Worry stone — Amulet Atlas A smooth polished gemstone, usually an oval with a thumb-sized dish worn into one face, about 3 centimetres across. It is held between index finger and thumb, and the thumb is moved back and forth across the dish. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/worry-stone/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
Frederick Thomas Elworthy — Amulet Atlas English philologist and antiquary, 1830–1907, of Wellington in Somerset. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/frederick-elworthy/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Who owns a charm — Amulet Atlas A museum drawer of amulets is the hardest kind of collection to hand back and the easiest kind to have taken. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/who-owns-a-charm/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 54K
European folk apotropaic craft — Amulet Atlas Protective objects made and kept by European households outside the church's list: iron over a door, a bottle in a hearth, a shoe in a wall, rowan bound with red thread, a cross of rushes in the rafters, a bead against… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/european-folk-apotropaic/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 50K
The fig fist — Amulet Atlas A closed fist with the thumb pushed up between the index and middle fingers, carved or cast small and hung at the neck. In jet it is black and matte; in coral it is red; in silver it is the size of a thumb joint. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/fist/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
The beetle — Amulet Atlas A dung beetle seen from above — head, wing case and legs indicated, the underside left flat so it can be engraved. Usually identified as Scarabaeus sacer. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/scarab-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Salt — Amulet Atlas Sodium chloride, got by evaporating seawater in ponds, by mining rock salt, or from mineral springs. It preserves, it purifies, and it dissolves. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/salt/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Sak yant — Amulet Atlas A tattoo. Geometric yantra, animals and deities, set about with phrases in Pali, Khmer or Northern Thai, pricked into the skin with a long needle — traditionally a metal rod sharpened to a point, the khem sak. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/sak-yant/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
Nazar — Amulet Atlas A handmade glass bead: concentric circles, or a teardrop, in dark blue, white, light blue and black, sometimes rimmed in yellow or gold. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/nazar/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
Edward Lovett — Amulet Atlas English folklorist, July 1852 – 1933, who collected charms off London streets while working as a chief cashier at a bank in the City. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/edward-lovett/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
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