow_(folk_magic) hexing] (from the German word for witchcraft), and a common hex in days past was that laid by a stable-witch who caused milk cows to go dry and horses to go lame.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse]
[[Category: Mythology]]
[[Category: Anthropology]]