mumbo jumbo vs obeah

mumbo jumbo

noun
  • A deity or other supernatural being said to have been worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol. 

  • Any object of superstition; religious words and/or actions which are seen as superstitious or fraudulent. 

  • Any confusing or meaningless speech; nonsense, gibberish. 

obeah

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To bewitch using this kind of folk magic. 

How often have the words mumbo jumbo and obeah occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )