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  2. Hoodoo (spirituality) - Wikipedia

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    In Hoodoo, personal concerns such as hair, nail clippings, bones, blood, and other bodily fluids are mixed with ingredients for either a positive or a negative effect. The items are placed inside conjure bags or jars and mixed with roots, herbs, and animal parts, sometimes ground into a powder or with graveyard dirt from a murdered victim's grave.

  3. Voodoo doll - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Coffin nail - Wikipedia

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    Nail in the Coffin, a 2019 EP by Aja and Shilow This page was last edited on 9 July 2023, at 05:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  5. Special Herbs, Vols. 4, 5 & 6 - Wikipedia

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    Special Herbs, Vols. 4, 5 & 6 is an album of instrumental works released by MF Doom under the Metal Fingers moniker. As with the other installments of the Special Herbs series, each track is named for a herb (or similar flora) or herbal preparation, with the exception of "Coffin Nails" which could refer either to a slang term for tobacco cigarettes or literally to nails from coffins, which ...

  6. Voodoo in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Modern day Voodoo is usually associated with satanism and witchcraft. This is because of how voodoo is presented in media and pop culture. In pop culture, Voodoo is often portrayed as "black magic" and placing "hexes". Along with witchcraft, Vodou is commonly connected with harm and animal sacrifice, the main use for Vodou is healing.

  7. Nkondi - Wikipedia

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    Nkondi with nails were made at least as early as 1864, when the British Commodore A. P. Eardley Wilmont acquired one while suppressing Solongo (Soyo) piracy at the mouth of the Congo River, a piece that was the subject of a contemporary painting and is presently in the Royal Geographical Institute in London. [10]

  8. Ushi no toki mairi - Wikipedia

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    Ushi no toki mairi (Japanese: 丑の時参り, lit. "ox-hour shrine-visit") or ushi no koku mairi (丑の刻参り) [2] refers to a prescribed method of laying a curse upon a target that is traditional to Japan, so-called because it is conducted during the hours of the Ox (between 1 and 3 AM).

  9. Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6 - Wikipedia

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    "Coffin Nails" is an instrumental version of "Rapp Snitch Knishes" by MF DOOM featuring Mr. Fantastik, from the album Mm..Food. It is also used on "Ryde Or Die (MF Doom Special Blend)" by Ruff Ryders, from the MF DOOM remix compilation album Special Blends 1+2.