Gris-gris (talisman)

This article is about the Voodoo talisman. For other uses, see Gris gris (disambiguation).

A West African Tuareg gris-gris

Gris-gris (/ˈɡriːˌɡriː/, also spelled grigri, and sometimes also "gregory" or "gerregery")[1] is a Voodoo amulet originating in West Africa which is believed to protect the wearer from evil or bring luck,[2] and in some West African countries is used as a purported method of birth control. It consists of a small cloth bag, usually inscribed with verses from an ancestor and a ritual number of small objects, worn on the person.

The contents of a Fula gris-gris
  1. ^ Elton Anderson, Jeffrey (2002). Conjure in African-American Society (PhD thesis). University of Florida.
  2. ^ Knight, Jan (1980). A-Z of ghosts and supernatural. Pepper Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-560-74509-5.