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Protective Symbols

Protective Symbols is a symbolic construct within the study of apotropaic practices that functions as a culturally recognized signifier imbued with the intended power to avert evil or harmful influences.

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Authors

4

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2017–2026

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Apotropaic Symbols

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Publications

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Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience.

Martin Southwold, Gananath Obeyesekere · Man · 1982 · 166 citations

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Medusa’s Hair. An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience

Michael M. Ames · Pacific Affairs · 1982 · 79 citations

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Symbols of Protection: The Significance of Animal-ornamented Shields in Early Anglo-Saxon England

Tania M. Dickinson · Medieval Archaeology · 2005 · 64 citations · Full text

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Hong Kong Chinese and Korean comprehension of American security safety symbols

Alan H. S. Chan, Sung H. Han, Annie W. Y. Ng et al. · International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics · 2009 · 27 citations

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What lies beneath? Perceptions of the ontological paradox of water

Zena Kamash · World Archaeology · 2008 · 25 citations

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Authors

8

  1. MS
    Martin Southwold

    1 publications · 166 citations

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  2. WP
    Wonkyu Park

    Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  3. ZK
    Zena Kamash

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  4. GO
    Gananath Obeyesekere

    University of California San Diego, United States

    1 publications · 166 citations

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  5. TM
    Tania M. Dickinson

    1 publications · 64 citations

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Institutions

4

  1. City University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  3. Pohang University of Science and Technology

    Pohang, South Korea

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  4. Oxford Archaeology

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    1 publications

    79 citations

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Venues

  1. World Archaeology

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  2. Medieval Archaeology

    1 publications · 64 citations

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  3. Man

    1 publications · 166 citations

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  5. Pacific Affairs

    1 publications · 79 citations

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