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
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa — Amulet Atlas New Zealand's national museum, in Wellington, established by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992 and opened on 14 February 1998. Te Papa is Māori for 'the treasure box'. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/org/te-papa/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
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