Amulet Atlas

Amulet AtlasThe map

Drawn in Equal Earth, so a square centimetre of Nigeria stands for the same square kilometres as a square centimetre of Norway. A Mercator would have inflated the far north, which is where the least of this material comes from, and shrunk the equator, which is where the most of it does — the picture would have argued something the records do not.

Afghanistan — 5 recordsAlbania — 10 recordsAlgeria — 8 recordsAngola — 3 recordsArgentina — 1 recordsArmenia — 3 recordsAustralia — 13 recordsAustria — 4 recordsAzerbaijan — 3 recordsBahamas — no record here names itBangladesh — 5 recordsBelarus — no record here names itBelgium — 7 recordsBelize — no record here names itBenin — 9 recordsBhutan — 8 recordsBolivia — 8 recordsBosnia and Herz. — 3 recordsBotswana — no record here names itBrazil — 10 recordsBrunei — 1 recordsBulgaria — 11 recordsBurkina Faso — no record here names itBurundi — no record here names itCambodia — 13 recordsCameroon — 4 recordsCanada — 15 recordsCentral African Rep. — no record here names itChad — no record here names itChile — no record here names itChina — 49 recordsColombia — no record here names itCongo — 2 recordsCosta Rica — no record here names itCroatia — 2 recordsCuba — 3 recordsCyprus — 1 recordsCzechia — no record here names itCôte d'Ivoire — 1 recordsDem. Rep. Congo — 6 recordsDenmark — 4 recordsDjibouti — no record here names itDominican Rep. — 3 recordsEcuador — no record here names itEgypt — 68 recordsEl Salvador — no record here names itEq. Guinea — no record here names itEritrea — no record here names itEstonia — 4 recordsEthiopia — 9 recordsFalkland Is. — no record here names itFiji — 7 recordsFinland — 2 recordsFr. S. Antarctic Lands — no record here names itFrance — 20 recordsGabon — no record here names itGambia — no record here names itGeorgia — 1 recordsGermany — 23 recordsGhana — 12 recordsGreece — 53 recordsGreenland — 4 recordsGuatemala — 3 recordsGuinea — no record here names itGuinea-Bissau — no record here names itGuyana — no record here names itHaiti — 10 recordsHonduras — no record here names itHungary — 1 recordsIceland — 2 recordsIndia — 49 recordsIndonesia — 16 recordsIran — 30 recordsIraq — 35 recordsIreland — 20 recordsIsrael — 37 recordsItaly — 74 recordsJamaica — 1 recordsJapan — 44 recordsJordan — 1 recordsKazakhstan — no record here names itKenya — 2 recordsKosovo — no record here names itKuwait — no record here names itKyrgyzstan — no record here names itLaos — 9 recordsLatvia — 3 recordsLebanon — 8 recordsLesotho — no record here names itLiberia — no record here names itLibya — 5 recordsLithuania — 7 recordsLuxembourg — no record here names itMadagascar — 1 recordsMalawi — no record here names itMalaysia — 8 recordsMali — 7 recordsMauritania — no record here names itMexico — 20 recordsMoldova — 5 recordsMongolia — 9 recordsMontenegro — no record here names itMorocco — 11 recordsMozambique — no record here names itMyanmar — 10 recordsN. Cyprus — no record here names itNamibia — no record here names itNepal — 22 recordsNetherlands — 4 recordsNew Caledonia — no record here names itNew Zealand — 14 recordsNicaragua — no record here names itNiger — 4 recordsNigeria — 11 recordsNorth Korea — no record here names itNorth Macedonia — 6 recordsNorway — 3 recordsOman — 2 recordsPakistan — 17 recordsPalestine — 14 recordsPanama — 1 recordsPapua New Guinea — no record here names itParaguay — no record here names itPeru — 9 recordsPhilippines — 13 recordsPoland — 9 recordsPortugal — 7 recordsPuerto Rico — 5 recordsQatar — no record here names itRomania — 7 recordsRussia — 16 recordsRwanda — no record here names itS. Sudan — no record here names itSaudi Arabia — 6 recordsSenegal — 10 recordsSerbia — 3 recordsSierra Leone — 2 recordsSlovakia — no record here names itSlovenia — 1 recordsSolomon Is. — no record here names itSomalia — no record here names itSomaliland — no record here names itSouth Africa — 1 recordsSouth Korea — 16 recordsSpain — 28 recordsSri Lanka — 10 recordsSudan — 10 recordsSuriname — no record here names itSweden — 5 recordsSwitzerland — 5 recordsSyria — 22 recordsTaiwan — 13 recordsTajikistan — no record here names itTanzania — no record here names itThailand — 31 recordsTimor-Leste — no record here names itTogo — 6 recordsTrinidad and Tobago — no record here names itTunisia — 8 recordsTurkey — 42 recordsTurkmenistan — no record here names itUganda — no record here names itUkraine — 3 recordsUnited Arab Emirates — 1 recordsUnited Kingdom — 81 recordsUnited States of America — 77 recordsUruguay — no record here names itUzbekistan — no record here names itVanuatu — no record here names itVenezuela — no record here names itVietnam — 5 recordsW. Sahara — no record here names itYemen — 2 recordsZambia — no record here names itZimbabwe — no record here names iteSwatini — no record here names itthe equator

