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  2. Amulet - Wikipedia

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    Amulet is interchangeable with the term talisman. An amulet is an object that is generally worn for protection and most often made from a durable material such as metal or a hard-stone. Amulet can also be applied to paper examples, although talisman is often used to describe these less robust and usually individualized forms.

  3. Agimat - Wikipedia

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    Agimat, also known as anting or folklorized as anting-anting, is a Filipino word for "amulet" or "charm". [1] Anting-anting is also a Filipino system of magic and sorcery with special use of the above-mentioned talismans, amulets, and charms.

  4. Kabbalah - Wikipedia

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    Amulet from the 15th century. Theosophical kabbalists, especially Luria, censored contemporary Practical Kabbalah, but allowed amulets by Sages [ 40 ] Among problems considered in the Hebrew Kabbalah is the theological issue of the nature and origin of evil.

  5. List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces

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    Ancient Amulet Necklace of Egypt, Albert hall Museum, Jaipur Amulets of Egypt, 644-332 BC, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur. Egyptian Gallery. Amulet of Egypt, Ancient, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur. An amulet, also known as a good luck charm, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The "Amulets of Ancient Egypt" fall in ...

  6. Glory (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) - Wikipedia

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    Superhuman strength: Glory possesses enormous physical strength far beyond that of most, if not all, vampires, demons, or Slayers. She is considered to be the most physically powerful Big Bad in the series, shown to be able to inflict massive damage on her opponents through pure brute force and physical strength alone.

  7. Glory (character) - Wikipedia

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    Glory is a comic book superheroine created by Rob Liefeld. She first appeared in Image Comics Youngblood Strikefile #1 (April 1993), and initially starred in books published by Liefeld's Extreme Studios, which was a partner studio of Image Comics , a publisher that Liefeld co-founded in 1992.

  8. Khvarenah - Wikipedia

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    Khvarenah (also spelled khwarenah or xwarra(h): Avestan: 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 xᵛarənah) is an Avestan word for a Zoroastrian concept literally denoting "glory" or "splendour" but understood as a divine mystical force or power projected upon and aiding the appointed. The neuter noun thus also connotes "(divine) royal glory ...

  9. Glory (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Glory around the shadow of a plane. The position of the glory's centre shows that the observer was in front of the wings. A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint's halo around the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely) moonlight interacting with the tiny water droplets that comprise mist or clouds.