a set of magical beliefs and practices that originally belonged to West Africans brought to North America and the Caribbean as slaves, which are linked to the religion of voodoo

Haitian folklore told tales of dead people whose bodies were awakened by hoodoo. 海地民间传说讲述死人被巫毒术唤醒的故事。

a magical or mysterious power over other people

He thought this was some sort of feminine hoodoo. 他以为这是什么女性魔法。