Omamori — Amulet Atlas A small brocade pouch, a few centimetres tall, drawn shut at the top with a cord and printed with the name of the shrine or temple that issued it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/omamori/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
Rudraksha — Amulet Atlas A hard brown seed-stone, ridged from top to bottom, drilled and strung at the throat. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/rudraksha/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Lead — Amulet Atlas A soft grey metal, cheap, heavy, and soft enough to scratch with a stylus and then fold in the hand. It is also poisonous, which is the whole of its modern story. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/lead/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 35K
Ethiopian talismanic scroll — Amulet Atlas A long strip of parchment — goat or sheep hide, soaked, dried, stretched, scraped and washed until it takes ink — painted with prayers in Ge'ez and with talismanic drawings, then rolled. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ethiopian-magic-scroll/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Wood — Amulet Atlas Cut, carved, split or planed. Wood is probably the commonest amulet material in the world and one of the rarest in a museum tray older than a few centuries, because it burns, rots, and in a great many traditions is… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/wood/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 38K
Rowan cross — Amulet Atlas Two rowan twigs laid across each other and bound at the crossing with red thread or wool, a few inches across. A variant is a loop rather than a cross: a single withy bent round and tied. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/rowan-cross/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Keris pusaka — Amulet Atlas An asymmetrical dagger in three parts: blade (bilah), hilt (hulu) and sheath (warangka). nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/keris-pusaka/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
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
Nimbu mirchi — Amulet Atlas A lime and seven green chillies threaded on a string and hung at a doorstep, over a shop counter or from the back of a vehicle. Nothing is worn and nothing is written. The thing rots in the sun, browns, and is replaced. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/nimbu-mirchi/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Agadez cross — Amulet Atlas A cast pendant, usually silver, with a ring or loop at the top and a flared, spreading body below — sometimes a cross, more often a shape between a cross and a shield. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/tuareg-cross/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
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