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Ugallu was a lion-headed protective demon used in ritual and apotropaic magic across ancient Mesopotamia. Originally one of the chaotic monsters slain by the god Marduk in the Enûma Eliš, Ugallu was later transformed into a beneficial protective figure featured on amulets and reliefs to ward off evil, disease, and disaster. In Neo-Assyrian iconography, he’s often shown with human limbs and armed with a dagger or mace above his head, emphasizing his role as a fierce defender against harmful force

Possibly over 4,000 years old, this apotropaic wand is attributed to the 12th–13th Dynasties of the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. Carved from hippopotamus ivory in the shape of a tusk-like canine, it is decorated on one side with protective deities bearing knives and shows signs of wear from use before burial. It measures 33.1 × 5.3 × 12.4 × 1 cm (13 1/16 × 2 1/16 × 4 7/8 × 3/8 in). This artifact is now housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States. It was

We recently discovered Apotropaic ‘Witches’ marks’ forged onto the old cupboard bolts here at The Great House, dating to around 1690. Despite their name, Witch marks actually have very little to do with witches or witchcraft! The word ‘Apotropaic’ comes from the Greek for “to turn away,” and these marks were thought to repel evil influences - witches, demons, or the dreaded “evil eye.” Most common from the 16th to the early 19th century, people often carved such symbols near doorways, on furnitu