Amulet or talisman? — Amulet Atlas Two words, one tray of objects, and no agreement about which word goes on which object. Some writers cut the pair by direction — an amulet turns harm away, a talisman pulls fortune in. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/amulet-or-talisman/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 42K
Ethiopian scroll craft — Amulet Atlas The making of painted parchment scrolls by dabtaras — unordained clerics of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church — for named people, cut to their height, written in Ge'ez, and read aloud to them by someone who can read it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/ethiopian-scroll-craft/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
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
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
What it stops — Amulet Atlas Every claim about what a charm does, attributed to whoever made it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/against/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 645K
nazar — Amulet Atlas A word for a glance that has ended up as the name of a glass disc. Naẓar in Arabic is sight, surveillance, attention. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/nazar-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Witch bottle — Amulet Atlas A stoppered vessel filled with the afflicted person's urine and with sharp iron — pins, needles, nails — then hidden. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/witch-bottle/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Gau — Amulet Atlas A metal box worn shut. Himalayan Art Resources calls the type a portable shrine, generally made from metal worked in repoussé — hammered from the back so the design stands out at the front. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/gau-box/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
The red thread — Amulet Atlas A length of red wool or silk tied round a wrist. In the Jewish folk custom it is thin scarlet wool worn as a bracelet or band. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/red-thread/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Inscribing — Amulet Atlas Writing the words that do the work. Lead scratched with a stylus, parchment ruled and lettered with a quill, silver foil punched with a blessing, metal foil incised with Khom Pali, paper painted with strokes nobody is… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/inscribing/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 43K
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