none here1–23–45–78–1011–2021+records

A country with no rows has no record here that names it. That is a fact about this atlas, not about the country. The gaps are listed on /coverage/.

Every place, as a point

Markets, workshops, shrines, dig sites and the museum rooms where a lot of the rest of it ended up. Every point was placed by hand from a published address or coordinate — there is no open dataset of amulet stalls — and each record says how close its point is.

The amulet and charm cases, Pitt Rivers Museum — OxfordThe Lovett charms at Wellcome Collection — LondonRoom 1: Enlightenment, the British Museum — LondonThe Grand Bazaar — IstanbulVia San Gregorio Armeno — NaplesThe Egyptian galleries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art — New YorkMonastiraki — AthensInsa-dong — SeoulSensō-ji — TokyoFushimi Inari-taisha — KyotoThe Marrakesh souk — MarrakeshKhan el-Khalili — CairoThe Barkhor — LhasaThamel — KathmanduMercado de Sonora — Mexico CityQuiapo Church — ManilaTha Phrachan amulet market — BangkokMerkato — Addis AbabaAkodessawa fetish market — LoméMercado de Brujas de Gamarra — LimaEl Mercado de las Brujas — La PazMana Whenua, Te Papa — Wellington

The places, written up →

The same world, eight times

Red is the countries where this atlas has a record of that kind. A blank is a blank in the atlas, not an absence in the world.

Worn at the neck 113
Put at a door 95
Written on 70
Metal 108
Stone 30
Still carried 226
Only archaeological 42
Restricted by its tradition 45

Which halves of the world

Northern280 of 286Southern133 of 286Eastern270 of 286Western201 of 286

A blank country means no record here names it. Australia is blank on purpose and /story/what-this-atlas-does-not-print says why.

Country by country

Named but not filled: Singapore, Tonga, Vatican City, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Maldives, Malta. Named by a record but not filled on the map: the 1:110m sheet this atlas draws from has no outline small enough to carry them. They are listed under the map.

