Fetishism
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Fetishism is a category of contemporary scholarly discourse first employed to describe religious and cross-cultural hierarchy. It refers to the asymmetrical attribution of values and power to material
A voodoo fetish market in Lomé, Togo, 2008
Abracadabra
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Abracadabra is a magic word, historically used as an apotropaic incantation on amulets and common today in stage magic. The actual origin is unknown, but one of the first appearances of the word was i
Fetishism
…used in religious practices by West African natives. The contemporary Portuguese feitiço may refer to more neutral terms such as charm, enchantment, or abracadabra, or more potentially offensive terms such as juju, witchcraft, witchery, conjuration or bewitchment. The wide range of objects referred to as fetishes…
A silver talisman from the 6th or 7th century, inscribed with words similar to abracadabra
Abracadabra written in a triangular form as represented in Encyclopædia Britannica