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[edit]A 4th century CE voodoo doll, Louvre Museum
Etymology
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From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.
Noun
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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
Catalan: ninot de vudúm
Chinese: Mandarin: 巫蠱娃娃 / 巫蛊娃娃(wūdú wáwa)
Esperanto: vodua pupo
French: poupée vaudou (fr)f
Italian: bambola vudùf
Spanish: muñeca vudúf, muñeco vudúm
Swedish: voodoodocka (sv)c
Tocharian B: soye
Turkish: vudu bebeği, voodoo bebeği
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