The swastika problem — Amulet Atlas One shape carries two meanings that cannot be blended and must not be confused. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-swastika-problem/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 43K
Toli — Amulet Atlas A metal disc, brass, copper or bronze, ornamented on one face and polished on the other, worn on a shaman's body. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/toli-mirror/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
Silver — Amulet Atlas A soft, white, very reflective metal that occurs native and is mostly recovered as a by-product of lead-zinc, copper and gold mining. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/silver/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
The tooth and the claw — Amulet Atlas A tooth, a tusk or a claw, pierced or mounted and hung. Sometimes the animal part is left as it came off the animal; sometimes it is carved past recognition. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/tooth-and-claw/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Tibetan protection craft — Amulet Atlas The protective end of Tibetan Buddhism: printed and drawn amulets consecrated by lamas, folded and bound in five-coloured cord, carried in worked-metal boxes at the neck or over the chest, hung on strings across passes… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/tibetan-protection/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
Nimbu mirchi — Amulet Atlas A lime and seven green chillies threaded on a string and hung at a doorstep, over a shop counter or from the back of a vehicle. Nothing is worn and nothing is written. The thing rots in the sun, browns, and is replaced. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/nimbu-mirchi/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Shaul Shaked — Amulet Atlas Israeli Iranist and philologist, 1933–2021, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/shaul-shaked/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Greek and Roman protective magic — Amulet Atlas A practice organised around one idea: harm arrives through a look, so the answer is to catch the look. The Greek word for it is apotrépō, to turn away. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/greco-roman-apotropaic/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Martenitsa — Amulet Atlas Twisted white and red yarn, most often made into two small wool dolls: Pizho, the male one, mostly white; Penda, the female one, mostly red and wearing a skirt. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/martenitsa/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Bakongo nkisi craft — Amulet Atlas The practice, among the Bakongo of the Congo Basin and the Songye of Kasai, of assembling containers that a spirit inhabits. The maker is an nganga: a healer, diviner and mediator. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/bakongo-nkisi-craft/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
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