hoodoo vs tagati

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. 

tagati

noun
  • In South African English, a wizard, witch, or a spiteful person who operates in secret to harm others or who uses poisons and familiar spirits to carry out harmful deeds. 

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