Voodoo

"Witness my desperate search for the voodoo queen, Tia Dalma."

- Jack Sparrow to Will Turner

Voodoo was a magical power used by many individuals in the Caribbean, including Gypsies, Jack Sparrow, Tia Dalma, and Blackbeard. Voodoo is also a religion.

Someone who harnesses the power of voodoo is called a Voodooist, Voodoo Priest or Priestess.

History
After the First Brethren Court bound Calypso into her human form, Calypso, under the guise of Tia Dalma, became a renowned mystical voodooist. Her powers have helped Jack Sparrow find the Flying Dutchman, resurrect Hector Barbossa, and made mystical crabs carry the Black Pearl.

Sometime after 1718, Blackbeard studied voodoo and became a powerful voodooist. His abilities include raising the dead, in which they become zombies for his supernatural crew. He was also known to use voodoo to shrink ships to a size small enough to fit in a bottle.

Beliefs
Besides being the practice of ancient magic, voodoo was also a religion. It began as a tribal and spiritual belief in Africa brought over the by the slaves to the Caribbean. There, it mixed with Roman Catholicism and it became a religion with teachings of the Bible incorperated within it. It still used tribal and very spiritual techniques to worship and practice the magic.

Notable Voodoo Weapons

 * Voodoo Dolls
 * Voodoo Staffs

Behind the scenes
"Stupid. They only make little figures of the important folk." "Tia Dalma. I thought you were past this." "Those be faked and you know it."

- Pintel, Jack Sparrow, and Tia Dalma
 * In the first screenplay draft of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Captain Hector Barbossa orders Ragetti to bring up Tia Dalma's "effects", which happens to be a bag full of voodoo dolls representing Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner, James Norrington, Davy Jones, Jack Sparrow(which is holding a small bottle), and Barbossa himself.
 * In Tim Powers' novel, On Stranger Tides, which was used as the basis for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Blackbeard was one of the most powerful voodooists in the Caribbean.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow
 * Pirates of the Caribbean Online
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides