Voodoo dolls were rarer than curse tablets and were typically found at gravesites near those afflicted. They were commonly sculpted of hard material, often wood, sandstone or limestone. Wax dolls were found in Egypt and Greece throughout late antiquity. Unlike curse tablets, dolls were often delivered as gifts, activated by contact with the intended recipient. Numerous spells would bind offerings to the artifact for delivery.
Of the more than 600 magical prescriptions from both the pagan and Christian sources from the last 2000 years, few have so successfully employed the labyrinth for spell casting. In Celtic traditions, the Caerdroia represented any series of simple mazes and reversed spaces intended to confuse or weaken dark forces. By distorting the identity and location of the subject, pursuing spirits could be satiated by false forms of sacrifice.