Hoodoo most commonly refers to:
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Hoodoo (spirituality)
Hoodoo is a set of spiritual observances, traditions, and beliefs—including magical and other ritual practices—developed by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United States from various traditional African spiritualities and elem ...
, a traditional African American folk spirituality
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Hoodoo (geology)
A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock (geology), rock formed by erosion. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each ...
, a rock formation
Hoodoo may also refer to:
Places
Canada
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Hoodoo Mountain
Hoodoo Mountain, sometimes referred to as Hoodoo Volcano, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located northeast of the Alaska–British Columbia border on the north side of the Isk ...
, a stratovolcano in northwestern British Columbia
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Castle Rock Hoodoos Provincial Park
Castle Rock Hoodoos Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Located on the Deadman Plateau northwest of Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Tho ...
, near Savona, British Columbia
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Dutch Creek Hoodoos, near Canal Flats, British Columbia
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Rural Municipality of Hoodoo No. 401, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality
United States
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Hoodoo Mountains
The Hoodoo Mountains are a mountain range in the northwest United States, in north central Idaho. They are part of the Clearwater Mountains and are the source of the Potlatch and Palouse rivers. Located in northeastern Latah County and southe ...
in Idaho
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Hoodoo Butte
Hoodoo Butte is a cinder cone butte in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon, located near Santiam Pass. Immediately to the east lies Hayrick Butte, a prime example of a tuya; the two mountains' names were likely mistaken for each other, but s ...
, a volcanic cone in Oregon
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Hoodoo (ski area), a ski resort in Oregon
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Hoodoo Peak, a mountain in Washington state
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Hoodoo Peak (Wyoming)
Hoodoo Peak is a mountain summit located in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
Description
This remote peak is situated along the common border shared by Yellowstone National Park and North Absaroka Wilderness, and it ranks as the 24th-h ...
, a mountain in Yellowstone National Park
Music
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''Hoodoo'' (Alison Moyet album), the third solo album by singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, or its title track
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''Hoodoo'' (John Fogerty album), John Fogerty's third solo album, recorded in the late spring of 1976 but never released
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''Hoodoo'' (Krokus album), the 16th album by heavy metal band Krokus
* "Hoodoo", a song by the English rock band Muse from their album ''
Black Holes and Revelations
''Black Holes and Revelations'' is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Muse, first released on 3 July 2006 through Warner Bros. Records and Muse's Helium-3 imprint. It was produced by Rich Costey over four months in New York Cit ...
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Other uses
*''Hoodoo'', a book by
Ronald L. Smith
*''Hoodoo: Unraveling the 100 Year Mystery of the Chicago Cubs'', a book by
Grant DePorter
Grant M. DePorter (born November 7, 1964) is a restaurateur from Chicago, U.S., who came to prominence in after he paid US$113,824.16 for a baseball which had played a role in the Chicago Cubs defeat in the 2003 National League Championship Ser ...
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Horatio J. HooDoo, a character in the ''Lidsville'' TV series
*Hoodoo McFiggin, a character in the short story "Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas" by
Stephen Leacock
Stephen Butler Leacock (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world.
Early life
S ...
See also
* The
Hoodoo War
The Mason County War, sometimes called the Hoodoo War in reference to masked members of a vigilance committee,Sonnichsen, C.L., 1957, 10 Texas Feuds, University of New Mexico Press, was a period of lawlessness ignited by a "tidal wave of rustli ...
(1875–1876)
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USS Texas (1892)
USS ''Texas'' was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the United States in the early 1890s. The first American battleship commissioned, she was built in reaction to the acquisition of modern armored warships by several South American countrie ...
, a battleship of the United States Navy nicknamed "Old Hoodoo"
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Voodoo (disambiguation)
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