Amulet
An amulet is an object whose most important characteristic is the power ascribed to it to protect its owner from danger or harm. Amulets are different from talismans as a talisman is believed to bring luck or some other benefit, though it can offer protection as well. Amulets are often confused with pendants—charms that hang from necklaces—any given pendant may indeed be an amulet, but so may any other charm which purports to protect its owner from danger.
Potential amulets include gems, especially engraved gems, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, rings, plants, and animals; even words in the form of a magical spell or incantation to repel evil or bad luck.
The word "amulet" comes from the Latin amulētum; the earliest extant use of the term is in Pliny's Natural History, meaning "an object that protects a person from trouble".
In cultures
Ancient Rome
Amulets were particularly prevalent in ancient Roman society, being the inheritor of the ancient Greek tradition, and inextricably linked to Roman religion and magic (see Magic in the Greco-Roman World). Amulets are usually outside of the normal sphere of religious experience though associations between certain gemstones and gods has been suggested, for example, Jupiter is represented on milky chalcedony, Sol on heliotrope, Mars on red jasper, Ceres on green jasper and Bacchus on amethyst. Amulets are worn to imbue the wearer with the associated powers of the gods rather than for any reasons of piety. The intrinsic power of the amulet is also evident from others bearing inscriptions, such as vterfexix (utere fexix) or "good luck to the user." Amulet boxes could also be used, such as the example from part of the Thetford treasure, Norfolk, UK, where a gold box intended for suspension around the neck was found to contain sulphur for its apotropaic qualities.
Amulet (band)
Amulet was a hardcore punk band based in Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993 by Torgny Amdam. During the 14 years they were active, they released four albums, three EPs and four 7" records. Blessed and Cursed is a compilation album of their best songs.
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Amulet (song)
"Amulet" is an electronic–world music song performed by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas and Moroccan-French band Sawt el Atlas. The song was written by Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu and Alex Kasiek and produced by Transglobal Underground for Atlas' second album Halim (1997).
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Amulet".
CD single
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Vinyl single
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Personnel
The following people contributed to "Amulet":
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Øya 2003 released: 2003
- Monster Records: The Seventies Sampler released: 2003
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ALBUMS
- Blessed and Cursed: 1993-2007 released: 2007
- All That Is Solid Melts Into Air released: 2005
- Danger Danger released: 2003
- Freedom Fighters released: 2001
- The Burning Sphere released: 2000
- Engrave released: 1996
- Amulet released: 1994
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- Lauluntekijä: Levytyksiä vuosilta 1968-2010 released: 2010
Lauluntekijä: Levytyksiä vuosilta 1968-2010
Released 2010- Casablanca
- Kreikkalainen soitti
- Taasen tultu on jouluaikaan
- Avaruuslaiva maa
- Mun täytyy uskaltaa
- Elämä on teatteria
- Ei koskettaa saa
- Alla etelän taivaan
- Samettisilmä
- Kristoffer Kolumbus
- Lenita
- Sammakkoprinssi
- Sydämeni jano
- Soita hiljaa kitaraani
- Ystäväksi jää
- Kaunis on kainuu
- Taivaan tanssi-ilta
- Uudelleen uudelleen
- Alppiruusu
- Viivi oi Viivi
- Tuo tuuli öinen
- Särkyneet haaveet
- Ihana ihminen
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ALBUMS
- Romantic Flowers Garden released: 2006
- Blossom released: 2005
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- The First released: 2014
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