See also:

• AMULET (Late Lat. amuletum, origin unknown; falsely connected with the Arab. himdlah, a cord used to suspend a small Koran from the neck)

AMULET (See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. amuletum, origin unknown; falsely connected with the Arab. himdlah, a See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord used to suspend a small See also:

• KORAN

Koran from the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck)  , a See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm, generally, but not invariably, hung from the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck, to protect the wearer against See also:

• WITCH

witch-See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft, sickness, accidents, &c . Amulets have been of many different kinds, and formed of different substances,—stones, metals, and strips of See also:

• PARCHMENT

parchment being the most See also:

• COMMON

common, with or without characters or legends engraved or written on them . Gems have often been employed and greatly prized, serving for ornaments as well as for charms . Certain herbs, too, and See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal preparations have been used in the same way . In setting them apart to their use as amulets, See also:

• GREAT

great precautions have been taken that fitting times be selected, stellar and other magic influences propitious, and everything avoided that might be supposed to destroy or weaken the force of the charm . From the earliest ages the See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental races have had a See also:

• FIRM

firm belief in the prevalence of occult evil influences, and a superstitious See also:

• TRUST

trust in amulets and similar preservatives against them . There are references to, and apparently correctives of, these customs in the See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

Mosaic injunctions to bind portions of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law upon the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand and as frontlets between the eyes, as well as write them upon the See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door-posts and the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates; but, among the later See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews especially, the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design See also:

• AMUR
• AMUR (known also as the Sakhalin-ula)

AMUR 899 and meaning of these usages were lost sight of; and though it has been said that the phylacteries were not strictly amulets, there is no doubt that they were held in superstitious regard . Amulets were much used by the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Egyptians, and also among the Greeks and See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . We find traces of them too in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, in the emphatic protests of See also:

• CHRYSOSTOM

Chrysostom, See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine and others against them . The See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish was a favourite See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol on these charms, from the word txOiis being the See also:

• INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials of 'Irtvous Xweed s eeov See also:

• VIOL

viol o-teri1p . A firm faith in amulets still prevails widely among See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic nations . See also:

• TALISMAN

Talisman, also from the Arabic, is a word of similar meaning and use, but some distinguish it as importing a more powerful charm .

A talisman, whose " virtues are still applied to for stopping See also:

• BLOOD

blood and in cases of canine madness," figures prominently in, and gives name to, one of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott's novels . See also Arpe, De Prodigiis Naturae et Artis Operibus Talismanes et Amuleta dictis (See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, 1717) ; Ewele, Ueber Amulete (1827) ; and Koop's Palaeographica Critica, vols. iii. and iv . (1829) .