Counting beads — Amulet Atlas A string of a fixed number of beads or knots, run through the fingers so that the hand keeps count while the mouth says something. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/counting-beads/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 38K
Lead — Amulet Atlas A soft grey metal, cheap, heavy, and soft enough to scratch with a stylus and then fold in the hand. It is also poisonous, which is the whole of its modern story. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/lead/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 35K
The charm in the wall — Amulet Atlas A whole class of amulet was never meant to be seen again. It goes up a chimney, under a floor, above a ceiling, into a roof void, beside a door frame, or into a pit cut before the first course of brick. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-charm-in-the-wall/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40K
Witch bottle — Amulet Atlas A stoppered vessel filled with the afflicted person's urine and with sharp iron — pins, needles, nails — then hidden. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/witch-bottle/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Caul — Amulet Atlas A piece of birth membrane that comes away with a newborn and clings to the head and face — usually the thin translucent inner lining, the amnion. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/caul/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
ward — Amulet Atlas The English verb for what the carriers of every object in this atlas say it does. Ward off: fend off, repel, turn aside. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/ward-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Rowan cross — Amulet Atlas Two rowan twigs laid across each other and bound at the crossing with red thread or wool, a few inches across. A variant is a loop rather than a cross: a single withy bent round and tied. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/rowan-cross/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
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
The votive wall — Amulet Atlas A surface at a shrine covered edge to edge in small identical-format objects left by strangers: hammered metal plaques the size of a playing card, wooden tablets on hooks, crutches wired to a grille. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/votive-wall/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
The ex-voto wall — Amulet Atlas Small painted panels hung in ranks inside a church, each showing one bad moment — a cart going over, a fever bed, a boat under a wave — with the saint who intervened floating in the top corner and a line of handwriting… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/ex-voto-wall/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
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