Ongon — Amulet Atlas Two things under one word. An ongon is a spirit in the shamanic belief of Mongolia — after death, shamans become shamanic souls, ongod — and it is also the made object that stands for that spirit in the physical world… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ongon/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Red coral — Amulet Atlas The hard red skeleton of a colonial marine animal, cut and polished like a stone. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/coral/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
Martenitsa — Amulet Atlas Twisted white and red yarn, most often made into two small wool dolls: Pizho, the male one, mostly white; Penda, the female one, mostly red and wearing a skirt. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/martenitsa/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Bujeok — Amulet Atlas A paper talisman drawn by a mudang, the ritual specialist of Korean vernacular religion. The figures on it are built out of Hanja, the Korean forms of Chinese logograms, worked into shapes that are not ordinary writing. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/bujeok/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Fascinum — Amulet Atlas A phallus, worn. Usually cast in bronze, often winged, pierced or looped for a cord; also cut as finger rings, carved in relief on walls, made into lamps and into wind chimes called tintinnabula. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/fascinum/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Thai wicha — Amulet Atlas The taught craft behind Thailand's protective objects: the designs, the scripts, the incantations and the rules that go with them. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/thai-wicha/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 44K
The fake market — Amulet Atlas Buyers at an amulet stall arrive with jeweller's loupes. They are not checking whether the clay is old — the clay is usually old enough. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-fake-market/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
Nazar — Amulet Atlas A handmade glass bead: concentric circles, or a teardrop, in dark blue, white, light blue and black, sometimes rimmed in yellow or gold. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/nazar/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
The Lovett charms at Wellcome Collection — Amulet Atlas An address rather than a room. Walk into 183 Euston Road today and there is no case of Edward Lovett's London charms to look at: the permanent show of Henry Wellcome's own collecting, Medicine Man, closed for good on 27… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/wellcome-lovett/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 49K
Feeding the charm — Amulet Atlas Giving the object something to consume. Liquor poured on a cloth bag, a lit cigarette in a plaster figure's mouth, rice and salt and water set out in front of a paper talisman, a nail driven into a carved figure… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/feeding-the-charm/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
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