Reply To: Now, that’s Jewish(?)

Reb eliezer “When she gave birth and one stretched his hand out, the midwife took his hand and tied a red string on him to know who came out first.”

Yes but that still doesn’t explain why people wear it I think as a protection from ayin Hara possibly? That red color supposedly repels it? Also that still doesn’t credit us with the origin aren’t there religions that predate us who have this custom?

Again is it possible that these and many other mystical customs came from Jewish origins but forgotten over the years and have been picked up by other religions or possibly kept for all the years since the matanos were given over to Hagar and the Eastern world?

And regarding Magen David do we have any Jewish source for this symbol?