Pendant lips with tongue with knife - Plaster 3.5" High x 4.5" Wide

In Santería and Afro-Cuban religions, a ritual involving lips (or the tongue) with a dagger or knife placed across them is primarily used to silence, paralyze, or neutralize gossip, slander, defamation, and the envy of third parties. It is a work of spiritual defense and protection.

• Silencing "bad tongues": It is used to prevent someone from speaking ill of you or revealing secrets.
• Protection against envy: It serves to cut off negative energy, gossip, and dark thoughts, especially those coming from people close to you.
• Paralyzing enemies: The goal is to "tie" the mouths of enemies so they cannot act against you.
• The Tongue/Lips: They represent poisonous words, gossip, or slander.
• The Dagger/Knife placed across: It symbolizes the action of cutting off, stopping, or instantly immobilizing that evil.
• Ritual with Eleguá/Oggún: Often, this work is performed by invoking Eleguá (to open paths and overcome obstacles) or Oggún (owner of iron and metals) so that they may act against the person causing the harm.