Author: Zeon Santos / Source: Neatorama

But as original and creative as Japanese myths are they also contain many elements and themes you’d recognize from other myths, such as the snake-haired monster and the curse doll.
The Japanese version of a voodoo doll was made of straw and constructed to inflict a curse upon someone:
We all know the now famous movie trope of the ‘voodoo’ doll, but accounts in Japan show us of a type of straw doll used for cursing a person. To make one, create a small straw figure, then write the name and age of the target on paper and insert it into the doll. Next, draw a face on a separate sheet…
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