Words — Amulet Atlas Amulet, talisman, charm, ta'wiz, omamori, nazar — and what each one actually says. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/words/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 30K
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
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
Paper — Amulet Atlas The cheapest surface a charm can be written on, and the one that lets a charm be printed. Paper amulets are issued, folded, sealed into cases, pasted to doors, swallowed, and burnt at the end of a year. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/paper/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Folding — Amulet Atlas The step after the writing: the sheet is rolled into a tube, folded into a packet, or creased into a shape, and then cased, sewn or sealed. From that point the text is inside and nobody reads it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/folding/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
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
The votive wall — Amulet Atlas A surface at a shrine covered edge to edge in small identical-format objects left by strangers: hammered metal plaques the size of a playing card, wooden tablets on hooks, crutches wired to a grille. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/votive-wall/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Ofuda — Amulet Atlas A flat talisman issued by a shrine or a temple: a sheet of paper, a thin rectangular plaque in a paper sleeve, or a wooden tablet, carrying the name of the shrine or of the deity enshrined there and stamped with the… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ofuda/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
fu — Amulet Atlas One character, printed on a square of red paper and pasted at the entrance, usually turned upside down. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/fu-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Augustus Pitt Rivers — Amulet Atlas English soldier and archaeologist, 1827–1900, who arranged objects by what they are for rather than by where they came from. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/augustus-pitt-rivers/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
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