Ethiopian scroll craft — Amulet Atlas The making of painted parchment scrolls by dabtaras — unordained clerics of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church — for named people, cut to their height, written in Ge'ez, and read aloud to them by someone who can read it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/ethiopian-scroll-craft/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Hei matau — Amulet Atlas A heavily stylised fish hook, carved in bone or pounamu — the Māori term for the hard green stones, chiefly nephrite jade, found only in the South Island — and worn at the neck on a cord. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/hei-matau/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Bes amulet — Amulet Atlas A squat bearded figure with a lion's face, a feathered crown, a protruding tongue and bandy legs, shown full-face when every other Egyptian god is shown in profile. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/bes-amulet/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Exam charm — Amulet Atlas Four different objects doing one job. A brocade pouch a few centimetres long, the shrine's name woven into it, a paper or wooden prayer sealed inside and not to be opened. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/exam-charm/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 41K
Alan Dundes — Amulet Atlas American folklorist, 1934–2005, who taught at the University of California, Berkeley for forty-two years. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/alan-dundes/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
talisman — Amulet Atlas The word for a made object whose power the maker claims to have put in it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/talisman-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
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
Challenge coin — Amulet Atlas A struck metal disc the size of a large coin, bearing a unit's insignia or an organization's emblem, carried in a pocket. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/challenge-coin/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 38K
The horn — Amulet Atlas A single twisted horn, tapering to a point, hung at a neck or a rear-view mirror. Gold, silver, plastic, bone, terracotta, or the red coral that is the version Naples is known for. A few centimetres long. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/horn/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Hirz — Amulet Atlas A small case on a chain, rectangular or cylindrical, holding verses of the Qur'an written on paper inside. Usually silver. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/hirz-pouch/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
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