The Ojo de Dios or God's eye is a ritual tool that was believed to protect those while they pray, a magical object, and an ancient cultural symbol evoking the weaving motif and its spiritual associations for the Huichol and Tepehuan Americans of western Mexico. There has also been a huge increase in the use of Ojos de Dios as an easy and fun craft for children. In other parts of the Americas, artisans weave complicated or variegated versions of the traditional Ojos de Dios, selling them as decorations or religious objects. During Spanish colonial times in New Mexico from the 16th to the 19th centuries, Ojos de Dios (God's Eye) were placed where people worked, or where they walked along a trail. Some believers think the spiritual eye of the Ojos de Dios has the power to see and understand things unknown to the physical eye. Often they reflect a confidence in all-seeing Providence. Ojos de Dios are common in the Pueblos of New Mexico. They are commonly found in Mexican, Peruvian people and Latin American communities, among both Indigenous and Catholic peoples. God's eye or Ojo de Dios on Quemado Mountain, San Luis Potosi, MexicoĪ God's eye (in Spanish, Ojo de Dios) is a spiritual and votive object made by weaving a design out of yarn upon a wooden cross.
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