Mano Cornuto means “horned hand” in Italian; the gesture is commonly depicted on charms against the evil eye. It is unclear whether the gesture originated as an image of horns or as a “poking out the eyes” gesture (against the malocchio or “evil eye”), but ancient lunar goddess charms depicting animal horns were used for similar protective purposes and are probably related to the gesture.
The use of the horns as a symbol of satanic belief is recent, and is evolved from its use by heavy metal musicians and fans. (A good discussion of the use of the horned hand gesture in rock can be found here.) The horned Hand gesture is also used occasionally by Wiccans as a symbol of the “horned God” or as the horns of the Moon Goddess, depending on tradition.
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Let’s get one thing straight, pagans and satanists do not. Have the same roots satan did not exist untill christians upserped baphomete satan and baphomete are two totally different ideas but the same visualization. Sata was the appifany of early christians that felt left out because of monotheism because they were duotheistic or pagan. Baphomet was made popular by an old book called the dark magicians universe currently out of print, he represented all ideals foriegn not evil neccisarliy. Satan was used to scare people and was used as a tool to convert people, because if you did not believe in the abrahamiv god then you were in league with satan. Satan s/lucifers importance as well as jesus s were decided at the counsil of nicea in rome about 550 a.d. pagans were already established in many different traditions for thousands of years all around the world. Satanism is a means of control in our society where the initiates serve one purpous, wich is to perpetuate the oto s agenda, wich is world domination and a new world order. The people in the high enchleons are the only ones to know this as true. Yes satanists do use magic, but its to control people and make them do evil things in order to have more control over the individual. Now solitary satanists have no idea this is even happening because they are following the herd, only lodges and temples are in league together and they include some of the most wealthiest families and high posing gonverment officials in the world, they are usually illuminaty as well. The fact of the matter is pagan with out dispute have been around a lot longer than satan and baphomet, and we take our lineage through egypt, babalonia, and sumaria the OLDEST civilaizations and as pagans we walk the twilight path, experiencing the dark ideals with in ourselves to fully understand and embrace the light. I’m sorry to inform you but you are under educated in the occult and misinformed. We have never and will never condon the belief of satan because that only perpetuates your own agenda s along with other abrahamic faiths and belief system. and please do not bring up crowely he had nothing to do with satanism he was thalemic and therefore pagan just a darker tradition.
Learned in the 4th grade that this was a sign used to communicate “hail” in meteorology…always figured when you did this at a show, it just meant “Hail _____!”
I notice that all horned hand gestures are jumbled together here. even though the placement of the other fingers and thumb changes the energy and outcome of its use. middle ring straight down thumb next to middle straight up is this symbol. thumb across the middle & ring is different as well is the middle ring tips touching thumb. (the later used by rockers mostly) also middle ring over the thumb. secondly why are people coming here to argue about insignificant details? satanist and christians are the same, to give power to one fake idea is to give power to the other. christians muslims jews and satanists are just jealous because they have no true power so they attempt to steal power, ideas, symbols and the like from others. as far as the illusion of good and evil goes, that’s up to the individual to decide for themselves exactly what is good or evil. people are fickle, stubborn and easily fooled. believe what you see or what is real, and still pray to beings they have never experienced seen met heard or likewise. especially when the true power is within…
first of all, paganism, satanism, neopaganism, wicca, all share the same roots and by default have simmilar symbols. second, the pentagram was originaly an astrology map of the movements of venus, and your atempt to lay claim to its origin displays arogance on a near christian scale. lastly the fact that you reference satanism, one of the least violent or malevolent religions in existence as ‘evil’ is both an insult and further proof of your inability to extricate yourself from the delusion of good and evil.
I love site. I love how it’s not run by religious fanaticswho try to find satan in everything, for one, and I love how informative it actually is.
I first learned this gesture in the 1970s. But then it meant “bullshit”.
I like this site, it is informative. I am a graphic arts major and taking art history right now so naturally I would be interested in symbology. I always knew that there was a much more older meaning behind the horned hand and that the satanic interpretation is a recent addition.
I just love how you satanists decide to add a new meaning to everything that was initially started by the pagans e.g. the horns concept, the pentagram ect. thanks to you guys, us pagans are associated with you in society’s eyes and are seen as evil
Hey SatansGift, thanks for that tidbit, always thought it was Ronny James Dio that started it, but after reading you entry looked a few places online and they all point to Jinx Dawson who started and finished the show with the Horns…
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Well, gripe to them about it.
Your link fails to point out that the first band to openly use the symbol and be pictured using it was Coven. Primarily Jinx Dawson.
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