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
Dating a charm — Amulet Atlas The timeline on this site is drawn from one field. Every record may carry a `dating` block with a start year, an end year, a flag saying whether people still carry the thing, and a word saying how the date is known. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/dating-a-charm/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 39K
Bone and ivory — Amulet Atlas Two related things a charm gets cut from: bone, from any animal including a human one, and ivory, meaning tusk — from African and Asian elephants above all, and also from hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and mammoth. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/bone-ivory/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
taweez — Amulet Atlas The word across the Muslim world for a worn written charm and, by extension, for the object it is folded into: a pendant, letters carved on metal, a framed prayer. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/taweez-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Washing off the ink — Amulet Atlas The charm written and then destroyed on purpose, so that a person can take it. Words are written inside a bowl, water is poured in, the writing comes off into the water, and the water is drunk. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/washing-off-ink/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Tibetan protection craft — Amulet Atlas The protective end of Tibetan Buddhism: printed and drawn amulets consecrated by lamas, folded and bound in five-coloured cord, carried in worked-metal boxes at the neck or over the chest, hung on strings across passes… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/tibetan-protection/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
Phone charm — Amulet Atlas A small figure, bead, tassel or brocade pouch on a thin cord, knotted with a lark's head through a hole in a phone or a case. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/phone-charm/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 37K
The mirror — Amulet Atlas A disc of polished metal, worn or hung so it faces outward. Two well-documented kinds: the Chinese bagua mirror, octagonal or circular, with the eight trigrams ringed around a flat, convex or concave glass, fixed above… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/mirror-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Evil eye bracelet — Amulet Atlas One or more blue-and-white eye beads on an elastic cord, a chain or a red string, sized for a wrist. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/evil-eye-bracelet/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
St Christopher medal — Amulet Atlas A stamped metal disc, 15 to 30 mm across, showing a bearded giant wading a river with a staff in one hand and a child on his shoulder. Aluminium, tin, brass, silver and gold all get struck. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/st-christopher-medal/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 42K
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