voodoo doll

English

A 4th century CE voodoo doll, Louvre Museum

Etymology

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

Noun

voodoo doll (plural voodoo dolls)

1. 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

doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent

• Catalan: ninot de vudú m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巫蠱娃娃／巫蛊娃娃 (wūdú wáwa)

• Esperanto: vodua pupo
• French: poupée vaudou (fr) f
• Italian: bambola vudù f
• Spanish: muñeca vudú f, muñeco vudú m
• Swedish: voodoodocka (sv) c
• Tocharian B: soye
• Turkish: vudu bebeği, voodoo bebeği