voodoo doll
English
A 4th century CE voodoo doll, Louvre Museum
Etymology
From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.
Noun
voodoo doll (plural voodoo dolls)
- A poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it.
Translations
doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
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