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A talisman is any object ascribed with religious or magical powers intended to protect, heal, or harm individuals for whom they are made. Talismans are often portable objects carried on someone in a variety of ways, but can also be installed permanently in architecture.
Mortals who choose this route have to protect themselves from heavenly retribution by enacting the Ling bao tai xuan yin sheng zhi fu (Chinese: 靈寳太玄隂生之符; pinyin: Líng bǎo tài xuán yīn shēng zhī fú) - "Numinous Treasure Talisman of the Grand Mystery for Living in Hiding".
A Chinese coin sword-shaped talisman made from Qing dynasty era cash coins on display at the Museum of Ethnography, Sweden. Coin-swords (alternatively spelt as coin swords), alternatively known as cash-swords, are a type of Chinese numismatic charms that are a form of feng shui talisman that were primarily used in southern China to ward off evil spirits and malicious influences, especially ...
Omamori, another kind of Japanese talisman, shares the same origin as and may be considered as a smaller and portable version of ofuda. A specific type of ofuda is a talisman issued by a Shinto shrine on which is written the name of the shrine or its enshrined kami and stamped with the shrine's seal.
Talisman (book series), a 2005 series of children's novels by Allan Frewin Jones; Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith, a 2004 non-fiction book by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval; The Talisman (Scott novel), an 1825 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott; The Talisman (King and Straub novel), a 1984 fantasy novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Some water spirits in traditional African religion include: Mami Wata is a transcultural pantheon of water spirits and deities of the African diaspora. For the many names associated with Mami Wata spirits and goddess, see Names of Mami Wata. [1] Owu Mmiri of some riverine people of Nigeria are often described as mermaid-like spirit of water. [2]
Vodyanoy by Ivan Bilibin, 1934. In Slavic mythology, vodyanoy (Russian: водяной, IPA: [vədʲɪˈnoj]; lit. '[he] from the water' or 'watery') is a water spirit.In Czech and Slovak fairy tales, he is called vodník (or in Germanized form: Hastrman), and often referred to as Wassermann in German sources.
The elements are Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal. The Water and Fire trigrams correspond directly with the Water and Fire elements. The element of Earth corresponds with the trigrams of Earth and Mountain. The element of Wood corresponds with the trigrams of Wind (as a force that can erode and penetrate stone) and Thunder.