periapt — Amulet Atlas An English word for an amulet worn hung round the neck, defined by the hanging rather than by the shape or the material. It is close to dead. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/periapt/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
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 eye everywhere — Amulet Atlas An eye is drawn, moulded, beaded or painted on protective objects from the Tigris to Tijuana, and the temptation is to call that a single human idea. It is not one thing. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-eye-everywhere/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
Cowrie — Amulet Atlas The shell of a sea snail of the family Cypraeidae: egg-shaped, glossy as glazed porcelain, with a long toothed slit down the flat underside. Species run from 5 mm to 19 cm. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/cowrie/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
Mesopotamian household protection — Amulet Atlas A craft with four moving parts: a demon with a name, a counter-power with a name, an incantation that addresses the demon directly, and a physical object — a plaque, a cast head, a figurine — placed where the danger… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/mesopotamian-apotropaic/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
mascot — Amulet Atlas The only word in this batch whose modern sense is a job. A mascot is a human, an animal or an object thought to bring luck, or anything that stands for a group with a common public identity — a school, a team, a… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/mascot-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Tupilaq — Amulet Atlas Two different things share this name, and a reader should hold them apart. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/tupilaq/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
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
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
Horseshoe — Amulet Atlas A U of iron, drilled with nail holes, that spent its first life nailed to a hoof. As a charm it is the used one: worn thin at the toe, still carrying nail stubs, fixed over a doorway. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/horseshoe/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
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