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A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.
A number of good luck charms contain inscriptions such as téng jiāo qǐ fèng (騰蛟起鳳, "a dragon soaring and a phoenix dancing" which is a reference to a story of Wang Bo), [32] lián shēng guì zǐ (連生貴子, "May there be the birth of one honorable son after another"), [33] and zhī lán yù shù (芝蘭玉樹, "A Talented and ...
Nang Kwak luck-bringing charm for shopkeepers in Bangkok. Nang Kwak is a benevolent spirit. She is deemed to bring luck, especially in the form of money, to the household. She is the patron deity of merchants and salesmen. She can be seen in almost every business establishment in Thailand. [4]
The Jin Chan is a legendary animal of the Han people. The money toad is associated with the Daoist monk, Liu Haichan, as the xianren's animal companion. According to students from UC Irvine, a three-legged toad is the equivalent of the moon in Chinese mythology (yin concept), which is personified by the goddess Chang'e. Several tales of the ...
At an auction in 2015, one of these coins sold for $1.8 million. There are a couple of other Stella coins out there, including the 1879 Coiled Hair Stella. But the 1880 version is the rarest of ...
Chinese "Money Frogs" or "Money Toads", often with a coin in their mouths, bring food, luck and prosperity. 1936 Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dime A Celtic belief is that at the full moon any silver coins on one's person should be jingled or turned over to prevent bad luck, also the silver coins would increase as the moon grew in size. [ 28 ]
Last month he won $500 on a scratch-off bought at Family Farms on Park Avenue, this month he stopped by the store again, this time winning $1 million. Lucky number pays off big time: Worcester man ...
A Gobog Wayang from the island of Java.. Indonesian numismatic charms (Indonesian: Uang Gobog, Uang Gobog Wayang, Koin Gobog, Gobog Wayang, or simply Gobog; Dutch: Indonesische tempelmunten), [1] also known as Indonesian magic coins, are a family of coin-like objects based on a similar Chinese family of coin charms, amulets, and talismans but evolved independently from them.