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Contemporary voodoo doll, with 58 pins. The association of the voodoo doll and the religion of Voodoo was established through the presentation of the latter in Western popular culture during the first half of the 20th century [1] as part of the broader negative depictions of Black and Afro-Caribbean religious practices in the United States. [4]
The word poppet is an older spelling of puppet, from Middle English popet, meaning a small child or a doll.In British English it continues to hold this meaning. Poppet is also a chiefly British term of endearment or diminutive referring to a young child, [5] much like the words "dear" or "sweetie."
The term Voodoo doll commonly describes an effigy into which pins are inserted. [5] Such practices are found in various forms in the magical traditions of many cultures around the world. [5] Although the use of the term Voodoo implies that the practice is linked to Haitian Vodou or Louisiana Voodoo, the voodoo doll is not prominent in either. [5]
The Clay-body, clay corpse, or Corp criadhach (Scottish Gaelic) might be said to be an indigenous Scottish variant of the more famous voodoo doll.. Supposedly, when a witch wanted to destroy anyone to whom she had an ill will, she often made a "corpse" of clay resembling the unfortunate one, and placed it in some out-of-the-way stream under a precipice or waterfall, in such a way that the ...
The most distinctive Vodou art form is the drapo Vodou, an embroidered flag often decorated with sequins or beads, but the term covers a wide range of visual art forms including paintings, embroidered clothing, clay or wooden figures, musical instruments and assemblages. Since the 1950s there has been growing demand for Vodou art by tourists ...
Image credits: historycoolkids #2. Queen Elizabeth has died at age 96. She spent 7 decades on the throne, which was longer than the reigns of her father, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather ...
Louisiana Voodoo, or New Orleans Voodoo, a set of African-based spiritual folkways Trinidadian Vodunu , a syncretic religion practiced in Trinidad and Tobago Voodoo in popular culture , fictional characterizations of various forms of Voodoo
She sleeps with a voodoo doll. Voiced by Candida Gubbins. Arlene Plunkett is Brady's 17-year-old sister she originally got Brady interested in monsters when he was four. Brady often comes to Arlene for advice not knowing about the ways of the manipulative older sister only to be taken advantage of repeatedly. Strangely, she seems to be able to ...