Ink — Amulet Atlas Pigment suspended in a liquid: charcoal and water in West Africa, sometimes with saffron added, and driven under the skin elsewhere. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/ink/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 39K
Cippus of Horus — Amulet Atlas A slab of stone carved with the child Horus standing on two crocodiles, gripping snakes and scorpions in his fists, and often an antelope by the horns and a lion by the tail. Rows of hieroglyphs cover the rest of it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/cippus-of-horus/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
gris-gris — Amulet Atlas A word that names a small cloth sack worn on the person, holding Qur'anic verses written on paper and a set number of small objects. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/gris-gris-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Burning at retirement — Amulet Atlas Ending a charm in fire, on purpose and in public. Old talismans go back to the place that issued them and are burnt together at a set ceremony; wish-plaques are burnt to release the wish; worn prayer flags are burnt… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/burning-retirement/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
The lion — Amulet Atlas A lion's head on a human body, a lioness's paws on a hippopotamus, or a lion reared up on its hind legs. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/lion/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 36K
luck — Amulet Atlas The word the whole 'good luck charm' category hangs on in English, and a late arrival that came in through a card game. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/luck-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
Joseph Naveh — Amulet Atlas Israeli epigrapher and palaeographer, 1928–2011, who read the writing on the amulets. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/joseph-naveh/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Illa practice — Amulet Atlas A practice of making the small thing stand for the large one. Its oldest form is the illa: a carved stone llama or alpaca, palm-sized, with a cylindrical hole sunk into the back between the shoulders — a container, fed… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/andean-illa-practice/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40K
Insa-dong — Amulet Atlas A neighbourhood of Jongno District, Seoul, 12.7 hectares of galleries, antique shops, paper and brush shops and tea houses along Insadong-gil and the alleys off it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/insadong/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 44K
St Christopher medal — Amulet Atlas A stamped metal disc, 15 to 30 mm across, showing a bearded giant wading a river with a staff in one hand and a child on his shoulder. Aluminium, tin, brass, silver and gold all get struck. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/st-christopher-medal/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 42K
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