Tuon and Selucia gasped as one, hands darting for the hat. Tuon's reached it first, and she quickly put it on the chair next to her. "That is very bad luck, Toy. Never put a hot on a table." She made one of those odd gestures for warding off evil, folding under the middle two fingers and extending the other two stiffly. Selucia did the same.

 

I remember reading this in an earlier book than KoD and thought nothing of it, but this sure looks like a common hand gesture in our world. Is Robert Jordan telling us he loves us?! Please don't someone take that entirely literal and say, "No, he forgot the thumb." Buzzkill

Edited September 23, 201114 yr by Ratatatpat

It's the sign of the horns, made against bad luck, like 'touching wood'.

I didn't think it'd be an actual allusion!

It's because he's totally into grim necro frostbitten death metal.

Rock on!!!

Or hang loose, depending on the context.

Or hang loose, depending on the context.

 

Shaka sign or hang loose would be three fingers folded thumb and pinky out.

I thought that was an 'air phone'!

Fools! He was a U of Texas fan...

 

 

http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/hookem-horns.html

Edited September 23, 201114 yr by randsc

He was a USF Bulls fan, not Texas !

Ronnie James Dio is credited with inventing the "demon horns" metal salute, so obviously RJ was a Dio/Rainbow/Sabbath fan.