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object in Latin script	object	description	religion/folklore	image
agimat	agimat	amulet	Philippine folk religion Philippine Christianity
asabikeshiinh	asabikeshiinh	amulet of protective spiderweb for the children	Ojibwe folklore	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dreamcatchers
aspergillum	aspergillum	liturgical implement used to sprinkle holy water	Christianity	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Aspergillum
bàozhú	爆竹	firecrackers used to scare off evil spirits at New Year	Chinese folk religion	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Firecrackers
crux	crux	representation of the crucifixion of Yēšū́aʿ; symbol of Christianity	Christianity	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Christian_crosses
daruma	達磨	talisman that returns to an upright position after being pushed, modeled after Bodhidharma; symbol of perseverance and resilience	Zen school	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Daruma
dharmachakra	धर्मचक्र 法輪 ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ་ ธรรมจักร	symbol of Buddhism; originally farming tool and weapon	Buddhism Hinduism Jainism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dharmachakra
dhvaja	ध्वज 幢 རྒྱལ་མཚན	banner made with cloth, stone or metal	Buddhism Hinduism Jainism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dhvaja
ema	絵馬	wooden plaques for writing wishes	Shintō Japanese Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ema_(Shinto)
fúlù	符籙	talismanic slip	Daoism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Taoist_magic_writing
fūrin	風鈴	talisman of wind chimes	Shintō Japanese Buddhism
ghaṇṭā	घण्टा 犍稚 དྲིལ་བུ་	bell	Buddhism Hinduism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:F%C5%ABrin
gorgóneion	γοργόνειον	amulet showing Gorgon head	Greek religion	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gorgoneia
goshikimaku	五色幕	curtains with five colours representing the Five Tathāgatas	Japanese Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Goshikimaku
gri-gug	གྲི་གུག་	ritual flaying knife	Vajrayāna
horseshoe	horseshoe	talisman; originally used for protecting horse hoofs	English folklore Danish folklore Lithuanian folklore Estonian folklore	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Horseshoes
hù	笏	ritual scepter; originally used by officials as tablet for recording notes and orders	Daoism Shintō	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hu_(ritual_baton)
jangseung	長栍	totem pole	Korean shamanism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jangseung
japamālā, mālā	जपमाला, माला 念珠	prayer beads	Buddhism Hinduism Jainism Sikhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mala_(prayer_beads)
jiǎobēi	筊杯	wooden divination tools	Chinese folk religion	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jiaobei
jīnchán	金蟾	toad figurine that brings good fortune	Chinese folk religion
kagura-suzu	神楽鈴	bells on a stuff used in kagura dances	Shintō	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kagura_suzu
khakkhara	खक्खर 錫杖 འཁར་གསིལ	staff	Hàn Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khakkhara
khamsa	חמסה خمسة	amulet against the evil eye	esotericism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khamsa
'khor lo	འཁོར་ལོ།	prayer wheel	Tibetan Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Prayer_wheels
khorugv	хорѫгꙑ хоругвь chorągiew	banner	Orthodox Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khorugv
kirpan	ਕਿਰਪਾਨ	single-edged curved knife that is part of the religious uniform	Khalsa Sikhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kirpans
kúpellon	κύπελλον calix	footed cup for ceremonies	Christianity	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chalices
misbaḥa, subḥa	مِسْبَحَة، سُبْحَة	prayer beads	Islam	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Misbaha
maneki-neko	招き猫	cat figurine with a swaying arm that brings good fortune	Japanese folklore	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maneki_neko
mani	མ་ནི།	stone plates inscribed with “Oṃ maṇi padme hūm̐”	Tibetan Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mani_stones
mənōrā	‏מְנוֹרָה	seven-branched candelabrum; symbol of Judaism	Judaism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Menorah
mūrti	मूर्ति	devotional image	Hinduism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Murti
mùyú	木魚 ཤིང་ཉ།	musical instrument of woodblock	Mahāyāna	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wooden_fish_(percussion_instrument)
Mjǫllnir	Mjǫllnir	hammer of Þórr; amulet	Norse religion	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mj%C3%B6llnir
naẓar	‏نَظَر‎	amulet against the evil eye	esotericism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nazar_amulets
