Talisman (disambiguation)

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A talisman is an object which is purported to possess certain magical properties.

Places

• Talismán, a border town in the state of Chiapas, Mexico
• Talisman Centre, a Canadian multi-sports complex in Calgary, Alberta

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Talisman (comics), a superhero from Marvel Comics who was a member of Alpha Flight

Films

• Der Talisman, a German film; see List of films made by Continental-Kunstfilm

Gaming

• Talisman (board game), a board game from Games Workshop currently published by Fantasy Flight Games
• Talisman (video game), a 1985 video game based on the board game from Games Workshop
• Talisman Online (2007), a free 3D Fantasy MMORPG game based on an ancient mythical story
• Talisman, a recurring piece of equipment in the Final Fantasy series

Literature

• Talisman (book series), a 2005 series of children's novels by Allan Frewin Jones
• Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith (2004), a non-fiction book by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval
• The Talisman (Scott novel), an 1825 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott
• The Talisman (King and Straub novel), a 1984 fantasy novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub

• The Talisman (comics), a comic book adaptation of the above novel

• "The Talisman", a short story by South African author, Nadine Gordimer from the collection The Soft Voice of the Serpent (1952)
• "The Talisman" (September 11, 1964), a short story by Masao Yamakawa printed in Life magazine

Music

Artists

• Talisman (band), a Swedish rock band
• Der Talisman, an opera by British composer Adela Maddison
• Stanford Talisman, an American a cappella group from Stanford University

Albums

• Talisman (Alastair Galbraith album), 1995
• Talisman (Talisman album), 1990
• "Talisman", a song from the album Moon Safari (1998) by the French music duo Air
• "Talismán", a song from the album El Reino Olvidado (2008) by the Argentinian heavy-metal band Rata Blanca
• "The Talisman", a song from the album The Final Frontier (2010) by the English heavy-metal band Iron Maiden

Operas

• Der Talisman, an opera by British composer Adela Maddison

Plays and ballets

• The Talisman (ballet), by the choreographer Marius Petipa and the composer Riccardo Drigo
• Der Talisman, an 1840 comic play by Austrian Johann Nestroy
• Der Talisman, an 1877 play by Prince George of Prussia
• Der Talisman, an 1892 work by German Ludwig Fulda

Computing and technology

• Microsoft Talisman, 3-D graphics architecture from Microsoft
• Talisman Desktop, a software desktop shell replacement for the Microsoft Windows operating system
• Twig Talisman, a touchscreen-equipped GPS handset from Benefon running Windows Mobile 6 and 7

Organizations

• Talisman Dance Company, an American belly-dance troupe
• Talisman Energy, a Canadian oil-and-gas company

Transportation

Automobiles

• Talisman, a limited-edition, 4-seater luxury Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham sedan, built from 1974 to 1976

Ships

• HMS Talisman, the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
• Talisman UUV, a multi-role unmanned underwater vehicle manufactured by BAE Systems
• Talisman, a ship on board which the French oceanographer Léopold de Folin made his 1883 survey expedition

Other

• Metro Talismán, a Mexico City Metro station

See also

• Talismán (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "talisman"
• All pages with titles containing talisman