United Kingdom (81)abracadabra · Agnus Dei · amulet · Amulet or talisman? · apotropaic · Augustus Pitt Rivers · Bone and ivory · Brigid's cross · Brown Scapular · Budge's amulet plates · Burning at retirement · Burying · Buying one in a market · Catholic sacramentals · Caul · Challenge coin · charm · Concealed shoe · Copper and bronze · Corn dolly · Crystal pendant · Curse tablet · E. A. Wallis Budge · Edward Lovett · European folk apotropaic craft · Faience · Fascinum · fetish · Fired clay · Flinders Petrie · Folding · Foundation deposit · Four-leaf clover · Frederick Thomas Elworthy · Glass · Gold · Greek and Roman protective magic · Hagstone · Hair · Hanging at the door · Herb and root · Horseshoe · Inscribing · Iron · Jet · Kamea · Lead · luck · mascot · Mjölnir pendant · periapt · Petrie's amulet plates · Phone charm · phylactery · Practical Kabbalah · Rabbit's foot · Red coral · Room 1: Enlightenment, the British Museum · Rowan cross · Salt · Silver · talisman · The amulet and charm cases, Pitt Rivers Museum · The British Museum · The charm in the wall · The cross · The eye · The fake market · The Lovett charms at Wellcome Collection · The Lovett collection · The phallus · The Pitt Rivers Museum · The tooth and the claw · The tree · The word that reads both ways · Walter Leo Hildburgh · ward · Wellcome Collection · Who owns a charm · Witch bottle · Wood
United States of America (77)abracadabra · Alan Dundes · amulet · apotropaic · Azabache · Bone and ivory · Brown Scapular · Burying · Campbell Bonner · Catholic sacramentals · Challenge coin · charm · Christopher A. Faraone · Cimaruta · Cloth · Concealed shoe · Copper and bronze · Cornicello · Cowrie · Crystal pendant · Dreamcatcher · Feeding the charm · Foundation deposit · Four-leaf clover · Game-day charm · Glass · Grave deposit · Gris-gris · gris-gris · Hair · Hanging at the door · Herb and root · Hex sign · Horseshoe · Inuit amulet · Jet · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · Lead · luck · mascot · Mezuzah · Milagro · mojo · Most of them are for children · Paper · Phone charm · phylactery · Practical Kabbalah · Rabbit's foot · Red string · Sewing in · Silver · St Christopher medal · talisman · Tefillin · The charm goes digital · The charm in the wall · The Egyptian galleries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art · The fake market · The horn · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act · The red thread · The swastika · The swastika problem · The tooth and the claw · The word that reads both ways · Tooth, tusk and claw · Turquoise · Vodou and Vodún — and the spelling this atlas does not use · Walter Leo Hildburgh · ward · Wearing hidden · Who owns a charm · Witch bottle · Wood · Worry stone
Italy (74)abracadabra · Agnus Dei · Amber · amulet · Amulet or talisman? · Blessing at a shrine · Brown Scapular · Bulla · Burying · Buying one in a market · Carnelian · Catholic sacramentals · Caul · Christopher A. Faraone · Cimaruta · Consecration · Copper and bronze · Cornicello · Counting beads · Curse tablet · European folk apotropaic craft · Faience · Fascinum · Figa · Fired clay · Folding · Frederick Thomas Elworthy · Glass · Gold · Gorgoneion · Grave deposit · Greek and Roman protective magic · Hair · Hanging at the door · Herb and root · Horseshoe · Inheriting · Inscribing · Lead · Lunula · Magical gem · Miraculous Medal · Most of them are for children · Practical Kabbalah · Red coral · Salt · Scarab · Silver · Skin · St Christopher medal · Tama · The beetle · The bell · The crescent · The cross · The ex-voto wall · The eye · The eye everywhere · The fig fist · The fish · The hand · The horn · The key · The lion · The number square · The phallus · The serpent · The spiral · The tooth and the claw · The votive wall · The word that reads both ways · Tooth, tusk and claw · Via San Gregorio Armeno · Wearing hidden
