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
Turquoise — Amulet Atlas A hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, opaque, sky-blue where copper dominates and green where iron replaces it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/turquoise/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
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
Vodou and Vodún — and the spelling this atlas does not use — Amulet Atlas Two religions and one misspelling. Vodún is the religion of Aja, Ewe and Fon people in Benin, Togo, Ghana and Nigeria, with priesthoods, initiatory societies and the divination system Fá. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/vodou-not-voodoo/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Amber — Amulet Atlas Fossilised tree resin. Baltic amber, succinite, is found as irregular nodules in a marine glauconitic sand called blue earth, in Upper Eocene strata of Sambia, and comes from conifers of the family Sciadopityaceae. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/amber/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
gris-gris — Amulet Atlas A word that names a small cloth sack worn on the person, holding Qur'anic verses written on paper and a set number of small objects. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/gris-gris-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Faience — Amulet Atlas Crushed quartz or sand, a little lime and a mixture of alkalis, shaped and fired until a soda-lime-silica glaze forms on the surface, usually blue or green from copper. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/faience/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
The swastika — Amulet Atlas An equilateral cross with each arm bent at a right angle, so the figure has four-fold rotational symmetry and no mirror symmetry. It comes in two mirror forms: right-facing 卐 and left-facing 卍. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/swastika-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 46K
Challenge coin — Amulet Atlas A struck metal disc the size of a large coin, bearing a unit's insignia or an organization's emblem, carried in a pocket. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/challenge-coin/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 38K
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
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