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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
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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