Again, certain wild boars are believed to carry on their tushes a talisman of extraordinary power, which is called rantei babi, or "Wild Boar's Chain.
Sometimes a talisman is manufactured by writing an Arabic text on a leaf which is then thrown into the sea.
A man loved by a beautiful and virtuous woman carries a talisman that renders him invulnerable; every one feels that such a one's life has a higher value than that of others.
It is an honour to my art that I, and not Leuwenhock, have discovered that this lucky talisman sleeps for a time till a certain constellation enters, which finds its centre-point in your worthy person.
Gamaheh could gain by the profoundest magic, as the operative talisman was stolen from us.
He was convinced this talisman was equal to that of the wise Solomon, since, like that, it gave him who possessed it the perfect dominion over the kingdom of spirits.
The thoughts ran thus: "If I had but held my tongue about the talisman which the unlucky rascal carries within him, and which gives him so much power over us that we must all dance to his pipe!
It was the possession of the mighty talisman that both were striving after.
Ignorance was the talisman on which their power depended; and that talisman they had themselves broken.
She was walking bravely through the solitude as if her age were a talisman to guard her from danger; but after passing the Rue des Morts she fancied that she heard the firm, heavy tread of a man coming behind her.
And then the long holidays, when the town was utterly deserted--how I enjoyed these, as they can only be enjoyed by the possess-ors of the double talisman of strength and youth!
But really, I repeat it again and again, Madeleine, you have a talisman for getting all you want.
Do you remember when we were at school, as soon as a petition was to be addressed to our mistress you were always chosen as ambassadress; and they were right, for, really, you seem to possess a talisman for obtaining all you want.
Through the talisman of charm he would exact from others the service which the more autocratic nature commanded.
Do you mind trying it on to see if it fits, for I had to guess at the size," answered John, producing his talisman with all a bridegroom's pride and eagerness.
The talisman was no sooner broken, than the palace began to shake, and was ready to fall with a hideous noise like thunder, accompanied with flashes of lightning and a great darkness.
When they were all ready to be shipped, the prince retired with the gardener, and talking together, he related to him the battle of the birds, and how he had found the Princess Badoura's talisman again.
Meanwhile, if I have occasion for him by day or night, as soon as I touch a talisman which is at the entrance into my chamber, the genie appears.
The bird having got her prize settled on the ground not far off, with the talisman in her mouth.
The fumes of the wine did not suffer me to hearken to her reasons; but I gave the talisman a kick with my foot, and broke it in several pieces.
She could not imagine how her talismanshould have caused the prince's separation from her: she did not however lose her judgment, and came to a courageous decision as to what she should do.
While they were talking to her, she took up her girdle, found the little purse open, and the talisman gone.
The lady not only consented to this, but explained to Sir Simon Lockhart the mode in which the talisman was to be used, and the uses to which it might be put.
It was a ring possessed by Angelica, Princess of Cathay, which was a talisman against all enchantments.
Here he found Agramant impatient for the talisman which was to foil the enchantments of Atlantes and to put Rogero into his hands.
Because Prince Zilah Sandor was valiant among the valiant," she replied, in answer to his question, "and he died because he would not wear the talisman which I offered him.
The precious talisman is carefully kept in a cupboard till St. John's Day of the following year.
Embers from the extinct bonfire were taken home, and after being dipped in holy water were kept as a talisman against all kinds of misfortune, but especially against lightning.
But both hail and thunderstorms are frequently thought to be caused by witches;[866] hence the fire which bans the witches necessarily serves at the same time as a talisman against hail, thunder, and lightning.
Can this use of a wheel as a talisman against witchcraft be derived from the practice of rolling fiery wheels down hill for a similar purpose?
For that, says the Arab historian, was the talisman of the city, which could not be destroyed in any other way.
The dead body was a talisman in the temple of misery--in a short time, that body was gone!
Nature's talisman had been applied, and the charm had wrought in its highest and most mysterious power.
A portion of the entrails, the spleen, he applied to his eyes as a talismanfor their preservation.
Another sufferer craved a talisman to drink with water at night[26].
Among his friends who knew how warm a heart beat under that cold exterior, the news inspired the hope that here was the talisman which would reveal the hidden treasures of his nature.
By the talisman of trust in the people France conjured up those armed hosts which overthrew old Europe.
Why can she fear that I should ever allow Modibjah's talisman to get into a stranger's hands when I always wear it?
She approached him, patted his cheek with her left hand, and holding out the talisman with her right, said smiling, "Does it belong to me?
The proof that I can make before your eyes of this magnificent talisman will convince you of their virtues better than the golden fish, which it would be more tedious and difficult to exhibit.
She would have given me," resumed Damake, "a talisman of her composition that should force you always to love me, but I have refused it.
