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obia

 or obeah

In West African folklore, a gigantic animal that steals into villages by night to kidnap girls on behalf of witches. In some Caribbean cultures the word is used to refer to overpowering and extremely evil forms of witchcraft and sorcery. Bewitched objects, buried with the intent of causing harm, are sometimes called obia. A person who uses the power of obia is called an obiama or obiaman.
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The obeah man lifts a jug to his head and drinks His fill.
Cudjoe by Goddard, Horace I. / Kola
Some Caribbean religions, such as Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, and Espiritismo, sometimes use mercury ceremonially for a variety of purposes (Wendroff, 2005; Kew, Morris, Aihie, Fysh, Jones, & Books, 1993).
Inorganic: the other mercury by Risher, John F.; De Rosa, Christopher T. / Journal of Environmental Health
During the early decades of the 19th century, the old view of the poisoner as a mysterious African obeah master, or as outlaw and insurgent, epitomized by the figure of Mackandal in pre-revolutionary St.
"Black magic" and white terror: slave poisoning and colonial society ... by Savage, John / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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