Djed pillar — Amulet Atlas A column with four flat bars stacked across its top, like a capital with too many collars. As an amulet it is small and hung at the neck; the Book of the Dead specifies a gold one for a mummy. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/djed-pillar/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Teru teru bōzu — Amulet Atlas A small handmade doll of tissue paper or cloth, white, a ball of stuffing for a head with the cloth falling loose below it and a string tied round the neck. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/teru-teru-bozu/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
The crescent — Amulet Atlas A moon with its middle cut out, two horns and a curved back, hung point-up at the neck. Roman ones are gold. Isidore of Seville defines them as female ornaments in the likeness of the moon, little hanging gold bullae. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/crescent/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
The footprint — Amulet Atlas The print of a foot, or of two feet side by side, cut in stone or wood or painted. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/footprint/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
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
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
The ex-voto wall — Amulet Atlas Small painted panels hung in ranks inside a church, each showing one bad moment — a cart going over, a fever bed, a boat under a wave — with the saint who intervened floating in the top corner and a line of handwriting… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/ex-voto-wall/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Coptic cross tattoo — Amulet Atlas A small cross tattooed on the inside of the right wrist. The usual design is the Coptic cross: two bold lines of equal length crossing at right angles, each arm ending in three points — twelve points in all. Often blue. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/coptic-cross-tattoo/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Holy rider pendant — Amulet Atlas A small disc or pendant, bronze on the early Byzantine examples and lead on the medieval ones. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/holy-rider-pendant/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K