Vocabulary for the Study of Religion

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Amulet
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Abstract: Amulets appear in various types and forms. They are labeled by different terms presumably reflecting their use as attractive or as repellent forces to supernatural powers, the etymology of t…

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Peter Busch, “Amulet”, in: Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, General Editors Robert A. Segal, Kocku Von Stuckrad. Consulted online on 11 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004249707_vsr_COM_00000049>
First published online: 2016



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