Shall I not call her if the spark in Modibjah's talisman no longer shines?
Can there be any happy talisman in love but the heart?
When Jussuf saw this, he pulled the talismanout of his pocket, and thought, "I must see if the stone preserves its spark.
He had with the blow hit the pouch containing the talisman which he had received from his master Modibjah, and which till now he had quite forgotten.
But what is the virtue of this talisman that you offer me?
He ran after her and caught her, begging her to return his pouch, explaining that it contained a talisman which had hitherto preserved him from every danger.
Everything may go if the talisman Ketlafgat remains to me, which will preserve me if despair should seize me in the attainment of my wishes.
This" proved to be a talisman of alacrity; for the man pocketed it, and briskly laid hold of Ormiston by the feet, while Sir Norman wrapped his cloak reverently about him and took him by the shoulders.
Hubert looked to see Leoline start and blush, and was deeply gratified to see her do both; and her whole pretty countenance became alive with new-born hope, as if that name were a magic talisman of freedom and joy.
The fisherman hung the talisman on a chain and wore it round his neck.
Well you may shudder," said the chief cook, "for such would have been your fate if our master's brother had not carried with him the talisman which rules the whirlpool.
When the cat, however, got under Dragondel's couch again, the two hands lay side by side and she could not remember just which one was the talisman and which one the false hand.
No doubt he believed that the possession of such a talisman gave him a charmed existence.
This stone, Jarl Haffling's talisman, that I had carried about with me so long, fondly believing that it had the power to protect me from all perils, was it no talisman after all?
I snatched my precious talisman from him, and replaced it under the collar of my knitted shirt.
That night I lay with my precious talisman under my pillow.
He thereupon replaced the gem within its covering of stone, drew on the band of gold again, and returned to me my talisman in its original condition.
He was again secured, and this time his hair was cut and searched for the supposed talisman there concealed, but, of course, ineffectually.
The peasants were convinced that he had a talisman concealed in his hair, which enabled him to break the strongest chain and to open every lock.
I will tell you," he added in a lower voice, pulling something small out of his doublet, "I have a sure talisman in this little picture of the Virgin.
It may have been Ojeda's treasured talisman which saved him from several sudden deaths during the following weeks, but Juan de la Cosa privately believed it was partly the memory of the pig.
He had taken the talisman and replaced it in the boss, and he was himself again.
And keep the talisman always, for the day may come when you will need its strength.
Let them think how they'll defend Kushat and the Gates of Death, now that the talisman is gone!
Stark came leaping down the cairn, the talisman of Ban Cruach bound upon his brow, the sword of Ban Cruach blazing in his hand.
From the iron boss he took the glittering lens, the talisman of Ban Cruach.
The talisman dropped rolling to the floor, and Ciara fell forward into Stark's arms.
Who holds Kushat holds Mars--and the talismanwill keep the city safe.
He started up, shaken now with an eerie terror, and raised his hand to hurl thetalisman away.
If I came, bearing in my hands the talisman of Ban Cruach.
The full force of that dark vision of the talisman swept over him again in memory.
He was, somehow, reluctant to tell anyone of that dark vision of what lay beyond the Gates of Death, which the talisman of Ban Cruach had lent him.
He had reached Kushat, with the talisman of Ban Cruach still strapped in the blood-stained belt around his waist.
Memory of that nightmare experience when the talisman had made him seem to walk into that frightful pass, not as Stark, but as Ban Cruach.
But there is a legend, a belief--that Ban Cruach himself made the talisman as a sign that he would not forget us, and would come back when Kushat is threatened.
Then it had been no illusion, the fantastic vision opened to him by the talisman now hidden in his belt!
You're an outlander, you would not know of Ban Cruach, and the talisman that he left when he went away forever beyond the Gates of Death.
Boldly did Mr. Middleton enter, for had not the talisman delayed him until the venerable man opened the door?
Had the talisman been other than the heavy object it was, he would not have noticed it, but it was of too considerable weight to travel over his person without making its progress felt.
Let me present you with a talisman which will ever warn you when any one plots against you.
After a hurried search, he had possessed himself of the talisman and was about to depart, when the door swung open before him and a venerable white-haired man stood in a dim green glow.
You must wait until some one plots against you and the talisman will answer that question.
It should be noted also that, as Miss Hull points out, in some tales the branch of a divine tree becomes a talisman leading the mortal to Elysium; in this resembling the golden bough plucked by Æneas before visiting the underworld.
The sacred need-fire may have been obtained by friction from oak-wood, and it is because of the old sacredness of the oak that a piece of its wood is still used as a talisman in Brittany.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "talisman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: amulet; charm; fetish; hoodoo; mascot; phylactery; scarab; swastika; talisman; voodoo
