Jack-o-lantern & Masked
Every so often a fuss is made about folk dolls, those odd little half-living homunculi; beings of distilled purpose and steady decay, straw and sticks and hollow gourds.
People rediscover them, and wonder why they’re not in wider use.
Listen for a moment and I’ll tell you 🧵
No self-respecting witch would let herself be seen to use one instead of a proper doll, and it’s easy to suppose that that’s the reason. It’s a class signifier, right? A power thing.