Egypt (68)Amulet or talisman? · Ankh amulet · Bes amulet · Bone and ivory · Budge's amulet plates · Buying one in a market · Campbell Bonner · Carnelian · Cippus of Horus · Copper and bronze · Coptic cross tattoo · Counting beads · Cowrie · Cowrie strand · Djed pillar · E. A. Wallis Budge · Egyptian amulet craft · Faience · Fired clay · Flinders Petrie · Foundation deposit · Glass · Gold · Grave deposit · Hamsa · hamsa · Heart scarab · Holy rider pendant · Iron · Islamic talismanic craft · Khan el-Khalili · Knotting · Lead · Magical gem · Most of them are for children · Paper · Parchment · Petrie's amulet plates · Qur'an pendant · Scarab · Silver · Skin · Ta'wiz · talisman · Tattooing · taweez · Taweret amulet · The beetle · The charm in the wall · The cross · The eye · The eye everywhere · The hand · The key · The knot · The lion · The market stall sign · The name · The number square · The open palm · The serpent · The spiral · The tree · The word that reads both ways · Turquoise · Tyet · Washing off the ink · Wedjat eye
Greece (53)Amber · Ankh amulet · apotropaic · Bes amulet · Burying · Campbell Bonner · Carnelian · Christopher A. Faraone · Counting beads · Curse tablet · Evil eye bracelet · Faience · Figa · Fired clay · Folding · Glass · Gorgoneion · Grave deposit · Greek and Roman protective magic · Hair · Holy rider pendant · Inscribing · Knotting · Lead · Magical gem · Martenitsa · Monastiraki · Most of them are for children · Nazar · nazar · periapt · phylactery · St Christopher medal · Tama · Taweret amulet · The beetle · The crescent · The cross · The eye · The eye everywhere · The fig fist · The fish · The hand · The knot · The lion · The phallus · The red thread · The serpent · The spiral · The votive wall · Thread and cord · Turquoise · Worry stone
China (49)Amber · Bagua mirror · Bone and ivory · Burning at retirement · Chinese charm coin · Cloth · Consecration · Copper and bronze · Counting beads · Cowrie · Dzi bead · fu · Fu talisman · Fulu — Taoist talismanic craft · Gau · Gold · Grave deposit · Hanging at the door · Inheriting · Ink · Inscribing · Iron · Jade · Knotting · Lung ta prayer flag · Maneki-neko · Miraculous Medal · Paper · Parchment · Red coral · Seed and nut · Silver · Sungkhor · The Barkhor · The fake market · The fish · The footprint · The mirror · The name · The number square · The red thread · The serpent · The square hole · The swastika · The swastika problem · Thread and cord · Tibetan protection craft · Toli · Turquoise
India (49)Carnelian · Cloth · Consecration · Counting beads · Cowrie · Cowrie strand · Dzi bead · Folding · Gau · Hamsa · Hanging at the door · Ink · Inscribing · Iron · Islamic talismanic craft · Kavacha — the Hindu armour tradition · Knotting · Lung ta prayer flag · Navaratna ring · Nazar · nazar · Nimbu mirchi · Palm leaf · Qur'an pendant · Rudraksha · Salt · Seed and nut · Sewing in · Skin · Sungkhor · Ta'wiz · Tabiz · Talismanic shirt · taweez · The eye · The eye everywhere · The footprint · The number square · The red thread · The serpent · The swastika · The swastika problem · The tree · Thread and cord · Tibetan protection craft · Washing off the ink · Who owns a charm · yantra · Yantra plate
Japan (44)Blessing at a shrine · Burning at retirement · Buying one in a market · Chinese charm coin · Cloth · Consecration · Daruma · Engimono · Exam charm · Feeding the charm · Fired clay · Folding · Fushimi Inari-taisha · Hanging at the door · Ink · Inscribing · Knotting · Maneki-neko · Ofuda · Omamori · omamori · Omikuji · Paper · Phone charm · Renewing yearly · Salt · Senninbari · Sensō-ji · Sewing in · Teru teru bōzu · The charm goes digital · The footprint · The knot · The name · The number square · The serpent · The square hole · The swastika · The swastika problem · The tree · The votive wall · Thread and cord · Wearing hidden · Wood
