amulet(n = noun.artifact) talisman - a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease;
is a kind of charm, good luck charm
has particulars: greegree, gres-gris, grigri

amulet, n.
1 an ornament or small piece of jewellery worn as a charm against evil.
2 something which is thought to give such protection.

Etymology:
L amuletum, of unkn. orig.

N  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, 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.