Home›Charms›All CharmsBrowse ByAll CharmsSmall objects carried or worn for a specific practical effect, most often protection, luck or healing, rather than for formal devotion or liturgy. Charms sit close to folk practice and popular religion, and traditions that draw a hard line between sanctioned ritual and superstition often disagree about which of them belong here at all.FactsAll CharmsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Objects & Ritual Items 1All CharmsFilter Results8 entriesPractice StatusAllIn active religious use (4)Category of Sacred ObjectAllCharm (3)TraditionAllAncient Egyptian Religion (1)Chinese Folk Religion (1)Christianity (1)Hermeticism (1)Islam (3)Judaism (2)Norse Paganism (1)Shinto (2)Taoism (1)MaterialAllCloth (brocade) enclosing a paper or wood slip (1)metal (1)Metal, parchment, stone (1)Metal, stone, faience, cloth, paper (1)paper (1)Small cloth or leather packet of written words and materials (1)textile (1)wood (1)ConsecrationAllConsecrated in a rite before use (3)Not consecrated; an instrument, not a consecrated object (4)Sanctified by the text it carries, not by a rite (1)Who May Handle ItAllAnyone; it is offered to the public (5)The household that keeps it (1)Trained or authorised specialists only (2)Composed OfAllGold (1)Originated InAllJapan (2)Origin Period Start YearAll100 (1)1800 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8AmuletCharmsFu talismanCharmsGold BracteateCharmsGris-grisCharmsMojo HandCharmsOfudaCharmsOmamoriCharmsTalismanCharmsSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.