Turkey (42)Ankh amulet · Buying one in a market · Cloth · Copper and bronze · Counting beads · Evil eye bracelet · Glass · Gorgoneion · Greek and Roman protective magic · Hamsa · hamsa · Hanging at the door · Holy rider pendant · Horseshoe · Ink · Inscribing · Iron · Islamic talismanic craft · Jet · Mesopotamian household protection · Most of them are for children · Nazar · nazar · Qur'an pendant · Scarab · Sewing in · Ta'wiz · talisman · Talismanic shirt · taweez · The beetle · The charm goes digital · The crescent · The eye · The eye everywhere · The fig fist · The fish · The Grand Bazaar · The hand · The market stall sign · The name · The open palm
Israel (37)Ankh amulet · Cloth · Cowrie strand · Flinders Petrie · Folding · Grave deposit · Hamsa · hamsa · Hanging at the door · Inscribing · Joseph Naveh · Kamea · Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls · Knotting · Mezuzah · Most of them are for children · Nazar · Parchment · phylactery · Practical Kabbalah · Red string · Renewing yearly · Salt · Scarab · Shaul Shaked · Silver · Tefillin · The beetle · The eye · The fish · The hand · The knot · The name · The open palm · The red thread · Thread and cord · Wedjat eye
Iraq (35)Amulet or talisman? · Budge's amulet plates · Burying · Carnelian · Copper and bronze · E. A. Wallis Budge · Faience · Fired clay · Foundation deposit · Glass · Gold · Hamsa · Incantation bowl · Ink · Inscribing · Islamic talismanic craft · Joseph Naveh · Lamashtu plaque · Mesopotamian household protection · Most of them are for children · Pazuzu head · Practical Kabbalah · Shaul Shaked · The charm in the wall · The crescent · The eye · The eye everywhere · The fake market · The hand · The lion · The name · The number square · The serpent · The spiral · The tree
Thailand (31)Blessing at a shrine · Bone and ivory · Buying one in a market · Consecration · Counting beads · Fired clay · Folding · Ink · Inscribing · Navaratna ring · Palad khik · Palm leaf · Phra khrueang · Sak yant · Skin · Takrut · Tattooing · Tha Phrachan amulet market · Thai wicha · The charm goes digital · The fake market · The footprint · The market stall sign · The phallus · The serpent · The swastika · The swastika problem · Wearing hidden · Yant flash · yantra · Yantra plate
Iran (30)Bes amulet · Burying · Carnelian · Cloth · Counting beads · Fired clay · Foundation deposit · Glass · Hamsa · Incantation bowl · Ink · Inscribing · Islamic talismanic craft · Joseph Naveh · Mesopotamian household protection · Nazar · nazar · Practical Kabbalah · Qur'an pendant · Shaul Shaked · Ta'wiz · talisman · Talismanic shirt · The crescent · The eye · The lion · The name · The number square · The swastika · Turquoise
Spain (28)Agnus Dei · Azabache · Bes amulet · Blessing at a shrine · Car saint · Counting beads · European folk apotropaic craft · Figa · Frederick Thomas Elworthy · Hamsa · hamsa · Jet · Kamea · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · Milagro · Most of them are for children · Practical Kabbalah · Scarab · St Christopher medal · The cross · The ex-voto wall · The eye everywhere · The fig fist · The hand · The number square · The open palm · The swastika · Walter Leo Hildburgh
Germany (23)Amber · Carnelian · Cloth · Concealed shoe · Corn dolly · European folk apotropaic craft · Foundation deposit · Hagstone · Hanging at the door · Horseshoe · Jet · Kamea · luck · Mjölnir pendant · Practical Kabbalah · Red coral · Siegfried Seligmann · The charm in the wall · The fake market · The number square · The swastika · The swastika problem · The word that reads both ways
Nepal (22)Burning at retirement · Counting beads · Cowrie strand · Dzi bead · Gau · Inheriting · Kavacha — the Hindu armour tradition · Lung ta prayer flag · Navaratna ring · Palm leaf · Renewing yearly · Rudraksha · Seed and nut · Sungkhor · Thamel · The fake market · The swastika · The swastika problem · The tree · Tibetan protection craft · yantra · Yantra plate
