voodoo doll

Meanings

nounvoodoo 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.

From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.

Catalan ninot de vudú

ninot de vudúdoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

Chinese Mandarin 巫蠱娃娃 /巫蛊娃娃

巫蠱娃娃 /巫蛊娃娃 (wūdú wáwa)doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

Esperanto vodua pupo

vodua pupodoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

French poupée vaudou

poupée vaudoudoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

Italian bambola vudù

bambola vudùdoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

Spanish muñeca vudú, muñeco vudú

muñeca vudúdoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
muñeco vudúdoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

Swedish voodoodocka

voodoodockadoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

Turkish vudu bebeği, voodoo bebeği

vudu bebeğidoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
voodoo bebeğidoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

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