nkisi	nkisi	object that a spirit inhabits	Kongo religion	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nkisi
ofuda	御札	talismanic slip	Shintō Japanese Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ofuda
omamori	御守	amulet	Shintō Japanese Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Omamori
okiagari-kobōshi	起き上がり小法師	amulet that returns to an upright position after being pushed; symbol of perseverance and resilience	Japanese folklore	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Okiagari-koboshi
ōnusa, taima	大幣	wooden wand for ritual purification	Shintō	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:%C5%8Cnusa
ọpọ́n Ifá	ọpọ́n Ifá	divination tray	Yoruba religion
ovoo, oboo	ᠣᠪᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ овоо	shrine	Mongolian folk religion	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ovoos
pātra	पात्र 缽多羅	alms bowl	Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Buddhist_alms_bowls
phrakhrueang	พระเครื่อง	amulet	Thai Buddhism
puxís	πυξίς pyxis	container to carry the Eucharist	Christianity	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pyxes
qìng	磬	musical instrument of an inverted bell	Hàn Buddhism Daoism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chimes_of_China
rewe, kemukemu	rewe, kemukemu	sacred altar	Mapuche shamanism
rlung-rta	རླུང་རྟ་	prayer flags with five colours representing the Five Tathāgatas	Tibetan Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Prayer_flags
rosarium	rosarium	prayer beads	Christianity	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rosaries
rúyì	如意	ceremonial scepter (Hàn Buddhism); talisman symbolising power and good fortune (Chinese folklore)	Hàn Buddhism Chinese folklore	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ruyi
senjafuda	千社札	votive sticker with the name of a worshipper on it	Shintō Japanese Buddhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Senjafuda
shide	紙垂	zigzag-shaped paper streamers	Shintō	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shide
shígǎndāng	石敢當	stone tablet with writing “shígǎndāng”, placed at spiritually dangerous places to exorcise evil spirits	Chinese folk religion Ryukyuan religion	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shigandang
shimenawa	注連縄	laid rice straw or hemp rope used for ritual purification	Shintō	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shimenawa
talít	טַלִּית	prayer shawl	Judaism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tallit
tamaguchi	玉串	decorated sakaki-tree branch as an offering	Shintō	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tamagushi
tchitcherik sakwa	tchitcherik sakwa	statue of ancestors	Moba religion	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tchitcherik
teru teru bōzu	てるてる坊主	doll that brings sunny weather	Japanese folklore	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Teru_teru_b%C5%8Dzu
tfilín	תְּפִלִּין‎ / תְּפִילִּין‎	set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah	Judaism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tefillin
turibulum	turibulum	censer suspended from chains	Christianity	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thuribles
trollkors	trollkors	amulet	Norse religion
tsitsít	צִיצִית ࠑࠉࠑࠉࠕ‎	ritual fringes	Judaism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tzitzit
tywerenge	tywerenge	sacred wood or stone	Arrernte religion
rushnyk	ручник рушник	decorative and ritual cloth	Slavic folklore	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rushnyk
vālavyajana	वालव्यजन 拂子	fly whisk for ritual purification	Chán school Tibetan Buddhism Daoism Hinduism Jainism Sikhism	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fly_whisks
vájra	वज्र 金剛杵 རྡོ་རྗེ།	ceremonial mace	Vajrayāna	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vajra
wǔgòngjù	五供具	a censer, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks, used at an offering	Chinese folk religion Hàn Buddhism Daoism
xiānglú	香爐	censer	Chinese folk religion Hàn Buddhism Daoism

Specific

object in Latin script	object	description	religion/folklore
Ārōn Hābrīt	אָרוֹן הָבְּרִית‎	wooden chest that contained Tablets of the Law	Judaism
Ḏū-l-Faqār	ذُو ٱلْفَقَار	sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib	Islam
Excalibur	Excalibur	sword of King Arthur	English folklore
Hama Yumi	破魔弓	sacred bow	Shintō
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
meč-kladenéc	меч-кладенец	magic sword	Russian folklore
Tevat Noaḥ	תֵּיבַת נֹחַ Κιβωτός του Νώε Arca Noë سَفِينَةُ نُوحٍ	boat where Noah, his family and selected creatures survived a global flood	Judaism Christianity Islam Baháʼí Faith
True Cross		real cross that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on	Christianity
Xuānyuánjiàn	軒轅劍	double-edged sword of Huángdì	Chinese mythology
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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