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object	description	religion/folklore	image
asabikeshiinh asabikeshiinh	amulet of protective spiderweb for the children	Ojibwe folklore
dharmachakra धर्मचक्र 法輪 ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ་ ธรรมจักร	symbol of Buddhism; originally farming tool and weapon	Buddhism Hinduism Jainism
fúlù 符籙	talismanic slip	Daoism
ghaṇṭā घण्टा 犍稚 དྲིལ་བུ་	bell	Buddhism Hinduism
gorgóneion γοργόνειον	amulet showing Gorgon head	Greek religion
gri-gug གྲི་གུག་	ritual flaying knife	Vajrayāna
jangseung 長栍	totem pole	Korean shamanism
japamālā, mālā जपमाला, माला 念珠	prayer beads	Buddhism Hinduism Jainism Sikhism
kagura suzu 神楽鈴	bells on a stuff used in kagura dances	Shintō
khamsa חמסה خمسة	amulet against the evil eye	Judaism Islam
misbaḥa, subḥa مِسْبَحَة، سُبْحَة	prayer beads	Islam
naẓar ‏نَظَر‎	amulet against the evil eye	Islam
ofuda 御札	talismanic slip	Shintō Japanese Buddhism
rosarium rosarium	prayer beads	Christianity
trollkors trollkors	amulet	Norse religion
tsitsít צִיצִית ࠑࠉࠑࠉࠕ‎	ritual fringes	Judaism
vájra वज्र 金剛杵 རྡོ་རྗེ།	ceremonial mace	Vajrayāna

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object	description	religion/folklore
Ārōn Hābrīt אָרוֹן הָבְּרִית‎	wooden chest that contained Tablets of the Law	Judaism
Excalibur	sword of King Arthur	English folklore
Kusanagi no Tsurugi, Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi 草薙劍、天叢雲剣	double-edged sword; imperial regalia	Shintō
Lance of Longinus	lance that pierced the side of Jesus	Christianity
True Cross	real cross that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on	Christianity
Xuānyuánjiàn 軒轅劍	double-edged sword of Huángdì	Chinese folklore
Yasakani no Magatama 八尺瓊勾玉、八尺瓊曲玉、八坂瓊曲玉	jade; imperial regalia	Shintō
Yata no Kagami 八咫鏡	mirror; imperial regalia	Shintō

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