Talisman
noun
Source: Merriam-Webster
“In an apartment overlooking a blue-gray street, her mother’s veil hangs on the wall like a talisman.”
From: What the Scar Revealed, by Zohra Saed
The understanding of the word “talisman” is important to get the sense of the mystical that is being conveyed in the story.
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