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Amulet.
Object worn or placed somewhere special in the belief that it has magico-religious powers, such as to protect against danger, cure disease, give strength or promote good fortune. In this sense it is more or less synonymous with talisman. Amulets are commonly worn as jewellery or carried within the clothing, but they may also be incorporated into such objects as weapons or placed within buildings or near crops. They have been treated as goods to trade in several cultures. A charm (i.e. magical formula) may be recited over an amulet, which may then itself be referred to as a charm. The term amulet also denotes a medical or prophylactic treatment and a substance used in medicine.
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- amulets
- Devotional objects and popular images
- Jewellery
- historical and regional traditions
- Africa
- Ancient Near East
- Antilles, Lesser
- Buddhism
- Carolingian
- China
- Egypt, ancient
- Beadwork, §2(ii): Ceremonial and talismanic uses
- Egypt, ancient, §XI, 1(iv): Hieroglyphs: Hieroglyphs and art
- Egypt, ancient, §XII, 3(vi): Funerary amulets and jewellery
- Egypt, ancient, §XVI, 1: Amulets
- Egypt, ancient, §XVI, 5(i): Faience and glaze: Introduction
- Egypt, ancient, §XVI, 15(ii): Stamp seals
- Mummy, Egyptian, §1: Human
- Early Dynastic (c. 2925-c. 2575 BC)
- Predynastic (c. 6000-c. 2925 BC)
- England
- Gnosticism
- Greece, ancient
- Greenland
- Islamic
- Italy
- Mesoamerica, Pre-Columbian
- Native North Americans
- Phoenician
- Punic
- Rome, ancient
- Tibet
- Tuareg
- materials
- types
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