Syria (22)Ankh amulet · Bes amulet · Faience · Fired clay · Incantation bowl · Islamic talismanic craft · Lamashtu plaque · Mesopotamian household protection · Pazuzu head · Scarab · Silver · Taweret amulet · The beetle · The crescent · The eye · The fish · The hand · The name · The open palm · The spiral · The word that reads both ways · Wedjat eye
France (20)Blessing at a shrine · Car saint · Catholic sacramentals · Caul · charm · Cloth · Corn dolly · fetish · Jet · mascot · Miraculous Medal · Musée du quai Branly — Jacques Chirac · St Christopher medal · talisman · The cross · The ex-voto wall · The tooth and the claw · The votive wall · The word that reads both ways · ward
Ireland (20)Brigid's cross · Burning at retirement · Burying · Corn dolly · European folk apotropaic craft · Four-leaf clover · Hanging at the door · Horseshoe · Iron · Knotting · Phone charm · Renewing yearly · Rowan cross · The cross · The knot · The spiral · The tree · ward · Who owns a charm · Worry stone
Mexico (20)Blessing at a shrine · Buying one in a market · Gold · Herb and root · Jade · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · Mercado de Sonora · Milagro · Most of them are for children · Ojo de venado · Salt · Seed and nut · The cross · The ex-voto wall · The eye · The eye everywhere · The market stall sign · The serpent · Turquoise · Wood
Pakistan (17)Carnelian · Folding · Hamsa · Hanging at the door · Islamic talismanic craft · Nazar · nazar · Nimbu mirchi · Qur'an pendant · Sewing in · Skin · Ta'wiz · Tabiz · taweez · The eye · The name · Washing off the ink
Indonesia (16)Bone and ivory · Carnelian · Feeding the charm · Inheriting · Iron · Islamic talismanic craft · Jimat · Keris pusaka · Navaratna ring · Palm leaf · Renewing yearly · Rudraksha · Seed and nut · Tattooing · The square hole · The swastika
Russia (16)Amber · Carnelian · Caul · Counting beads · European folk apotropaic craft · Hagstone · Ladanka · Mjölnir pendant · Ongon · Talismanic shirt · The crescent · The fig fist · The mirror · The spiral · Tibetan protection craft · Toli
South Korea (16)Bujeok · Bujeok craft · Burning at retirement · Burying · Chinese charm coin · Dol hareubang · Exam charm · Insa-dong · Jade · Paper · Phone charm · The bell · The name · The serpent · The square hole · The swastika
Canada (15)Blessing at a shrine · Challenge coin · Concealed shoe · Cowrie · Cowrie strand · Dreamcatcher · Foundation deposit · Game-day charm · Inuit amulet · Jade · The charm in the wall · The tooth and the claw · The votive wall · Tupilaq · ward
New Zealand (14)Challenge coin · Grave deposit · Hei matau · Hei-tiki · Inheriting · Jade · Mana Whenua, Te Papa · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa · Taonga Māori · Tattooing · The fish · Tooth, tusk and claw · ward · Who owns a charm
Palestine (14)Ankh amulet · Flinders Petrie · Folding · Grave deposit · Hanging at the door · Inscribing · Practical Kabbalah · Scarab · The beetle · The eye · The hand · The name · The open palm · Wedjat eye
Australia (13)Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies · Challenge coin · Concealed shoe · Foundation deposit · Inheriting · The charm in the wall · The horn · The swastika · The swastika problem · ward · Wearing hidden · What this atlas does not print · Who owns a charm
Cambodia (13)Inscribing · Lead · Navaratna ring · Palm leaf · Sak yant · Skin · Tattooing · Thai wicha · The footprint · The serpent · The swastika · Yant flash · yantra
Philippines (13)Anting-anting · Blessing at a shrine · Buying one in a market · Herb and root · Jade · Keris pusaka · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · Quiapo Church · Skin · Tattooing · The cross · The key · Washing off the ink
Taiwan (13)Bagua mirror · Blessing at a shrine · Chinese charm coin · Dzi bead · fu · Fu talisman · Fulu — Taoist talismanic craft · Jade · Ping'an fu · The fake market · The mirror · The square hole · The swastika problem
Ghana (12)Akua'ba · Cowrie · Cowrie strand · Gris-gris · gris-gris · Ink · juju · Paper · The swastika · Vodou and Vodún — and the spelling this atlas does not use · West African charm craft · Wood
