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    Must a Hamsa have an eye?

    Question #69654. Asked by zbeckabee. (Aug 13 06 1:29 PM)


    peasypod

    		Well, the purpose of the 'Khamsa' is to protect against the 'evil eye', so I guess it's there to remind people why they have one hanging around their neck.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Fatima



    Aug 13 06, 9:15 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Yes Peasy, that's the correct Hamsa (Khamsa).

    One may contain an eye--though one need not contain an eye as it is the shape of a hand that makes the Hamsa.

    http://www.rotem.net/hamsa.html

    Aug 14 06, 7:16 AM

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