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Featured Article: Amulet
Amulet, AM yuh liht, is a charm that is often worn around the neck. See more »
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Bomoh
Bomoh is a person who provides cures for illness in Malaysian and Indonesian villages.
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Evil eye is the supposed power to harm people or their possessions by merely looking at them.
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Exorcism, EHK sawr sihz uhm, is the act of driving away the Devil or other evil spirits that possess, influence, or control a person.
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Fetish, FEE tihsh or FEHT ihsh, is an object that is believed to have magical powers or to embody or contain a powerful spirit.
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Gremlin, GREHM luhn, is a small imaginary creature that some people believe causes mechanical problems in airplanes.
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Magic is the supposed use of supernatural power by a person to control human actions or natural events.
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Superstition is a traditional belief that a certain action or event can cause or foretell an apparently unrelated event.
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Vampire is a corpse that supposedly returns to life at night to suck people's blood.
See more »Will-o'-the-wisp
Will-o'-the-wisp is a ghostly, bluish light sometimes seen over marshes and graveyards.
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Witchcraft is commonly defined as the use of supposed magical powers to influence people and events.
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Yeti, YEH tee, also called the Abominable Snowman, is a creature said to live on Mount Everest and other mountains of the Himalaya range of Asia.
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