Jimat — Amulet Atlas A class rather than a shape. Jimat covers any object or piece of writing hung on a body, a vehicle or a building to keep its owner from harm. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/jimat/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
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
Cloth — Amulet Atlas Woven fibre doing three different jobs: a bag that holds a charm, a garment that is one, and a strip that records how many people worked on it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/cloth/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 37K
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
The market stall sign — Amulet Atlas Whatever tells a buyer, before they reach the tray, what is on it: a painted board, a hand-lettered product name on a jar, a certificate propped against a case, or — in the oldest arrangement — the name of the street… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/market-stall-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Chinese charm coin — Amulet Atlas A cast bronze disc with a hole through it, shaped like a Chinese cash coin and never spendable as one. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/charm-coin/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
The fake market — Amulet Atlas Buyers at an amulet stall arrive with jeweller's loupes. They are not checking whether the clay is old — the clay is usually old enough. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-fake-market/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
Talismanic shirt — Amulet Atlas A shirt covered in writing. Verses from the Qur'an, the names of God, the names of prophets, or numbers, laid across the cloth in blocks and grids and roundels, sometimes with astrological images or magic squares among… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/talismanic-shirt/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Evil eye bracelet — Amulet Atlas One or more blue-and-white eye beads on an elastic cord, a chain or a red string, sized for a wrist. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/evil-eye-bracelet/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K