hoodoo vs obeah

hoodoo

noun
  • A practitioner of voodoo. 

  • Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck. 

  • A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs. 

  • A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands. 

verb
  • To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to. 

obeah

noun
  • A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft. 

  • A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell. 

  • A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. 

verb
  • To bewitch using this kind of folk magic. 

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