alisma's Usage Examples:

In Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring, we learn, as hero Frodo learns, that the ring that Bilbo brought back from his adventures isn't a simple party trick or handy gadget, but is a powerful and dangerous talisman.

, expeditions, often purely biological in their purpose, amongst who directed the whole impetuous strength of his character to which there may be mentioned the cruises of the " Travailleur " the task of compelling the silent depths of the ocean to tell their and " Talisman " under Professor Milne-Edwards in 1880-1883, tale.

  He handed the shapeshifter a pouch identical to the one he'd given the other shapeshifting demon and a small talisman on a chain.

Ancient Europeans used moonstone talismans for safe journeys, happy marriages and fertility.

Makaroff, The Yermak in the Ice (in Russian) (St Petersburg, 1901); The Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition (on the " Voringen "), 1876-1878 (Christiania, 1880-1900); Expeditions scientifiques du " Travailleur " et du " Talisman," 1880-1883 (Paris, 1891 et seq.

His image and name are often found on "votive hands," a kind of talisman adorned with emblems, the nature of which is obscure.

Like most other parts of the sport, college football helmets have become both talismans and souvenirs.

Over the years, people viewed moonstone as a solid ray of moonlight, a love charm or a talisman for healing.

Here the Grail is a food-providing, self-acting talisman, the precise nature of which is not specified; it is designated as the "rich" Grail, and serves the king and his court sans serjant et sans seneschal, the butlers providing the guests with wine.

Jewelled bazubands, containing talismans, are often worn on the upper arm, while among the lower orders and south Persian or Arab women nose-rings are not uncommon, and bangles or anklets of beads.

It is guarded by a body of chosen knights, or templars, and acts alike as a life and youth preserving talisman - no man may die within eight days of beholding it, and the maiden who bears it retains perennial youth - and an oracle choosing its own servants, and indicating whom the Grail king shall wed.

Apparently, the observed talismanic activity is subtle sorcery and done covertly.