Every type in the gallery
9,536 talismans from 17 traditions, photographed in the museums that hold them. Save the ones that feel right, and have yours made by hand.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Near East & Levant
Greece, Etruria & Rome
- Magical gems (Abraxas, Chnoubis) 39
- Amulet capsules & gold lamellae 3
- Herakles knots & Sabazios hands 5
Medieval & Early Modern Europe
Norse, Germanic, Baltic & Slavic
Mediterranean & Iberian Folk
Islamic World
- Khamsa / Hand of Fatima 184
- Talismanic scrolls & sheets 80
- Talismanic shirts & textiles 18
- Talismanic seals & engraved stones 139
- Maghreb & Tuareg silver 15
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sahelian leather amulets (gris-gris, safi) 15
- Minkisi (power figures & medicine packs) 181
- Ethnographic charms (collector field finds) 749
South Asia
- Tiger-claw & tooth amulets 12
- Navaratna (nine-gem) amulets 1
- Yantras & mantra plates 131
- Deity pendants & sacred seeds 28
Tibet & the Himalaya
Southeast Asia
China & Taiwan
Japan & Korea
- Omamori 77
- Ofuda & paper charms 56
- Ema votive plaques 61
- Magatama 41
- Engimono lucky figures 152
- Korean bujeok & norigae 13
The Americas
- Andean illas & conopas 10
- Ekeko & alasitas miniatures 29
- Isthmian & Colombian gold pendants 12
- Mesoamerican jade & stone pendants 6
- Taíno zemís & Caribbean amulets 9
- Zuni & Pueblo fetishes 61
- Umbilical amulets & medicine bundles 78
- Northwest Coast & Arctic shaman charms 20
- Balangandãs, figas & Afro-Atlantic charms 2
Oceania
Sexual & Erotic Charms
- Fascinum & phallic charms 152
- Tintinnabula (charm wind-chimes) 194
- Egyptian & Graeco-Egyptian fertility figures 2
- Priapus & Roman erotica 1
- Sheela-na-gigs & exhibitionist figures 108
- Palad khik (phallic charms) 5
- Chinese “spring” coin charms 1
- Love charms & aphrodisiac talismans 41
- Other & unsorted Sexual 51
Western Esoteric & Grimoire Talismans
- Planetary & astrological talismans 44
- Solomonic & Kabbalistic pentacles 179
- Word squares & charm words 3
- Talisman designs in manuscripts & prints 251