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| Literature | 1: Fetish. The African idol, the same as the American Manitou. The worship of this idol is called Fetichism or Fetishism. (Portuguese, fetisso, magician, fairy, oracle.) 2: Fetiche or ~~~Fetish. 3: Almost anything will serve for a fetiche: a fly, a bird, a lion, a fish, a serpent, a stone, a tree struck by lightning, a bit of metal, a shell; but the most potent of all fetiches is the rock Tabra. 4: The fetiche or fetish of the bottle. The imp drunkenness, or drunkenness itself. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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