Bulgaria (11)Burying · Carnelian · European folk apotropaic craft · Gold · Knotting · Martenitsa · Renewing yearly · The knot · The red thread · The swastika · Thread and cord
Morocco (11)Buying one in a market · Hamsa · hamsa · Islamic talismanic craft · Practical Kabbalah · Ta'wiz · The eye · The hand · The Marrakesh souk · The name · The open palm
Nigeria (11)Consecration · Cowrie · Cowrie strand · Ink · juju · The number square · Vodou and Vodún — and the spelling this atlas does not use · Washing off the ink · West African charm craft · Who owns a charm · Wood
Albania (10)Islamic talismanic craft · Knotting · Martenitsa · Nazar · nazar · Ta'wiz · The eye · The red thread · The tooth and the claw · Thread and cord
Brazil (10)Carnelian · Cowrie · Cowrie strand · Figa · Patuá · The eye · The eye everywhere · The fig fist · The swastika problem · The word that reads both ways
Haiti (10)Consecration · Feeding the charm · Gris-gris · gris-gris · Sewing in · The key · The serpent · The tree · Vodou and Vodún — and the spelling this atlas does not use · Wearing hidden
Myanmar (10)Jade · Navaratna ring · Palm leaf · Sak yant · Skin · Tattooing · Thai wicha · The footprint · The swastika · Yant flash
Senegal (10)Cloth · Folding · Gris-gris · gris-gris · Herb and root · Ink · Islamic talismanic craft · Sewing in · Washing off the ink · West African charm craft
Sri Lanka (10)Carnelian · Consecration · Cowrie · Kavacha — the Hindu armour tradition · Navaratna ring · Palm leaf · The footprint · The swastika · yantra · Yantra plate
Sudan (10)Ankh amulet · Bes amulet · E. A. Wallis Budge · Egyptian amulet craft · Grave deposit · Skin · Taweret amulet · The beetle · The lion · Wedjat eye
Benin (9)Consecration · Cowrie · Cowrie strand · fetish · juju · The serpent · The tree · Vodou and Vodún — and the spelling this atlas does not use · West African charm craft
Ethiopia (9)Buying one in a market · E. A. Wallis Budge · Ethiopian scroll craft · Ethiopian talismanic scroll · Merkato · Tattooing · The cross · The swastika · Washing off the ink
Laos (9)Inscribing · Palm leaf · Sak yant · Skin · Tattooing · Thai wicha · The serpent · Yant flash · yantra
Mongolia (9)Feeding the charm · Gau · Ongon · The fig fist · The mirror · The swastika · Tibetan protection craft · Toli · Turquoise
Peru (9)Buying one in a market · Carnelian · Ekeko · Feeding the charm · Illa · Illa practice · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · Mercado de Brujas de Gamarra · Tattooing
Poland (9)Amber · Brown Scapular · Caul · Corn dolly · Kamea · Practical Kabbalah · The fig fist · The number square · The swastika problem
Algeria (8)Hamsa · hamsa · Silver · The crescent · The hand · The name · The number square · The open palm
Bhutan (8)Burning at retirement · Dzi bead · Gau · Lung ta prayer flag · Renewing yearly · Sungkhor · The swastika · Tibetan protection craft
Bolivia (8)Blessing at a shrine · Buying one in a market · Ekeko · El Mercado de las Brujas · Feeding the charm · Illa · Illa practice · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice
Lebanon (8)Ankh amulet · Foundation deposit · Glass · hamsa · Scarab · Taweret amulet · The beetle · Wedjat eye
Malaysia (8)fu · Fulu — Taoist talismanic craft · Inheriting · Islamic talismanic craft · Jimat · Keris pusaka · Navaratna ring · The mirror
Tunisia (8)Glass · Hamsa · hamsa · Scarab · The crescent · The eye · The hand · The open palm
Belgium (7)Burying · Corn dolly · Edward Lovett · Hair · The charm in the wall · The Lovett collection · Witch bottle
Fiji (7)Bone and ivory · Cowrie · Cowrie strand · Grave deposit · Inheriting · The tooth and the claw · Tooth, tusk and claw
Lithuania (7)Amber · European folk apotropaic craft · Horseshoe · Iron · Mjölnir pendant · The fig fist · The swastika problem
Mali (7)Cloth · Gris-gris · gris-gris · Islamic talismanic craft · Paper · Sewing in · West African charm craft
