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Hoodoo (spirituality)

Hoodoo is a complex set of spiritual observances, traditions, and beliefs—including magical and other ritual practices—developed by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United States from various traditional African spiritualities and elements of indigenous North American botanical knowledge. Practitioners of Hoodoo are called rootworkers, conjure d…

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Language
English, Gullah, Ebonics, Louisiana Creole, Tutnese
Members
Black Southerners
Other names
Lowcountry Voodoo Gullah Voodoo Rootwork Conjure Hudu Juju
Region
United States: American South, The Carolinas, The Lowcountry, Sea Islands, Gullah Geechee Corridor, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Tidewater, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Affrilachia,…
Type
Afro-Diasporic religion

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Etymology

History

Central African influence

Magical amulets

West African influence

Symbolism in African American quilting

Rootwork and healing

Deities and spirits

Practices

Divination

Relationship with the Spiritual church movement

In literature

In blues music

Concerns about cultural appropriation

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Hoodoo (spirituality)

Nodes384
Edges383
Triples90
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005208
Components1

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Hoodoo (spirituality)

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Language · 1
Hoodoo (spirituality) → English, Gullah, Ebonics, Louisiana Creole, Tutnese
Members · 1
Hoodoo (spirituality) → Black Southerners
Other names · 1
Hoodoo (spirituality) → Lowcountry Voodoo Gullah Voodoo Rootwork Conjure Hudu Juju
Region · 1
Hoodoo (spirituality) → United States: American South, The Carolinas, The Lowcountry, Sea Islands, Gullah Geechee Corridor, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Tidewater, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Affrilachia,…
Type · 1
Hoodoo (spirituality) → Afro-Diasporic religion

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african hoodoo people enslaved american spiritual americans spirits black slave conjure africa practices kongo west south used spirit states united

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Hoodoo (spirituality)LanguageEnglish, Gullah, Ebonics, Louisiana Creole, Tutnese1.00infobox
Hoodoo (spirituality)MembersBlack Southerners1.00infobox
Hoodoo (spirituality)Other namesLowcountry Voodoo Gullah Voodoo Rootwork Conjure Hudu Juju1.00infobox
Hoodoo (spirituality)RegionUnited States: American South, The Carolinas, The Lowcountry, Sea Islands, Gullah Geechee Corridor, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Tidewater, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Affrilachia,…1.00infobox
Hoodoo (spirituality)TypeAfro-Diasporic religion1.00infobox
Islaminstance ofit has often been syncretized with beliefs from religions0.80text
Protestantisminstance ofit has often been syncretized with beliefs from religions0.80text
Catholicisminstance ofit has often been syncretized with beliefs from religions0.80text
and Spiritualism.Hoodooinstance ofit has often been syncretized with beliefs from religions0.80text
frequently associated with conjureinstance ofit has often been syncretized with beliefs from religions0.80text
is a compilation of religious beliefsinstance ofit has often been syncretized with beliefs from religions0.80text
practicesinstance ofit has often been syncretized with beliefs from religions0.80text

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