Ping'an fu — Amulet Atlas A sheet of yellow paper inscribed with sacred symbols, folded into a bagua shape or a rectangle and slipped into a red cloth sleeve. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ping-an-fu/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
abracadabra — Amulet Atlas A word that was an object. Written out as a shrinking triangle on a piece of parchment and hung at the neck, it was a prescription — the earliest surviving instruction for it is a doctor's, for fever. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/abracadabra/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Folding — Amulet Atlas The step after the writing: the sheet is rolled into a tube, folded into a packet, or creased into a shape, and then cased, sewn or sealed. From that point the text is inside and nobody reads it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/folding/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Bulla — Amulet Atlas A locket on a neckchain: a round hollow pouch with something shut inside it, usually a phallus. What it was made of tracked the family's money — gold or gold foil at the top, lead, leather or cloth further down. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/bulla/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
The red thread — Amulet Atlas A length of red wool or silk tied round a wrist. In the Jewish folk custom it is thin scarlet wool worn as a bracelet or band. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/red-thread/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Long reads — Amulet Atlas The eye across four continents, the fake market, and who a charm in a case belongs to. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/stories/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 27K
Omamori — Amulet Atlas A small brocade pouch, a few centimetres tall, drawn shut at the top with a cord and printed with the name of the shrine or temple that issued it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/omamori/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
Renewing yearly — Amulet Atlas A charm with an expiry date. The old one is taken down, returned, burnt, buried or tied to a tree, and a new one takes its place on a fixed day. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/renewing-yearly/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
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
luck — Amulet Atlas The word the whole 'good luck charm' category hangs on in English, and a late arrival that came in through a card game. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/luck-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
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