Voodoo
The usage of dolls for otherworldly purposes has been occurring for some time. You may have heard of a voodoo doll, a ritualistic object used to inflict an effect on the real-life person the doll represents. This comes from the ancient African religion of voodoo, which means “spirit of God”.
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