A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease.

synonym: talisman.

Roget 993: spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala^†, exsufflation^†, cantrap^†, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm^†, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum.    talisman, amulet, periapt^†, telesm^†, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei [Lat.], lamb of God; furcula^†, madstone^†; mascot, mascotte^†; merrythought^†; Om, Aum^†; scarab, scarabaeus^†; sudarium^†, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot^†, gammadion^†.    wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin^†; wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.    ... show more

Dutch: amulet, fylacterion, mascotte, talisman
Polish: maskota, amulet, talizman