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
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
Brown Scapular — Amulet Atlas Two small rectangles of brown wool, a few inches across, joined by two cloth bands. One rectangle sits on the chest, the bands run over the shoulders, the other rectangle hangs down the back. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/brown-scapular/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40K
Inheriting — Amulet Atlas A charm that passes from one person to the next and gathers weight as it goes. The object is the same object; what changes is that it now carries a line of people. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/inheriting/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Yantra plate — Amulet Atlas A geometric diagram, drawn on paper, painted, or engraved into a sheet of metal, and usually smaller and less coloured than a mandala. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/yantra-plate/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Hair — Amulet Atlas Hair cut from a named person and put inside something else. It is almost never the charm on its own. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/hair/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 33K
Ongon — Amulet Atlas Two things under one word. An ongon is a spirit in the shamanic belief of Mongolia — after death, shamans become shamanic souls, ongod — and it is also the made object that stands for that spirit in the physical world… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ongon/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
The phallus — Amulet Atlas An erect phallus, modelled in bronze, bone or wood and worn, hung or fixed. Roman versions are frequently winged, and turn up as pendants, finger rings, relief carvings, lamps and wind chimes. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/phallic-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
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
Bujeok — Amulet Atlas A paper talisman drawn by a mudang, the ritual specialist of Korean vernacular religion. The figures on it are built out of Hanja, the Korean forms of Chinese logograms, worked into shapes that are not ordinary writing. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/bujeok/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
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