voodoo doll
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
|