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A Talisman is a small amulet or other object, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against evil spirits or the supernatural.

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Talisman or amulet
Amulet

An amulet , a close cousin of the talisman consists of any object intended to bring good luck and/or protection to its owner.Potential amulets include: Gemstone or simple Gemstone, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, jewelry ring, plants, animals, etc.; even words said in certain occasions?for example: vade retro satana?, to repe...
, a small object intended to bring good luck and/or protection to its owner
Stanford Talisman
Stanford Talisman

Stanford Talisman is a coed group of singers from Stanford University in California, dedicated to sharing stories through music. Their roots are in the African diaspora, but they have since broadened their horizons to include music from all over the world....
, an award-winning collegiate a cappella
A cappella

Acappella music is vocal music or singing without musical instrument accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance music polyphony and Baroque concertato style....
group from Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
Western Kentucky Talisman, an award-winning collegiate yearbook
Yearbook

A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all United States, Australia and Canada secondary education, most colleges and many elementary school and middle schools publish yearbooks....
from Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....
Talisman (board game)
Talisman (board game)

Talisman: The Magical Quest Game is a fantasy themed adventure board game for two to six players, originally designed and produced by Games Workshop and now published by Fantasy Flight Games....
, a board game from Games Workshop
Talisman (video game)
Talisman (video game)

Talisman was a computer game, released in 1985 in video gaming for the ZX Spectrum, based on Talisman developed by SLUG and produced by the board game's publisher, Games Workshop....
, a canceled video game based on the board game from Games Workshop
Talisman (book series)
Talisman (book series)

Talisman is a quartet series of fictitious children's books written by Allan Frewin Jones, released in 2005. The plot is about characters Olivia Christie and Josh Welles who live with Olly's father and Josh's brother, who are arch?ology, who are on the hunt for the 'talismans of the moon'....
, a series of children's books
The Talisman (1984 novel), a book by Stephen King
Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an United States author of contemporary horror fiction, fantasy fiction and science fiction.Having sold an estimated List of bestselling fiction authors of his books, King is best known for his work in horror fiction, in which he demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the genre's history....
and Peter Straub
Peter Straub

This article is about Peter Straub the novelist. For the German statesman, see Peter Straub .Peter Francis Straub is an United States author and poet, most famous for his work in the Horror fiction genre....
Talisman (comics)
Talisman (comics)

Talisman is a superhero featured in the publications of Marvel Comics. She first appeared as Elizabeth Twoyoungmen in Alpha Flight vol. 1 #5....
, a character from Marvel Comics who was a member of Alpha Flight
Talisman (band)
Talisman (band)

Talisman are a Sweden/United States hard rock band characterized by an international melodic/powerful sound....
, a Swedish American hard rock band featuring Jeff Scott Soto and Marcel Jacob
Talisman (ship), an oceanographic ship onboard of which Léopold de Folin made his survey expedition
Microsoft Talisman
Microsoft Talisman

Talisman was a Microsoft project to build a new 3D graphics architecture based on quickly compositing 2D "sub-images" onto the screen, an adaptation of tiled rendering....
, a failed 3D graphics architecture from Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
Talisman (Sailor Moon), a special weapon in the anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
series Sailor Moon
Talisman Dance Company
Talisman Dance Company

Talisman Dance Company is a professional belly dance troupe based in San Diego, California.Formed in 2006, Talisman Dance Company specializes in the Raqs Sharqi and fusion styles of belly dance....
, a belly dance troupe
Talisman Desktop
Talisman Desktop

Talisman Desktop is a configurable Windows shell replacement introduced in 1997 by Lighttek Software. It is available in a number of languages including English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Russian and Italian....
, a software desktop shell replacement for the Microsoft Windows operating system
Talisman Energy
Talisman Energy

Talisman Energy Inc. is one of Canada's largest petroleum SB companies. It was originally part of BP, known as BP Canada, but in 1992 it became an independent company named Talisman Energy....
, a Canadian corporation
Talisman Centre
Talisman Centre

The Talisman Centre, formerly known as the Lindsay Park Sports Centre, is a multi-sports complex in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The name of the facility was changed in March 2002, after the City of Calgary sold the naming rights for 10 million dollars to Talisman Energy for 30 years....
, is a multi-sports complex in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Talisman UUV
Talisman UUV

The Talisman UUV is a fully autonomous unmanned mini-Submarine designed and made by BAE Systems. It has the capability to perform shoreline reconnaissance when the risks may be deemed too high, or conditions unsuitable, for human operators....
, a multi-role unmanned underwater vehicle
Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith, a 2004 book by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval
Talisman (film), a 1998 film by David Decoteau
Talisman , whisky, a blended scotch whisky
"Talisman", a song from Air's 1998 album Moon Safari
Moon Safari

Moon Safari is the first full-length studio album by the France band Air , released in 1998. The album is considered a classic of the Chill out genre....
"Talisman", a song by Hierosonic
Hierosonic

Hierosonic is an unsigned self-proclaimed "hybrid rock outfit" Musical band composed of singer/guitarist Ben Stewart, guitarist Jarred Cannon, bassist Mike Stang, keyboardist Chad Adams, and drummer Mark Bohn....
Talisman
Sveasoft

Sveasoft is a Stockton, California based software company that develops modified distributions of Wi-Fi router firmware for supported Linux-based routers from ASUS, Belkin, Buffalo Technology, Linksys, and Netgear....
, the latest Linksys router software from Sveasoft
Talisman, a limited-edition, 4-seater luxury Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was a large automobile produced from 1947 through 1996. The name combined two famous Cadillac trim lines, Cadillac Fleetwood and Cadillac Brougham, and was intended to signify the finest that the maker could produce....
sedan, built from 1974 to 1976
Twig Talisman, a touchscreen-equipped GPS handset from Benefon
Benefon

GeoSentric is a mobile telecommunications company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Salo, Finland, Finland. Benefon specialises in the manufacture of mobile phones with inbuilt GPS navigation....
running Windows Mobile 6
Tailsman, a character in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

is the latest installment developed by Namco Bandai Holdings exclusively for the Xbox 360 as part of the Ace Combat franchise. It was released on October 23, 2007 in North America, November 1 in Japan, November 23 in Europe, and December 13 in Australia....