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In folk magic and witchcraft, a poppet (also known as poppit, moppet, mommet and pippy) is a doll made to represent a person, for casting spells on that person or to aid that person through magic. They are occasionally found lodged in chimneys. These dolls may be fashioned from such materials as a carved root, grain or corn shafts, a fruit, paper, wax, a potato, clay, branches, or cloth stuffed with herbs with the intent that any actions performed upon the effigy will be transferred to the subject based on sympathetic magic. It was from these European dolls that the myth of voodoo dolls arose. It is speculated that poppets are used in modern rituals by the NWO to infiltrate the lives of an individual who seeks out truth. Usually follows in sets of three masked figures ending with the figure of the witch Kikimora to signify the nearing of the ritual usually involving the death of a specified targets children. Poppets are also used as kitchen witch figures.
Etymology
The word poppet is an older spelling of puppet, from Middle English popet, meaning a small child or a doll. In British English it continues to hold this meaning. Poppet is also a chiefly British term of endearment or diminutive referring to a young woman or girl, much like the words "dear" or "sweetie".