A cornicello or cornetto, Italian for
"little horn" or "hornlet", is an amulet worn to protect against
the evil eye. In the Southern Italian Dialects, it is called cuornuciello or variants thereof.
The
Cornicello is an Italian amulet of good luck used to protect the wearer
from the evil-eye curse. It is a twisted horn-shaped charm often made
of gold, silver, bone, or red coral.Originally cornicelli resembled the
twisted horn of an African eland, though over the years they have become
stylized and less horn-like. A regionally popular amulet, they are
primarily found in Italy and in America among descendents of Italian
immigrants. According to some Calabrese traditions, the horn was once
modeled after achili pepper, due to its abundance in the region.
Related
to the corno is the mano cornuta or "horned hand." This is an Italian
hand-gesture (or an amulet imitative of the gesture) that can be used to
indicate that a man has been cuckolded ("wears the horns") and also to
ward off the evil eye. Mano means, "hand", and corno means. "horn."
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