Phylactery
Phylactery (from Ancient Greek φυλακτήριον (phylakterion), meaning 'protectant') may refer to:
- Tefillin, leather boxes containing Torah verses worn by some Jews when praying
- An amulet or charm, worn for its supposed magical or supernatural power
- A speech scroll in medieval art, which contains or represents speech
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In fantasy
- An object used by a lich to contain its soul and protect it from death, common in fantasy fiction
- A vial of a mage's blood, used to track a mage in the video game series Dragon Age
Music
- Phylactery Factory, the second album by American singer-songwriter Casey Dienel, but the first under the White Hinterland name
gollark: STOP INFOHAZARDING US.
gollark: Well, yes, if you accept the argument regarding simulations.
gollark: The not obvious bit is that the contents of the boxes was fixed earlier and does not depend on what you do now, ubq.
gollark: Oh no, "obviously", oh bees.
gollark: there are two boxes in front of you, A and B. B has 10,000 dollars in it, and A contains either 1,000,000 or 0 dollars.you may choose to take either only box A, or take both boxes.a perfect oracle has predicted your choice beforehand, and filled box A with the money if and only if it was predicted that you would take only box A.
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