Portugal (7)Brown Scapular · Catholic sacramentals · fetish · Figa · The eye everywhere · The fig fist · The word that reads both ways
Romania (7)Caul · Knotting · Martenitsa · Renewing yearly · The knot · The red thread · Thread and cord
Dem. Rep. Congo (6)Bakongo nkisi craft · Consecration · Feeding the charm · Herb and root · Nkisi · Wood
North Macedonia (6)Knotting · Martenitsa · Renewing yearly · The knot · The red thread · Thread and cord
Saudi Arabia (6)Counting beads · Ink · Islamic talismanic craft · taweez · The name · Washing off the ink
Togo (6)Akodessawa fetish market · fetish · juju · The tree · Vodou and Vodún — and the spelling this atlas does not use · West African charm craft
Afghanistan (5)Islamic talismanic craft · Nazar · Skin · Ta'wiz · Tabiz
Bangladesh (5)Islamic talismanic craft · Nazar · nazar · Ta'wiz · taweez
Libya (5)Fascinum · Greek and Roman protective magic · The hand · The open palm · The phallus
Moldova (5)Knotting · Martenitsa · The knot · The red thread · Thread and cord
Puerto Rico (5)Azabache · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · Most of them are for children · Red coral · The eye everywhere
Sweden (5)Corn dolly · Horseshoe · Mjölnir pendant · The word that reads both ways · Wood
Switzerland (5)Challenge coin · Cloth · Red coral · The swastika problem · Who owns a charm
Vietnam (5)Chinese charm coin · Fulu — Taoist talismanic craft · Navaratna ring · The square hole · The swastika
Austria (4)Corn dolly · Skin · The swastika · The swastika problem
Cameroon (4)Ink · juju · West African charm craft · Wood
Denmark (4)European folk apotropaic craft · Horseshoe · Iron · Mjölnir pendant
Estonia (4)European folk apotropaic craft · Horseshoe · Iron · Mjölnir pendant
Greenland (4)Bone and ivory · Inuit amulet · The tooth and the claw · Tupilaq
Netherlands (4)Caul · Edward Lovett · luck · The Lovett collection
Niger (4)Agadez cross · Copper and bronze · The cross · West African charm craft
Angola (3)Bakongo nkisi craft · Feeding the charm · Nkisi
Armenia (3)The eye · The fig fist · The swastika
Azerbaijan (3)Nazar · nazar · The fig fist
Bosnia and Herz. (3)Skin · Tattooing · The word that reads both ways
Cuba (3)Azabache · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · Most of them are for children
Dominican Rep. (3)Azabache · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · Most of them are for children
Guatemala (3)Jade · Latin American folk Catholic charm practice · The serpent
Latvia (3)Mjölnir pendant · The fig fist · The swastika problem
Norway (3)Horseshoe · Mjölnir pendant · Wood
Serbia (3)Counting beads · The fig fist · The word that reads both ways
Singapore (3) not on the sheetNavaratna ring · The mirror · The square hole
Tonga (3) not on the sheetInheriting · The tooth and the claw · Tooth, tusk and claw
Ukraine (3)Practical Kabbalah · The fig fist · The swastika
Vatican City (3) not on the sheetCatholic sacramentals · Consecration · Wearing hidden
Congo (2)Bakongo nkisi craft · Nkisi
Croatia (2)St Christopher medal · The fig fist
Finland (2)Mjölnir pendant · Wood
Hong Kong (2) not on the sheetBagua mirror · The mirror
Iceland (2)Mjölnir pendant · The word that reads both ways
Isle of Man (2) not on the sheetRowan cross · The spiral
Kenya (2)Cowrie · Cowrie strand
Oman (2)Hirz · Islamic talismanic craft
Sierra Leone (2)Cowrie · Cowrie strand
Yemen (2)Hirz · The crescent
Argentina (1)The horn
Brunei (1)Keris pusaka
Cyprus (1)Bes amulet
Côte d'Ivoire (1)Akua'ba
Georgia (1)The eye
Hungary (1)The word that reads both ways
Jamaica (1)Caul
Jordan (1)The beetle
Madagascar (1)Crystal pendant
Maldives (1) not on the sheetCowrie
Malta (1) not on the sheetThe spiral
Panama (1)The swastika
Slovenia (1)The fig fist
South Africa (1)The fig fist
United Arab Emirates (1)The serpent

Outlines from Natural Earth, 1:110m, public domain. The table behind this page is atlas.json.

Pass it on