Hands in culture

thumb|upright=1.25|A fortune-telling|fortune-teller conducting a palm reading, with lines and mounts marked out on the person's left palm thumb|Gold stamped front cover of The Psychonomy of the Hand

upright|thumb|A hanging hamsa in a car in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic ), also romanized khamsa, and known as the hand of Fatima, is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings. Depicting the open hand, an image recognized and used as a sign of protection in many times throughout history, the hamsa is believed to provide defense against the evil eye.

alternative/supplement to hand washing. Destroys microorganisms/prevents transmission of pathogens

alt=|thumb|350x350px|French President Emmanuel Macron greets U.S. First Lady [[Melania Trump by kissing her hand (24 April 2018).]] Hand-kissing is a greeting gesture that indicates courtesy, politeness, respect, admiration, affection or even devotion by one person toward another. A hand-kiss is considered a respectful way for a gentleman to greet a lady. Today, non-ritual hand-kissing is rare and takes place mostly within conservative class or diplomatic contexts. Today, the hand kiss has largely been replaced by a kiss on the cheek or a handshake.

symbol used in heraldry to denote the Irish province of Ulster

Vasconic archaeological artifact from 1st century BC

dried and pickled hand of a man who has been hanged

form of physical intimacy

sexual fascination with hands

The manicule, , is a typographical mark with the appearance of a hand with its index finger extended in a pointing gesture. It is typically used to draw the reader's attention to a certain part of a text. In older texts, it had a broader variety of uses including indicating section headers, marginal notes, and terms for cross-reference. The term manicule was derived from the Latin manicula, or 'little hand', though it has been known by many other names, often related to its various functions, including fist, index, and pointer.

fictional character in The Addams Family

Jewish ritual of purifying one's hands by washing them

purposed hand of a yeti found in Nepal

fictional character from the Super Smash Bros. series