Envy is the desire to own a good that belongs to another. It is a feeling of inferiority and disgust at the happiness of the other. It is a feeling of covetousness for the wealth, brightness and prosperity of others.
Envy is the constant desire that some people feel when striving at all costs for the conquests of other people's lives, it is to desire what the other has or achieves.
Envy is closely linked to jealousy, the moment it produces disgust or torment to the individual who longs to own something that belongs to another individual.
the popular expression elbow pain is used to indicate that someone is jealous or jealous of the other, having lost something or someone to someone else.
For the Catholic Church, envy is one of the seven deadly sins and against it the virtue of charity and love of neighbor are preached.
Some objects are used as an amulet or talisman against envy and the evil eye, among them, the Greek eye, rabbit's foot, fig, horseshoe etc. It is believed that they can bring luck and protect people from any negative energy driven by envy and the evil eye.