During the ceremony the initiate received a crimson sash knotted around the waist that was supposed to be a protective talisman.
It was widely believed in antiquity that the conquest of Troy was only possible because the city had lost its protective talisman.
It's called a Lumiel square and it'll be your protective talisman.
These "empowered" tangyuan supposedly serve as protective talismans to keep evil spirits from coming close to children.
The deity then provides a wide range of help ranging from religious rituals to answering queries to providing protective talismans.
The boy clung to the skull as though it was a protective talisman.
Clasping his drink as if it were a protective talisman, he perched himself on the sofa arm.
He then use it to write protective talismans on the windows of the temple.
The slogan began to be regarded as proof that a ship had been checked well, and as a kind of protective talisman.
You yourself were married, with three children, and you hastily showed me wallet snapshots, holding them out like protective talismans.