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A Taoist charm that contains Taoist "magic writing" on display at the Museum of Ethnography, Sweden. Taoist coin charms (simplified Chinese: 道教品压生钱; traditional Chinese: 道教品壓生錢; pinyin: dào jiào pǐn yā shēng qián), or Daoist coin charms are a family of categories of Chinese and Vietnamese numismatic charms that incorporate elements of the Taoist religion.
A Vietnamese amulet that resembles a cash coin.. Vietnamese numismatic charms (Vietnamese: Bùa Việt Nam; chữ Hán: 越南符銭; chữ Nôm: 符越南), [1] also known as Vietnamese amulets, Vietnamese talismans, or simply Vietnamese charms, refer to a family of cash coin-like and other numismatic inspired types of charms that like the Japanese and Korean variants are derived from Chinese ...
Fulu for placement above the primary entrance of one's home, intended to protect against evil. Fulu (traditional Chinese: 符籙; simplified Chinese: 符箓; pinyin: fúlù) are Taoist magic symbols and incantations, [1] [2] translatable into English as 'talismanic script', [a] which are written or painted on talismans by Taoist practitioners.
Amulet is an Epic science fantasy graphic novel series illustrated and written by Kazu Kibuishi and published by Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic. [1] [2] [3] It follows the adventures of Emily, a young girl who discovers a sentient and autonomous magical circular amulet in her great-grandfather's house, and consequently is tasked with protecting an entirely new world from a ruler known as ...
Kazuhiro "Kazu" Kibuishi (born April 8, 1978) is a Japanese-born American graphic novel author and illustrator. He is best known for being the creator and editor of the comic anthology Flight and for creating the webcomic Copper.
A nazar, an amulet to ward off the evil eye. An amulet, also known as a good luck charm or phylactery, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The word "amulet" comes from the Latin word amuletum, which Pliny's Natural History describes as "an object that protects a person from trouble". Anything can function as an amulet ...
VSDC runs on Windows 2000 and later. [3] It is a full-featured video editing program. Users can create new videos, edit existing ones, mix video and audio files, add filters and effects, and convert videos between formats. Users can also capture video from their webcam or screen. [4] [5] VSDC stands for Video Software Development Company. [6]
SPF/PC is an MS-DOS-based text editor and file manager designed to have an interface that was familiar to those using mainframe SPF and ISPF. [1]Later Microsoft Windows-based versions were named SPF/SE and SPF/SE 365. [2]