Dictionary

voodoo doll en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.

Forms

Translations (11)

it bambola vudù (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · es muñeco vudú (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · fr poupée vaudou (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · tr vudu bebeği (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · sv voodoodocka (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · es muñeca vudú (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · ca ninot de vudú (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · eo vodua pupo (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · txb soye (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · tr voodoo bebeği (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent) · cmn 巫蠱娃娃 /巫蛊娃娃 (doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent)