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American heavy metal singer (1942–2010)
The “devil horns” or sign of the horns is a family of related hand gestures whose basic form — extended index and little finger with the middle and ring fingers held down — is widely used to ward off ...
The “devil horns” or “sign of the horns” is made by extending the index (pointer) and little (pinky) fingers while holding down the middle and ring fingers — typically with the thumb pressing them — a...
Ronnie James Dio is widely credited with popularizing the “devil horns” (or metal horns) hand gesture in heavy metal culture by adopting a traditional Italian apotropaic sign from his grandmother and ...
did not "invent" the as an original hand sign; he adapted and popularized an older gesture—drawing on an folk sign his grandmother used and on examples already in rock—and turned it into a defining he...
The “”—index and little fingers extended while middle and ring fingers are tucked—is a multilayered gesture with deep, pre-modern roots as an apotropaic (evil‑warding) sign in and a more recent reinve...