Talk:Worry beads

Possible copyvio

the content on this page seems earily similar to the content found on this site: http://www.yasou.org/geninfo/komboloi.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.83.33 (talk) 17:31, June 16, 2005 (UTC)

Page title

The correct and official (ISO standars) spelling in English is "kompoloi" and not komboloi or koboloi. Shall we move the site to kompoloi, then direct komboloi to the new site? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.113.200 (talk • contribs)

What most people use:
47,500 for komboloi
1,400 for kompoloi
798 for koboloi
(yes, one more google count)
--FocalPoint 08:48, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

What's "official" and what's used are very different. English has no ruling academy and "correct" is defined by common usage. Therefore it is komboloi.--74.15.144.71 02:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the most common name in English seems to be "worry beads".... --Macrakis (talk) 02:25, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Some input to the origin of the Komboloi

A local tourist guide in Rethymno, Crete, emphatically claimed that the Komboloi had origins from India, and was originally intended to gather or concentrate "energy" for meditation. It would be interesting if anyone could verify this. --BoFo 21:22, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

A komboloi-like religious device, known as a Mala, is indeed used by the Hindus. Similar "devices" are used by Muslims, Buddhists and Christians. There is no consensus as to which came first. However, it is pretty certasin that the Greek Komboloi is the only non-religious device of its kind. Rastapopoulos 06:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

The oldest image of Kompoloi known to me is the fresco of the Worshipers from Xeste 3 building of the Prehistoric Settlement of Akrotiri, Santorini (Thera) http://www.windmillstravel.com/gr/zoom.php?id=21089 It dates back to 1613 b.C. (unsigned edit by User:Klearchoskapoutsis on 2010-11-13T15:11:20)

If you interpret every string of beads as a komboloi, then I'm sure we can take the komboloi far back into prehistory. The cultural context matters, and there is no reason to believe that the string of beads in the Akrotiri fresco (usually interpreted as a necklace) is culturally related to komboloi. --Macrakis (talk) 16:25, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Stress Relief

Oh, it's so stressing sitting in the sun and waiting for your kafes to arrive and thinking, will the kafetzis remember to put three spoonfulls of sugar in your coffee...?

Seriously, I was glad to find this article here. Now we need one for "begleri". Stassa 23:54, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Museum link

Also check this link for information about a Komboloi store and museum in Greece (Nafplion). http://www.cs-net.gr/komboloi/index.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.246.150.157 (talk) 05:43, April 7, 2007 (UTC)

Sentence clarification

What does "and a niche" mean? It isn't English! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.15.138 (talk) 23:07, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Expression

from prayer to worry beads:

1. becoming atheist
2. being undecided
   • randomly acting
3. loss of one's values
4. becoming careless or simply more relaxed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4107:9B00:FD1D:4570:446D:E240 (talk) 09:25, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Removed Nonsense

I have removed the section about worry beads being shaken as a ritual before marriage, as it was inserted by an account that created similar unsourced and probaly wrong edits. --Lpd-Lbr (talk) 15:10, 3 August 2019 (UTC)