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
Ladanka — Amulet Atlas A small pouch or a small hinged case hung at the neck on the same cord or chain as a baptismal cross. Cloth for the old kind, stamped or cast metal for the kind sold now, often with an icon on the lid. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ladanka/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 36K
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
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
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
Burying — Amulet Atlas Putting a charm in the ground and leaving it. Under a hearth, at the far corner of a property, in the threshold, in a well, in a wall. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/burying/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
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
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
Feeding the charm — Amulet Atlas Giving the object something to consume. Liquor poured on a cloth bag, a lit cigarette in a plaster figure's mouth, rice and salt and water set out in front of a paper talisman, a nail driven into a carved figure… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/feeding-the-charm/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
What it stops — Amulet Atlas Every claim about what a charm does, attributed to whoever made it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/against/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 645K
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