▁sc orp ion , ▁and ▁sp ider ▁( s ometimes ▁called ▁the ▁c rab ▁or ▁tort o ise ▁by ▁car pet ▁special ists ) ▁share ▁the ▁same ▁basic ▁diam ond ▁shape ▁with ▁a ▁hook ed ▁or ▁stepped ▁boundary , ▁often ▁making ▁them ▁very ▁difficult ▁to ▁distinguish . ▁ ▁Several ▁mot ifs ▁hope ▁for ▁the ▁safety ▁of ▁the ▁we aver ' s ▁family ▁from ▁the ▁evil ▁eye ▁( , ▁also ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁mot if ), ▁which ▁could ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁four ▁with ▁a ▁cross ▁symbol ▁( ), ▁or ▁a vert ed ▁with ▁the ▁symbol ▁of ▁a ▁hook ▁( ), ▁a ▁human ▁eye ▁( ), ▁or ▁an ▁am u let ▁( ; ▁often , ▁a ▁tri angular ▁package ▁containing ▁a ▁sacred ▁verse ). ▁The ▁car pet ▁expert ▁Jon ▁Thompson ▁explains ▁that ▁such ▁an ▁am u let ▁w oven ▁into ▁a ▁rug ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁theme : ▁to ▁the ▁we aver , ▁it ▁actually ▁is ▁an ▁am u let , ▁confer ring ▁protection ▁by ▁its ▁presence . ▁In ▁his ▁words , ▁to ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁and ▁trib al ▁cult ures ▁that ▁w ove ▁kil ims , ▁" the ▁device ▁in ▁the ▁rug ▁has ▁a ▁material ity , ▁it ▁generates ▁a ▁field ▁of ▁force ▁able ▁to ▁interact ▁with ▁other ▁un seen ▁forces ▁and ▁is ▁not ▁merely ▁an ▁intellectual ▁abstra ction ." ▁ ▁Other ▁mot ifs ▁symbol ised ▁fert ility , ▁as ▁with ▁the ▁tr ous seau ▁ch est ▁mot if ▁( ), ▁or ▁the ▁explicit ▁fert ility ▁() ▁mot if . ▁The ▁mot if ▁for