Most of them are for children — Amulet Atlas Somewhere in every general account of amulets sits a sentence saying that the largest single class of them, anywhere in the world, is protection for infants: the cradle charm, the jet fist pinned inside a Puerto Rican… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/most-of-them-are-for-children/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 45K
Hex sign — Amulet Atlas A painted disc on the side of a barn: usually a star inside a circular border, in bright colour on white. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/hex-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Brigid's cross — Amulet Atlas A small cross woven from straw or rushes, defined by its material rather than its shape. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/brigids-cross/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Palad khik — Amulet Atlas A carved phallus, from a couple of inches to several feet long, in wood, metal, bone, horn or ivory, usually with sacred inscriptions cut into it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/palad-khik/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
The hand — Amulet Atlas A human hand, cast or cut flat and hung where it can be seen. It comes in three postures this atlas keeps apart: the palm open with five fingers spread, the fist with the thumb pushed between two fingers, and two… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/hand/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Egyptian amulet craft — Amulet Atlas The practice of making, wearing and burying small protective objects in ancient Egypt: shapes cut from stone or moulded in faience — quartz paste glazed blue or green in a kiln — pierced and strung, worn in life and… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/egyptian-amulet-craft/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
Azabache — Amulet Atlas A piece of jet — fossil wood, black, warm to the touch, light in the hand — cut either as a small clenched fist with the thumb pushed between the first two fingers, or as a faceted black bead. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/azabache/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
The swastika — Amulet Atlas An equilateral cross with each arm bent at a right angle, so the figure has four-fold rotational symmetry and no mirror symmetry. It comes in two mirror forms: right-facing 卐 and left-facing 卍. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/swastika-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 46K
The fig fist — Amulet Atlas A closed fist with the thumb pushed up between the index and middle fingers, carved or cast small and hung at the neck. In jet it is black and matte; in coral it is red; in silver it is the size of a thumb joint. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/fist/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
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
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