A small effigy of a person, often very primitive in design and linked to that person through a drop of blood or a lock of the hair being included in the doll. Its usual purpose is to control or cause harm to the person it’s linked to.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Sandra Kynes, author of several books, including The Herb Gardener's Essential Guide, Plant Magic, and the new Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, among many others.
Although a few old books...