Fulu — Taoist talismanic craft — Amulet Atlas Writing that is not meant to be read. Fulu are Taoist talismanic characters — strokes that resemble Chinese characters, often an existing word elongated, with non-character symbols worked in, sometimes two characters… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/chinese-fu-craft/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 41K
Where we stop — Amulet Atlas Amulets, charms and talismans worldwide — what they are made of, where on the body or the house they go, what their carriers say they stop, and when and where each one is documented. Every hemisphere, from the Neolithic to a sticker on a… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/coverage/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 26K
Glass — Amulet Atlas Silica melted, coloured through and worked hot. Glass does two things no other material in this atlas does at once: it holds a colour all the way through a bead the size of a fingernail, and it comes out of the ground… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/glass/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 36K
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
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
Most of them are for children — Amulet Atlas Somewhere in every general account of amulets sits a sentence saying that the largest single class of them, anywhere in the world, is protection for infants: the cradle charm, the jet fist pinned inside a Puerto Rican… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/most-of-them-are-for-children/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 45K
The lion — Amulet Atlas A lion's head on a human body, a lioness's paws on a hippopotamus, or a lion reared up on its hind legs. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/lion/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 36K
People — Amulet Atlas Makers, monks, excavators, collectors, the scholars who wrote the catalogues. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/people/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 27K
Taonga Māori — Amulet Atlas Treasures with whakapapa. A hei-tiki, a hei matau, an adze reworked into a pendant, a cloak, a carving: Te Papa's own description of taonga Māori covers ancestral carvings, personal ornaments, garments and weaponry… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/maori-taonga/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 42K