Inscribing — Amulet Atlas Writing the words that do the work. Lead scratched with a stylus, parchment ruled and lettered with a quill, silver foil punched with a blessing, metal foil incised with Khom Pali, paper painted with strokes nobody is… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/inscribing/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 43K
Amulet or talisman? — Amulet Atlas Two words, one tray of objects, and no agreement about which word goes on which object. Some writers cut the pair by direction — an amulet turns harm away, a talisman pulls fortune in. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/amulet-or-talisman/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 42K
Ekeko — Amulet Atlas A short, moustached man in Andean dress, above all a poncho, loaded to the shoulders with everything a household could want: bags and baskets of grain, food, pots, tools, banknotes. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ekeko/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Petrie's amulet plates — Amulet Atlas Plates of small Egyptian amulets, photographed in rows against a plain ground, printed at the back of a slim book: W. M. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/petrie-amulet-plates/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
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
Jet — Amulet Atlas Fossil wood. Jet is lignite, the lowest rank of coal, formed from wood under pressure — commonly from trees of the family Araucariaceae — and it is a mineraloid, not a mineral. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/jet/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
What it stops — Amulet Atlas Every claim about what a charm does, attributed to whoever made it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/against/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 645K
Illa — Amulet Atlas A small carved animal, usually a llama or alpaca, cut from hard stone — the Dallas Museum of Art's Inca example is green and black — with a cylindrical hole sunk into the back between the shoulders. It sits in the hand. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/illa/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
Taonga Māori — Amulet Atlas Treasures with whakapapa. A hei-tiki, a hei matau, an adze reworked into a pendant, a cloak, a carving: Te Papa's own description of taonga Māori covers ancestral carvings, personal ornaments, garments and weaponry… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/maori-taonga/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 42K
The fish — Amulet Atlas A fish in outline, usually two curved strokes crossing at the tail. In Christian use the Greek letters ΙΧΘΥΣ are sometimes written inside it. In China it is cast as a coin charm shaped like a fish and hung on a child. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/fish/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
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